Borough Assembly approves transboundary salmon resolution
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October 28, 2021
Photo courtesy of Kimberly Stromdahl
Cloud formations created a pallet of accentuated colors over the Stikine River delta.
The Borough Assembly discussed a resolution during their October 19 meeting which seeks to protect transboundary salmon rivers between Alaska and British Columbia.
Resolution #2021-11 asks for a permanent ban on tailings dams and a temporary pause in activities relating to Canadian mines along the border.
The resolution references the United States-Canada Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which support the need to maintain the health of transboundary rivers.
The resolution also cites the importance of commercial fishing to...
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