COPPER RIVER CURRENT
A snowflake drifts to earth cast of Fit. Sanford. A raindrop falls in McCarthy.
An- ice crystal in 11:c perma-frost slowly melts. These little drops of water slowly
join other drops to form puddles. As the puddle fills and overflows, streamlets arc
formed. The streamlets direct the water to ponds and creeks. Thus, the snowflake,
the raindrop, and the ice crystal, tiny as they may. be, arc combining to form a single
active force. .
This force can be a lalee home for fish or it c.an erode its way through mountains.
As the size of the force increases, its powers increases.
The Copper River current is a force formed by numerous headwater lakes, tributary
streams, creeks and rivers.- The Tanada Lake, the Clana, Chistochina, Gakona, Gulkana,
Tazlina, Klutina, Tonsina, Chitina and other strange rivers unite to form the Copper
River.
The Copper River current has the power to move mountains, to spawn fish, or to clean
its shores and channels of rubbish. Nature requires that the current work hard to
move loads of glacial silt during the summer, yet during winter, the current flows
gently and clean under a blanket of clear ice.
Whether winter or summer, the Copper River current depends on small drops of water.
However, the combined force of this current is capable of generating one million,
seven hundred and 10’thousand kilowatts of electric energy at Wood Canyon Dam Site.
In the some vision, Copper River man became on individual force akin to a rivulet of
the Copper River current. The original Alaskan Indian carved trails for trapping,
fishing and trading between tribes; early day prospectors opened the land to extract
it's riches; homesteaders staked futures on small plots of wilderness land and mer
chants grew by the needs of those isolated people. Communities sprouted, recognized
by their names, locations and services, and were connected by highway development.
Suddenly, the vast Copper River Valley was known by its description of God created
mankind and his ability to use and govern natural resources.
Noiv the need to unite into larger streams of force exists. Individuals only need to
know neighbors to exchange.progressive ideas and plans for the future. Communities
need to join in common actions to obtain the maximum potentials from the vast oil,
, mineral, timber and water resources of the Copper River Basin.
The Copper River Current becomes another rivulet in the tremendous forces of man and
, nature. It will tell news of your neighbors, bring messages from merchants, churches
and schools, give reports of industrial growth, and most important, will become the
river of encouragement1 for united community action in the development of the largest
potential force in Alaska - the Copper River Basin.
PURPOSE OF COPPER RIVER CURRENT • > . '« '
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