Freshwater Ecosystem Films & Photography Projects

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Hidden Rivers

Ten years in the making, Hidden Rivers is Freshwaters Illustrated’s newest feature film that explores the rivers and streams of the Southern Appalachian region, North America’s most biologically rich waters. The film follows the work of conservation biologists and explorers throughout the region, and reveals both the beauty and vulnerability of these ecosystems.

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UPRIVER

UPRIVER is a ‘watershed film’ that explores the nature of ecosystem restoration and healing within one of the Nation’s most active river restoration movements.

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The Lost Fish

In the heavily dammed Columbia River Basin, millions have been spent on life support systems for Pacific Salmon. Yet, the little-known Pacific Lamprey has slipped through the cracks of conservation efforts and is now lost from most of its historic range in the Columbia Basin.

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Riverwebs

RiverWebs is our award-winning documentary film on river ecosystems and the science that explores them.

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Salamanders

Travel through the forest and beneath the water’s surface in with our new film MARCH OF THE NEWTS! This short film offers a unique look into the wild lives of newts and brings to attention an emerging pathogen that threatens their existence.