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Salmon and Mining Clash in Small Alaskan Town: Film

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The Chilkat River supports all five species of salmon native to Alaska. And now, a modern-day gold rush upstream threatens the health of the river downstream.

Wild Confluence‘s latest film, “Rock-Paper-Fish,” explores the controversy along the Chilkat. Filmmakers Colin Arisman and Connor Gallagher interview the Haines and Klukwan communities, both parties in the salmon-mining clash in southeastern Alaska.

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