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MountainLife:
Whatwas it like tospend thesummeronan80-footSea
Sheppardsailboat andget toworkwitheachother?
Alexandra:
When the Sea Sheppard shows up people know it is serious.
The crew of the boat are so remarkable, they take time out of their
lives and get on a boat for free and try to go save something. It was
remarkable and I learned somuch. Tamo, too, he made 32 films in 50
days and has this incredible energy. Tamo has been on the front line of
somany indigenous uprisings and people taking a stand, he becomes a
thread that brings the stories of the elders in all these communities to
each other. It’s so important to understand the fight that goes on in other
places because it makes what we do feel more normal. It’s frightening to
stand up into the crosshairs of corporations and governments, but we are
fighting for life on earth. We’re not exceptional, there are people fighting
for life everywhere. But its come to the point where we are not fighting
for ‘the environment,’ that is outdated. We are fighting for our lives.
Tamo:
It was badass to work under Alex and witness her strength and
conviction. We need independent science in this day and age, andmore
scientists standing up for their research. Alex is the Jane Goodall of wild
salmon, which is a way more foundational species than chimpanzees.
The Fraser River salmon run is one of the largest animal migrations in
the world. If we don’t have salmon, we don’t have bears, trees, eagles.
Spawning salmon are like the red veins that give life to the entireWest
Coast. They pump the blood into everything that BC holds dear.
For further readingand informationon this issue, includingTamo’sfilms from the
MartinSheenRV, hitup
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Youprobablydon’twant this friedegg for breaky.
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:AlexandraMortonandmembers of the ‘Namgis FirstNation. SIMONAGER / SEASHEPHERD
CONSERVATIONSOCIETY
Last year, theMusgamagwDzawada’enuxw
territoryhas lost lost 39per cent of the
juvenilesalmon leaving their territory to lice
from fish farms. –AlexandraMorton
