Floating Film Festival

Set in the remote Alaskan Yukon Delta, Yukon Kings follows Yup'ik fisherman Ray Waska as he teaches his grandkids how to fish during the summer salmon run. With environmental and cultural forces threatening their subsistence way of life, Ray holds onto the hope that his grandsons will one day pass on the traditional knowledge to their children. 

In 2010, I visited Tanan Village along the Yukon River, AK, to learn about the tribal subsistence fishery for salmon. The trip was part of the Great Salmon Tour project. I met Faith Peters at the Tanana Village Administrative Tribal Center when I arrived in Tanana Village the first day. A quiet and soft-spoken Athabascan woman, she seriously presented herself. But she is also a fisherwoman with deep roots in the Tanana culture and subsistence fishery, and I was here to learn about salmon fishing along the Yukon River. I soon decided to ask if she would be willing to be interviewed about the fisheries and life of the people in Tanana Village. She cordially agreed and a few days later I rigged the camera and set up the microphone in one of the offices. Listening through the interview later I realized that she is an articulate woman with serious words.

A look at how a sustainability-minded seafood company seeking the best salmon on the planet found a community worth investing in (and some extraordinary fish, too).

This video highlights the scenery of Iliamna Lake and Lake Aleknagik in Southwest Alaska. These two watersheds provide spawning habitat for some of the largest returns of wild sockeye salmon from Bristol Bay, and also serve as important habitat for the development and growth of salmon in their early stages of life. As a keystone species in Bristol Bay, sockeye salmon are of large economic importance to the commercial fishing industry and local lodge outfits, they serve as an important food source for local communities, and also support the diverse and amazing ecosystems within these watersheds. www.JasonSChing.com https://www.facebook.com/ChingJasonS Produced and edited - Jason Ching Additional footage - Hannah Stapleton Songs Message to Bears - Running Through Woodland Message to Bears - Hidden Beneath

The Tanana Valley Watershed Association and the US Fish and Wildlife Service partnered to create this short film "Voices of the Chena." The Chena River has been at the heart of the Fairbanks community. This film explores that river, its importance to king salmon and ways we can take care of them both.

The King Makers of Chickaloon Native Village have brought the salmon back to Moose Creek. The village participated in a habitat restoration project to return Moose Creek to its relic path after being straightened by the railroad nearly 100 years ago. The straightening of the river resulted in bedrock waterfalls that acted as a barrier for spawning salmon.

A video of the product at Bear Cave Mountain and the interactions between salmon, animals and habitat. Credit to Wildman Productions in Whitehorse.

A video describing the importance of Yukon River Salmon to the communities and people of Yukon and Alaska. Also a reminder that we have to work together to solve the Yukon River Chinook Salmon crisis.

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