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The sacred headwaters : the fight to save the Stikine, Skeena, and Nass
- 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 Colangelo ; additional photography, Paul Colangelo [and others].
- Author
- Davis, Wade.
- Publication
- Vancouver : Greystone Books, ©2011.
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| Text | Use in library | F1089.S85 D39 2011 fol. | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 145 pages : color illustrations, maps, portraits; 26 x 29 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 > Stikine River (B.C. and Alaska)
- Environmental protection > British Columbia > Skeena River
- Environmental protection > British Columbia > Nass River
- Indians of North America > British Columbia > History
- Environmental protection
- Indians of North America
- Travel
- Stikine River (B.C. and Alaska) > Description and travel
- Skeena River (B.C.) > Description and travel
- Nass River (B.C.) > Description and travel
- Stikine River (B.C. and Alaska) > Pictorial works
- Skeena River (B.C.) > Pictorial works
- Nass River (B.C.) > Pictorial works
- British Columbia
- British Columbia > Nass River
- British Columbia > Skeena River
- North America > Stikine River
- Genre/Form
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works
- History
- Pictorial works
- Illustrated works.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also issued in electronic format.
- Contents
- The sacred headwaters -- Afterword / Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- Take action.
- ISBN
- 9781553658801
- 1553658809
- 9781771640237
- 1771640235
- 9781553658819 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2017381266
- OCLC
- ocn742181414
- 742181414
- SCSB-9589876
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library