Standing Trees Film Night: "Understory: A Journey into the Tongass"

Start: 2022-01-27 19:00:00 UTC Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00)

This is a virtual event

With special guest Natalie Dawson, Alaska conservation leader and star of the documentary.

Alaska's Tongass National Forest is ground zero in the fight over how to manage our last remaining old growth and roadless forests. But did you know that New England's temperate forests share a great deal in common with Alaska's when it comes to storing forest carbon, and that we face similar threats to our own roadless wildlands?

Join us on Thursday, Jan 27th for a film screening followed by a conversation with Natalie Dawson, Director of Audubon Alaska, an accomplished wildlife biologist and educator, and a leading advocate for forest protection.

“Understory” follows Natalie and two other women who set sail on a 350 mile expedition through the Tongass National Forest. Along the journey, they explore how clearcut logging in this coastal rainforest could affect local communities and the future of our planet.

RSVP using the form on this page. A Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Thank you to our event co-sponsors!
- Land and Leadership Initiative
- Massachusetts Forest Watch
- RESTORE: The North Woods

See you there!

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More about the film:

Setting Sail to Ground-truth Roadless Areas

Twenty years ago, 9-million acres of the Tongass were protected by the Roadless Rule; a federal rule that prohibits roadbuilding and logging in un-roaded National Forest. In 2018, the US Forest Service announced that they were considering a change to this rule, and in 2020, despite overwhelming public outcry, the Trump Administration removed Roadless Rule protections from the 9-million acres of rainforest.

Natalie, Mara, and Elsa set sail in May 2019 to circumnavigate and ground-truth threatened “roadless” forests on Prince of Wales, the largest and most ecologically fragile island in Southeast Alaska. Wild Confluence Media joined the Last Stands crew for this journey; cinematographers Colin Arisman, and Gleb Mikhalev spent 30 days aboard the sailboat and camping in the forest as we circumnavigated Prince of Wales.

Along the 350-nautical-mile voyage, our team explored and documented roadless areas; and worked to better understand how roadless rainforest benefits wildlife, watersheds, and the cultural resilience of rural communities.

Learn more and take action for the Tongass at www.laststands.org.

Join the Standing Trees community today and help us protect roadless wildlands here in New England!

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