Screening of DamNation

Screening and Panel Discussion: DamNation
(doors open at 6:30p)

Middlebury is hosting a screening of DamNation, an award winning film that sheds a new light on America’s dams.

Here in Vermont, dams may not be considered big but they are plentiful—over 1,000 dams exist on Vermont’s waterways. An estimated 200 of these are considered “deadbeat” dams, meaning that they serve no utility or purpose. The Nature Conservancy and its partners are working to remove “deadbeat” dams from Vermont’s waterways.

The film screening will be immediately followed by a panel discussion on Vermont river health with:
• Rose Paul, Director of Critical Lands and Conservation Science for The Nature Conservancy
• Brian Fitzgerald, River Ecologist for The Nature Conservancy and Vermont Natural Resources Council
• Jeff Crocker, Streamflow Protection Coordinator, Agency of Natural Resources
• Amy Sheldon, Natural Resource Planner and River Scientist at Landslide Natural Resource Planning, Middlebury Representative to the Vermont Legislature