‘Dammed’ if we don’t: award-winning documentary to air, Saturday

Following the screening of "Damnation," retired Army Corps engineer Jim Waddell, an advocate of breeching the four lower Snake River dams, will give a presentation and answer questions, Saturday, at the Grange Hall in Friday Harbor.

April 10, 2015 10:07 am
The award-winning documentary 'Damnation' will air as part of a free-screening and discussion about salmon recovery at the San Juan Island Grange
The award-winning documentary 'Damnation' will air as part of a free-screening and discussion about salmon recovery at the San Juan Island Grange

Local orca whale recovery group, Southern Resident Killer Whale Chinook Salmon Initiative, will host a free screening of the award-winning documentary film “Damnation,” including the breaching of the two dams on the Elwha River.

Retired Army Corp Engineer Jim Waddell will give a presentation after the film and be available for questions.

Waddell was featured in the film and is working now to expose the growing economic costs of the lower Snake River Dams.

Along with Waddell, the local initiative are pushing legislatures for removal of the Snake River dams, in hope of restoring salmon stock.

“Damnation” will screen at the Grange Hall, April 11, at 6:15 p.m. For more information contact the Whale Museum’s Cindy Hansen at 378-4710.