CHRIS ZIMMER on a River Ethic /257

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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As the ocean warms and grows more hostile, the icy waters of the Taku river have served as refuge for salmon and an abundance of more-than-human kin. However, threats from mining and resource extraction are posed to forever change the habitat of the watershed. The 1957 abandonment of the Tulsequah Chief Mine in British Columbia left a disastrous environmental impact. This mine still requires billions of dollars worth of clean up action and constant monitoring to ensure the protection of this river system. The Tulsequah Chief serves as just one example of threats to the vital river systems of so-called Canada and The United States. The Taku, the Unuk, and the Stikine are all transboundary rivers beginning in British Columbia, Canada, and flowing through to Alaska. They are unique both in their beauty and abundance, and in the inter-governmental action required to regulate them. The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 dictates relations across international borders, but the treaty alone will not protect these rivers from acid mine drainage and continued extraction. Chris Zimmer invites us to imagine what clean, healthy rivers can bring us, and to propel love for these rivers towards ethical action. Chris Zimmer is the Alaska Campaign Director of Rivers Without Borders. Based in Juneau, Chris has been with Rivers Without Borders since 2001. Chris enjoys fishing and hunting in the watersheds he helps to protect.

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1:17.2	Hello and welcome to For the Wild podcast. I'm Ayane Young. Today I'm speaking with Chris
1:24.0	Zimmer. So we have an ocean that's turning hostile. On the other hand, climate change really
1:29.1	does not seem to have affected the nature of the taco yet. The taco has a lot of ice in its
1:34.1	upper ends. It's got a lot of cold water inputs up high in the river. So from one perspective,
1:41.3	you could look at the taco as kind of a refuge for fish given the changes we're seeing in the ocean
1:46.9	and the changes we're seeing due to climate change. Chris Zimmer is the Alaska campaign director
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