lightyears away

the sacred headwaters is a remote region in northern british columbia that is the shared birthplace of three salmon rivers: the stikine, skeena and nass. it supports an incredible ecosystem of large mammals and is the traditional territory of the tahltan first nation. but it is also rich in minerals and gas, which has left the tahltan fighting for the protection of their land. 

the sacred headwaters is also home to todagin Mountain – a grassy plateau that is home to what is thought to be the largest herd of stone’s sheep in the world. nearly the entire plateau was opened to mineral exploration, and an open pit gold and copper mine is proposed. should the plateau be lost to mining, the herd could be forced from the mountain and the tahltan would lose the economic benefit of hunters who travel there from around the world.