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 Here is a short video on Pebble Mine in Alaska.

Pebble Mine is a Trojan Horse from Renewable Resources Coalition on Vimeo.

Check out what was on the Moldy today:
Patagonia is joining Save Our Wild Salmon in urging the Obama Administration to change course and remove the four lower Snake River dams.  This has only strengthened collective resolve to protect salmon habitat. As Washington farmer Bryan Jones explains in a recent essay protecting salmon habitat can be synonymous with protecting family farms and reducing their bottom-line.  For more check out
http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/patagonia.go?assetid=53787

Here is the latest news from today and recent that we have found on the oil spill.  Finally there is some decent containment but it is a temporary fix, however, at least their is some hope.

The Gulf Coast has had its behind beaten for the past seven weeks. Now President Obama wants an "ass to kick."

When an offshore oil rig near the Louisiana coast exploded April 20, no one immediately anticipated the blast would spark the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Fifty days later, the environmental catastrophe is crystal clear.

In the following weeks, Americans have watched the CEO of the company responsible for the disaster jam his foot into his mouth repeatedly while efforts to stop the massive spill failed.

The government's response, lacking sufficient outrage according to the public, has been equally unable to keep thousands of gallons of oil each day from spewing into the Gulf.

BP CEO Tony Hayward has recently apologized for comments like, "I want my life back," that the Gulf was "a big ocean" and that "the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to be very, very modest."

President Obama used the gaffes to fire back, most notably saying in a "Today" show interview that he would fire Hayward if he were his boss and that he's looking for an "ass to kick."

All this while black ooze smothers the region's wildlife and economy.

Thad Allen, the Coast Guard admiral in charge of the government effort, summed up the chaos and confusion.

"Everyone wants certainty," he said. "With an oil spill like this, there isn't any."

Even the numbers are murky. Estimates peg the amount of oil floating in the ocean between 23 million and 49 million gallons.

BP's latest fix, the "cut and cap," appears to be working, capturing more than 460,000 gallons per day, but it's aim is containment and not a permanent solution.

The real end to the spill will come in the form of a relief well, though that will likely take until August when the Atlantic ventures into the heart of hurricane season.

"It may take some time," the president has said, promising the spill, "will be contained" and that BP will pay for its mistake.

For now, all residents along the Gulf Coast can do is and hope the underwater well can be plugged.

If and when that ever happens, then the people can move on to dealing with the devastating effects.

"It just makes me sick to my stomach," Joseph Carrington, who moved to Panama City Beach, Fla. from the northeast and makes his living off beach tourism, told The Associated Press. He's scared his way of life will disappear with each tar ball that washes ashore.

"I have nightmares thinking about it."
(NYdailynews.com)

 Since 1986 the American Rivers have been issuing this report.  The link to the site is HERE

If you haven't heard yet there is an oil spill in the Gulf Coast.  Oh and its the largest one in United States history.  All joking aside, the spill is dumping in an estimated 250,000+ gallons per day and all efforts to contain the spill have failed thus far.  To make matters worse, the marsh lands along the coast are being impacted the most from the spill.  Over 100 miles of Louisana's 400 miles of marshes have been polluted and this number is increasing daily.  So far there have not been any recordings of major fish kills, but federal officials fear that the impacts on fish are going to be more of a long-term deal.  As of now, 88,522 square miles (36.6 % 0f the entire coast) of the Gulf Coast have been closed to fishing.  How has this impacted the local fishing economy?  My guess is not so good.  For more info. check out these websites. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/31/bp-oil-spill-death-impact

http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/ClosureSizeandPercentCoverage.htm

Criminal charges, hiding the truth, larger than the Alaska oil spill, and jeopardizing the recreation industry are all accusations in the news right now regarding the oil spill in the Gulf.  At this point, we just need the spill to stop.

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Here is a link to the latest news on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The saltwater fishing industry in Florida is in jeopardy.  We will try to keep everyone updated on the status of this issue, however, it doesn't look good right now.  Here is the latest news via a memoradum posted by the Governer of Florida.  Memorandum from Governer Charlie Christ here.

 Here is a short video of a lady using a canoe to gather support for wild salmon, and show awareness to the effects of salmon farms.  She is traveling 500K in hopes to gain support along the way for the cause.

The Migration Begins! - The "Get Out for Wild Salmon" Video from Twyla Roscovich on Vimeo.

Many of you have probably heard of the new film coming out... Erik, KK, and I saw a short clip at the last fly fishing retailer show.  Other than that I have not heard much but film coordinator Kristi Denton Cohen e-mailed us this today.

A good start.  We’ll take it.  More soon, I hope! 

 

We’ve go this early screening at the Ashland Film Fest on April 9 and 10, then the official World Premiere at the Dallas Int’l Film Fest on April 14 and 15.  Then at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 23 as well as at the Athens (OH) International Film and Video Festival that same day.

 

All the best,

 

Kristi

 

"The River Why," feature, 101 minutes

Producer Kristi Denton Cohen waited 20 years to make a beautiful film based on David James Duncan's iconic coming-of-age fishing novel set in Oregon, and the wait was worth it. Gus Orviston, 20, leaves his fishing, bickering parents' home to live in a cabin on the river and order his life so that he can fish 141/2 hours a day.

 

Gotta be bliss, right? Wrong. He's soon frustrated and lost. But the right guides turn up at just the right moments as Gus moves toward awareness.

 

This is lovely, understated filmmaking. Director Matthew Leutwyler wisely lets his camera and his actors, including the eye-popping Wilson River near Portland, (this is one of those stories in which the environment is a character) tell the story. When it looks this easy, you know it was hard work indeed.

 

Although the cinematography is stunning, the producer says it's still a work in progress, and she allowed it to be shown as a thank-you to Oregon. The final version will reportedly be yet more beautiful.

 

Bill Varble, Southern Oregon Tribune