Rivers Without Borders
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PO Box 1968
Port Townsend, Washington 98368
United States
Phone: 360-379-2811 | Fax: 360-341-1976
http://www.riverswithoutborders.org
info@riverswithoutborders.org - Lead Contact:
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Will Patric - Details:
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Approach: Advocacy
Region: International
Mining Company/Companies: Redcorp, Canarc, Imperial Metals, Barrick, Teck Cominco - Description:
- Rivers Without Borders (formerly the Transboundary Watershed Alliance) originally formed in 1999 as an alliance of 22 member groups, coordinating efforts on environmental and First Nations rights and sustainability issues across the Alaska-British Columbia transboundary region. Rivers Without Borders (RWB) works on both sides of the Alaska-British Columbia border to ensure that the unique ecological values of this vast and intact region are protected for future generations. RWB works to protect watersheds, from mountain sources to the sea, in a time of declining wild salmon populations and climate change. The mission of Rivers Without Borders is to maintain the ecological diversity and abundance of the seven transboundary watersheds. Those watersheds include the Taku, the Iskut-Stikine, the Unuk, the Whiting, and the Tatshenshini-Alsek. RWB works with diverse constituencies including First Nations and Alaska Natives, commercial and recreational fishermen, governments, scientists and citizens to raise awareness of the values and promise of the region, as well as threats to it.