Research Catalog

Title

• The sacred headwaters : the fight to save the Stikine, Skeena, and Nass / Wade Davis ; principal photography, Carr Clifton ; foreword, David Suzuki ; afterword, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ; with contributions by Trevor Frost and Paul Golangelo ; additional photography, Paul Colangelo ... [et al.].

Author

Davis, Wade

Publication

Vancouver : David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

Clifton, Carr

Description

viii, 145 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 26 cm.

Summary

• "In a rugged knot of mountains in northern British Columbia lies a spectacular valley known to the First Nations as the Sacred Headwaters. There, three of Canada's most important salmon rivers - the Stikine, the Skeena, and the Nass - are born in close proximity. Now, against the wishes of all First Nations, the British Columbia government has opened the Sacred Headwaters to industrial development. Imperial Metals proposes an open-pit copper and gold mine, called the Red Chris mine, and Royal Dutch Shell wants to extract coal bed methane gas across a tenure of close to a million acres.
• In The Sacred Headwaters, a collection of photographs by Carr Clifton and members of the International League of Conservation Photographers - including Claudio Contreras, Paul Colangelo, and Wade Davis - portray the splendour of the region. These photographs are supplemented by images from other professionals who have worked here, including Sarah Leen of the National Geographic.
• The compelling text by Wade Davis, which describes the region's beauty, the threats to it, and the response of native groups and other inhabitants, is complemented by the voices of the Tahltan elders. The inescapable message is that no amount of methane gas can compensate for the sacrifice of a place that could be the Sacred Headwaters of all Canadians and indeed of all peoples of the world."--Pub. desc.

Subject

• Environmental protection > Nass River
• Environmental protection > Skeena River
• Environmental protection > Stikine River (B.C. and Alaska)
• Nass River (B.C.) > Description and travel
• Nass River (B.C.) > Pictorial works
• Skeena River (B.C.) > Description and travel
• Skeena River (B.C.) > Pictorial works
• Stikine River (B.C. and Alaska) > Description and travel
• Stikine River (B.C. and Alaska) > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

• History
• Illustrated works
• Pictorial works

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued in electronic format.

Contents

The sacred headwaters -- Afterword / Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- Take action.

ISBN

• 9781553658801
• 1553658809

OCLC

742181414

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library