A documentary film that investigates the 2017 and 2018 floods in Grand Forks and the Okanagan and reveals the connection to clearcut logging in the headwaters of the Kettle River Basin is coming to 麻豆精选.
Trouble in the Headwaters follows UBC forest hydrology professor Dr. Younes Alila and two retired loggers through the Kettle River Watershed as they examine how clearcutting drives the risk of floods, landslides, and drought across B.C.
Featured panellists include Alila, film director Daniel Pierce, former BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau, Okanagan Nation Alliance Natural Resource spokesperson Elliot Tonasket, Dave Gill, General Manager of Forestry for Ntityix Resources, and former BC Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety Mike Morris.
The film is being shown at the Rotary Centre for the Arts (421 Cawston Ave.) on Thursday, Sept. 4. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., with the screening at 7 p.m.
A question and answer forum follows from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. Tickets are available through .
The evening is being presented by the Interior Watershed Task Force, Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance, Narwhal magazine, and the film鈥檚 director.