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CREDITS
Director, Producer, Editor - Daniel J. Pierce
Cinematographer - Eric Sanderson
Sound Design & Mix - Matt Dauncey
Colour Grade - Pat Gong
Animation - Andrew Pierce
Mapping - David Leversee
Main Subject - Dr. Younes Alila, P.Eng.
Mayor of Grand Forks - Everett Baker
Field Guides - Stan Swinarchuk, Wayne Tblus
Additional Footage - Jennifer Houghton, Jan Vozenilek, Damien Gillis, Al Grant, Noel Giffin, Jeff Fero, Jesse Winter, Louis Bockner, Urban Systems, Optic Nerve Films
This film was funded by the Sitka Foundation and the Science Media Centre of Canada's Messengers of Biodiversity grant.
We would also like to acknowledge and thank our partners at The Narwhal for releasing this film to their audience. The film is currently hosted on their YouTube channel. But all screenings and promotions are now being handled by the filmmaker.
FILM DIRECTOR
DANIEL J. PIERCE
Daniel Pierce is a filmmaker and journalist based in Vancouver, B.C. For nearly 15 years he has documented the forests of British Columbia and the BC timber industry for his Heartwood documentary series. His work has been published in The Narwhal, Vice and Seeker. His first documentary, The Hollow Tree, was broadcast on Knowledge Network and CBC Documentary Channel. Recently, Dan co-wrote, produced and hosted a six-part CBC podcast called Pressure Cooker, which was nominated for a Webby and named one of Apple’s Top Podcasts of 2022. He also works as a story editor for non-fiction television, including multiple series for Knowledge Network (Wildfire, Transplant Stories).
UBC FACULTY OF FORESTRY
DR. YOUNES ALILA, P.Eng
PROFESSOR OF HYDROLOGY AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
Dr. Younes Alila is a professor of hydrology in the Faculty of Forestry UBC-Vancouver, and a registered professional engineer with EGBC. He teaches and conducts research on climate and land use change effects on water resources. His work over the last 20 years on forests’ effects on floods challenged a century-old wisdom on how forests affect large floods. His work has been the subject of peer reviewed discussions and generated press releases by the American Geophysical Union. Younes served as an expert witness in three court cases: Randy Saugstad vs. Tolko industries Ltd. (logging effects on hydrology, 2015), Waterway Houseboats Ltd. vs. British Columbia (flood hydrology unrelated to logging, 2018), and Ray Chipeniuk and Sonia Sawchuk vs. BC Timber Sales & Triantha (logging effects on hydrology, 2022). Younes continues to do research in the Kootenay and Kettle River Basin.
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