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- The Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska is home to the Kvichak and Nushagak rivers, the two most prolific sockeye salmon runs left in the world. Two mining companies, Northern Dynasty Minerals and Anglo American, have proposed an open-pit and under-ground mine at the headwaters of the two rivers. The area is the second largest deposit of copper, gold and molybdenum ever discovered and has an estimated value of more than $300 billion. Despite promises of a clean project by mining officials, the accident-plagued history of hard rock mining has wrought one of the biggest land use issues Alaska has ever faced. Red Gold is our attempt to give a face to the issue, and give a voice to the people of Bristol Bay who depend on this extraordinary fishery. We set out to create a different kind of environmental documentary--one that gives all sides a chance to be seen and heard. Red Gold is more about the place and its people than the facts and numbers. For the first time, Bristol Bay's subsistence, commercial and sport-fishing communities have joined together for a common cause.
- Bristol Bay Native Corporation invited its shareholders to share their voices, views and values through personal videos that show the people, places and cultural practices most important to them. All footage was shot on one day: October 15, 2011.
- Sarah and Todd's family Fourth of July tradition is to fish for salmon in Bristol Bay, the world's biggest wild salmon run. Lifelong fisherman Todd is renowned for catching the most fish; their older son Track works to earn the title of captain on his father's boat.
- Bristol Bay Alaska is home to the last great run of red Sockeye salmon in North America. These salmon spawn up rivers into lakes and in the process nurture the entire ecosystem, from the trees, to bears, and people. We were invited here (as we often are) by a conservation group, this time The Sportsman's Alliance for Alaska to see and profile this amazing wild region of North America. We profile the proposed copper and gold mines, especially the infamous Pebble Mine. We explore the wilderness by land, air, and boat. While we fly fish for rainbows among the sockeye and giant brown bears, we also hear from Native Americans, senators, commercial fishermen (in this case fisherwoman and boat captain), and fly fishing guides about the prosed mine and how it will devastate Bristol Bay. We learn that the mine owners are not even American, how Alaskan's will be ripped off, it would be built on a giant earthquake fault with a veritable sea of tons of highly toxic waste being held by a mere earthen dam. Just as insane is the value of temporary mining jobs pales in comparison to sustainable local jobs that generate over $400,000,000 annually and in perpetuity. The senator makes clear he has supported other mines in Alaska but this proposed mine is a nightmare on steroids and will ruin Bristol Bay Alaska, the United States' last remaining frontier holding the last great run of wild salmon that sustains the entire ecosystem and local economy.
- Jeff travels to Round Island in Bristol Bay, Alaska to experience walruses. He visits the Alaska SeaLife Center for a conserving mission about protecting the island sanctuary.
- Jeff experiences a series of amazing animal encounters for the very first time.