A salmon in Alaska makes an unlikely journey on “the Mount Everest of rivers” – the Susitna – as residents consider the costs/benefits of a government-proposed mega-dam. Preservation for future generations; shouldn’t this be our number one objective as a community, or as a human race?
“If you want to change the world, grassroots movements are kinda the only things that do it. And that is more true today than ever.”
Produced and directed by Ryan Peterson AlaskanistStories.com
In partnership with SusitnaRiverCoalition.org
With support from patagonia.com
Photography by Ryan Peterson, Travis Rummel, Matt Stoecker, Joshua Foreman, Killian & Riley Sump, Anson Fogel
Animation by DrewChristie.com
Motion Graphics by BarryThompson.net