DamNation Film Screening & Snake River Dams Discussion

Start: Monday, May 15, 2017 7:00 PM

DamNation Film Screening and Discussion About the Lower Snake River Dams and Salmon Recovery

An award-winning documentary, DamNation (2014) is a powerful film odyssey across America to explore the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds, after decades without access.

DamNation’s majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through rivers and landscapes altered by dams, but also through a metamorphosis in values, from conquest of the natural world to knowing ourselves as part of nature. Watch the trailer here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/89928979?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&rel=0&showinfo=0&modestbranding=1&controls=1&portfolio=false&r=$refer

The film runs 87 minutes, and will be followed by a short overview of the biologic, economic, and cultural arguments for breaching the four lower Snake River dams in southeastern Washington State, including the imperative of promoting Chinook salmon abundance for endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales’ survival and recovery.

Opportunities for civic engagement will be shared, including the immediate need for public comment on the Lower Granite Dam Master Plan (deadline May 22): http://damsense.org/lower-granite-master-plan/.

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