The Threat

Photo by Garth Lenz

Indigenous peoples call the place where our wild salmon rivers originate the Sacred Headwaters.

The mining industry calls it “The Golden Triangle.”

British Columbia’s modern-day gold rush near the headwaters of the transboundary Taku, Stikine, and Unuk Rivers threatens clean water, wild salmon, and shared ways of life in Southeast Alaska and Northwest British Columbia. Most of the over a dozen proposed and operating gold mines in this region include one or more massive mine waste dams (tailings dams).

An expert analysis last year highlighted that six of B.C.’s riskiest massive mine waste dams are located on transboundary systems – and are predicted to “destroy ecosystems and/or kill people when they fail.”

Salmon Beyond Borders works with partners in Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Montana, Idaho, and Washington to defend our treasured wild salmon rivers from B.C.’s irresponsibly regulated gold mining boom. Join the movement.