Redzone

Welcome to Redzone

Our Redzone network name was chosen shortly after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill because we wanted to highlight endangered wild red (sockeye) salmon, Indigenous people and sacred places in peril. Redzone is the virtual home to Chinook, Sockeye, Coho, Chum and Pink salmon that have been part of the Eyak people's way of life on the Copper River Delta and in eastern Prince William Sound for over 3,500 years, and counting. Our still intact thriving ecosystem, with its wild salmon returning annually to spawn in their millions, is home to eagle, bear, beaver, wolves, moose and millions of migratory shorebirds and waterfowl.

Our mission is to preserve, restore and celebrate wild salmon culture and habitat through awareness, education and the promotion of sustainable livelihoods within the communities of the Copper River and Prince William Sound watersheds of Alaska. Our work ensures that the salmon will continue to return to their birthplace and nurture the ecosystems of which they are a fundamentally important species. Also, that the community of local subsistence and commercial fishers in the region will continue to flourish. Essential to local economic sustainability is bioregional conservation, and our little corner of the world is a microcosm baseline model for the planet. This is one of the last wild places on planet earth where we still have a chance to get it right, by leaving it alone- wild and thriving. Please use this site to investigate and propagate our message. Learn more

EPC's WildSalmon4Ever twitter feed, Sharing links to issues and topics of relevance to our work. Clicking on the URLs in each "tweet" takes you to the article's web page for reading.

The Redzone Column: Thoughts, Updates, and News

Friday, 23rd of September
Share your Voice! Revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) - Public comment period is open until November 15, 2011 - http://arctic.fws.gov/ccp.htm

The most useful comments will be specific to the CCP and will avoid general statements. Tell them what you do or do not like about a particular part of the plan. If there is something you do not like, please let them know how you would change it. Be specific! List important points they may have missed.

Submit comments to arcticrefugeccp@fws.gov

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Arctic NWR - Sharon Seim

101 12th Ave., Rm 236

Fairbanks AK 99701

or by fax to 907-456-0428

Friday, 5th of August

Regarding the decision to allow Shell's exploration and drilling in Alaska's Beaufort Sea, here's a quote from our fav attorney working on the case for the opposition, Peter.

"...So this is the big vision of our leaders – take action that won’t have any meaningful influence on gas prices even if oil gets produced in a decade or two, and rally for more risky, polluting fossil fuel jobs. Yeeha, let’s rally around that!"

He also underlines this horrifying truth:

"Neither Shell nor the United States is prepared for the consequences of drilling in the Arctic. Shell’s spill response plans are not even close to sufficient, and everyone knows it. As the USGeological Service confirmed, and all the experts worth their salt admit, we don’t have enough information to make informed decisions about the consequences of drilling in the Arctic. We don’t even have baseline info to know the full scope of what is at risk.

N.Y. Times Article

Wednesday, 27th of July

URGENT UPDATE | Shepard Pointless!

Yet again we must alert the local and regional community which has come out time and time again against this proposed bad port project.

During our ongoing due diligence, we recently found a new twist has been thrown into the mix. The Native Village of Eyak jumped over the government agencies it had been working with (Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of Transportation) and has begun working with a division of Department of Transportation called the Western Federal Lands Highway Division.