You know, the colossal gall of some people never fails to arouse my contempt for such stupid ideas.
This Christmas season, a partnership between Vancouver based Northern Dynasty Minerals, and Anglo-American has spawned an idea which could finish off the last sustainably caught and non-toxic( relative to the fishing industry of course) salmon fishery in the world.
The plan is to build the one of the largest dams in the world, at the headwaters of this fisheries spawning run. That alone would be enough to make the plight of the salmon seem imminent. But that's not all. The plan is to build this dam up, and build one of the largest gold mines in North America, if not the largest. There is also copper in the deposits where the gold has been found.
The toxic compounds like cyanide, used in the process of mining and smelting gold, will almost certainly leech into the ground water, which only adds to the peril of the Alaskan icon.
It's a rare day when you have both environmentalists and commercial fisherman on the same page, demanding the same things.
If this does go through, it will only be a boon for the fish farmers, but a sad day to see yet another prolific fish pushed aside for soaring commodities. For shame!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/24/AR2007122401915_pf.html
This Christmas season, a partnership between Vancouver based Northern Dynasty Minerals, and Anglo-American has spawned an idea which could finish off the last sustainably caught and non-toxic( relative to the fishing industry of course) salmon fishery in the world.
The plan is to build the one of the largest dams in the world, at the headwaters of this fisheries spawning run. That alone would be enough to make the plight of the salmon seem imminent. But that's not all. The plan is to build this dam up, and build one of the largest gold mines in North America, if not the largest. There is also copper in the deposits where the gold has been found.
The toxic compounds like cyanide, used in the process of mining and smelting gold, will almost certainly leech into the ground water, which only adds to the peril of the Alaskan icon.
It's a rare day when you have both environmentalists and commercial fisherman on the same page, demanding the same things.
If this does go through, it will only be a boon for the fish farmers, but a sad day to see yet another prolific fish pushed aside for soaring commodities. For shame!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/24/AR2007122401915_pf.html
