December Meeting | Miry Brook Firehouse, Danbury
Our next meeting will on Tuesday, December 8th at 7 pm at the Miry Brook Firehouse in Danbury, Connecticut. [directions]
Take a break from the holiday rush. Pizza, Fly Tying and a viewing of Red Gold are the planned events. We will also be having the Swap N Sell Table as well as some small raffle items.
Red Gold synopsis…
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. Foreign mining companies Northern Dynasty Minerals and Anglo American have partnered to propose development of what could be one of the world’s largest open-pit and underground mines at the headwaters of the two river systems. Mine backers claim the Pebble exploration site is the second largest combined 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 officials, the accident-plagued history of hard rock mining has sparked deep concern from Alaskans who love and depend upon Bristol Bay’s incredible wild salmon fishery. Red Gold documents the growing unrest among Alaska Native, commercial, and sport-fishermen. It’s a portrait of a unique way of life
