Impact Producer HHMI Tangled Bank Studios Seattle, Washington, United States
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Description: With so much negative environmental news out there, it is more crucial than ever to show audiences that all is not lost, that conservation efforts can succeed, and that local efforts can pay huge dividends when it comes to biodiversity.
Join us for an engaging discussion about how scientists are collaborating with communities to restore wildlife and wild places. This session will include a special screening of an episode from WILD HOPE, a new global series profiling conservation success stories and the intrepid changemakers who are working to restore biodiversity and protect our planet. A moderated discussion will follow with Kim Sager-Fradkin, a scientist featured in the film.
About WILD HOPE (Documentary Series Description) From Emmy, Peabody, and Sundance winning HHMI Tangled Bank Studios comes WILD HOPE, an intimate, global series profiling everyday people, conservationists and scientists who are restoring and protecting our planet. Set across the world’s most beautifully exotic—and surprisingly familiar—places, each half hour episode will inspire audiences with stories of intrepid changemakers who are tackling the threats to our wild creatures and habitats. Through bold interventions, unexpected alliances, innovative science and sheer determination, these mavericks are proving that hope is not lost. In a world beaten down by the pandemic, battered by climate-driven disasters and rife with political turmoil, the inaugural season of WILD HOPE delivers a much needed salve: Hope for our planet. Hope for humanity.
About WILD HOPE - “The Beautiful Undammed” (Episode Description) Ten years after the largest dam removal in history—on the Elwha River, in Washington State—scientists are chronicling an inspiring story of ecological rebirth. Recovering salmon populations are transferring critical nutrients from the ocean into the forests along the Elwha’s banks, enriching the entire ecosystem. The Elwha’s revival is encouraging advocates to push for the removal of many larger dams in the region, and in the rest of the world.
About Kim Sager-Fradkin Kim Sager-Fradkin is the wildlife program manager for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe in Port Angeles, Washington. She holds a B.S. in wildlife biology from Humboldt State University and an M.S. in wildlife resources from the University of Idaho. Prior to working for the Tribe, Sager-Fradkin worked for the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. Sager-Fradkin’s work has two primary tracks: The first is to explore wildlife response to removal of the Elwha dams, and the second is to contribute to tribal subsistence harvest activities by monitoring elk and deer populations across the north Olympic Peninsula. Her most current research focuses on mountain lion genetics, dispersal patterns and diet.
