DAMNATION! WHAT: The Passumpsic Valley Land Trust and the Mad Dog Chapter of Trout Unlimited invite you to a screening of the film Damnation, a breath-taking and thought-provoking exploration into our changing attitude about dams and rivers. Immediately following the viewing there will be a guided discussion about the history, benefits and prospects for removal of deadbeat dams in Vermont , led by Kim Greenwood, Water Program Director and Staff Scientist for the Vermont Natural Resources Council. Refreshments served. For more information contact: Lenny Gerardi, (802) 751-8662, lennyg0101@gmail WHEN: this coming Thursday, October 23, 2014, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM WHERE: Lyndon State College, ASAC 100 -- Moore Community Room See attachment or visit lyndonstate.edu/about/the-campus/campus-map/ Damnation is an award-winning film generating momentum around the need to restore rivers to health by removing low value, high cost dams. Financed by Patagonia and its founder, Yvon Chouinard, this powerful film odyssey across America explores 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. Dam removal has moved beyond the fictional Monkey Wrench Gang to go mainstream. 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. DAMNATIONs 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. More about Damnation, or to view the- Official Film Trailer: damnationfilm/ or youtube/watch?v=8X2dYnTX55E or damnation.bullfrogcommunities/damn_about Also Check out this recent Opinion Page by Yvon Chouinard in the New York Times: nytimes/2014/05/08/opinion/tear-down-deadbeat-dams.html and Jeff Baker movie review in the Oregonian: oregonlive/movies/index.ssf/2014/05/damnation_review_documentary_o.html DAMNATION Running time: 88 minutes Starring: David James Duncan, Katie Lee, Ben Knight, Matt Stoecker, a bunch of salmon; directed by Knight and Travis Rummel The lowdown: A documentary about the history of dams and efforts to remove them. Salmon are stubborn little buggers. If you put an obstacle between them and where they want to go -- a huge concrete dam, for instance -- theyll try to jump over it or swim around it and keep trying and trying. If you take the obstacle away, theyll come back.> DamNation is a straightforward documentary about the history of dams in America and the recent movement to remove expensive, outdated dams that impede fish passage. It has a clear point of view -- many dams should come down -- and celebrates successes such as the ongoing removal of two dams on the Elwha River in Washingtons Olympic National Park. Documentary footage of dam construction is mixed with shots of dam removal and whats going on at and behind dams today. Supporters get their say, but those who want to tear out dams on the upper Snake River such as writer David James Duncan and former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt get more time and are more eloquent. Native Americans mourn the loss of Celilo Falls when The Dalles Dam was completed in 1957 on the Columbia River.
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