Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River's Legacy Forests

Published 2024-04-23
Watch the inspiring story of how a community stopped a timber sale along the Elwha River - against all odds! Learn about the global importance of Pacific NW temperate rainforests to mitigate climate change and witness the interconnected web of life upon which salmon, orcas, rivers, forests, and humans all depend.

Please donate to the Elwha Forest Fund campaign at www.earthlawcenter.org.

Featuring: Earth Law Center’s Elizabeth Dunne, along with Dominick DellaSala, Howard Garrett, Freddie Lane, Scott McGee, Nina Sarmiento, Pooja Sharma, Latrisha Suggs, Dave Upthegrove & Nathan West.

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All Comments (19)
  • @gup8175
    “Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” - Chief Seattle Tears of sorrow for the clear cut scars and tears of joy for the small victories. Thanks for the film.
  • @partypreet
    What a beautiful forest and great community!
  • @shawnbryant60
    The connection between the earth and man must be preserved more, lots more! I will see what I can do to help and help protect against the greed of the loggers.
  • @marksando3082
    When I lived in the Puget Sound area, I spent so much time hiking around the Elwha and was so excited to see the dams finally come down. It is disgusting and enraging that the DNR is still trying to sell off legacy forests, especially around the Elwha after finally winning the battle to get the dams removed. Good work, but I don't doubt that you'll face many more tough battles to save these forests in the years ahead.
  • @jamesblake7338
    Wow! What a wonderful film and such an important fight! ❤❤❤
  • @ronward3949
    Big leaf maples, Acer macrophyllum , such a place, save and let the forest growing old, as the ecosystem adapts naturally back to its roots!
  • @matthew3136
    As long as they don't export the timber. Our natural resources should be used in our own country.
  • @papabear1417
    Powerful film. The pursuit of money is killing the Earth. We have to live at one with Mother Earth not kill her as said in the film "Death by a thousand cuts"
  • Sad. They log our rivers in Oregon and it’s not ethical. Save the salmon and steelhead and restore quickly. In 10 years you’ll be able to get some piece back
  • @user-mi3pv7ql4g
    Only CASH matters. Companies are citizens they are the only citizens that matter. DNR members on the take, taking the lead of the bought off supreme court. Above the laws.
  • @johnhobbs7697
    Selective cut not clear cut also stop selling raw logs out of the area keep local Timber companies in business let them sell processed wood
  • Should be building out of stone and concrete, or hemp bales or whatever. Enough of using wood already. With the climate changing, trees are more valuable standing in a forest. I’m just so sick of people who are more concerned with destroying for profit rather than protecting what we have left.