<img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-42503" src="https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/riverice.jpg" alt="" width="100%" height="auto" srcset="https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/riverice.jpg 960w, https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/riverice-300x208.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">A river flowing through a landscape of melting glaciers in B.C.’s Taku watershed. Jonathan Moore</figcaption>

The retreat of glaciers along the B.C.-Alaska border opens up thousands of new kilometers of potential salmon habitat and could offer a refuge from hotter rivers to the south. However, according to new research, those salmon could be swimming into direct conflict with mining companies looking to cash in on a new rush for gold.

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The retreat of glaciers along the B.C.-Alaska border opens up thousands of new kilometers of potential salmon habitat and could offer a refuge from hotter ...{ai:summary}<p>The melting glaciers in B.C.-Alaska border could provide new salmon habitat, but mining companies looking for gold might create conflict. #environment</p>

As Glaciers Retreat, Mining Companies Stake Claims In New Salmon Habitat

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