ASP 12, salmon advocate, Allison Barrett

Alaska Story Project

Growing up with salmon, fishing for salmon, and transboundary mining issues.

• Early memories & running north through the Inside Passage in the family seine boat.
• Fishing for sockeye salmon off of Noyes Island in SE Alaska.
• Alarmed by the Mt. Polley mine disaster, and implications for the major transboundary, Alaska—B.C. rivers with vital salmon runs.
• Embarking on a documentary film project: "Sisters and Rivers" concerning transboundary mining issues.
• First nation peoples of B.C.— their perspectives on mining issues.
• Stories of their long resistance and struggle with multi-national corporate development in the Sacred Waters area of northern B.C.
• Implications of running a power line up the Stewart-Cassiar Highway, 37, into NW B.C.
• The Red Chris mine in the headwaters of the Stikine River; the KSM mine development in the headwaters of the Unuk River.
• The complexities of transboundary mining issues: perspectives.
• Aliveness, storytelling, and the documentary.