From National Geographic
''Located some 250 miles (400 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, the
40,000-square-mile (104,000-square-kilometer) region is home to the
largest population of wild salmon in the world. Every summer, 30 to 40
million adult sockeye salmon
return to the bay, then swim upstream to complete an ancient cycle of
renewal. And that's where two vastly different interests have clashed,
because located in the upper reaches of the spawning grounds, a few
miles north of Iliamna Lake (map),
is a world-class ore deposit containing about 80 billion pounds (36
billion kilograms) of copper and 110 million ounces (3 million
kilograms) of gold.''
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