Intro to iLCP - Witness 3 mins

by Neil Ever Osborne

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Chesapeake Bay RAVE multimedia

by iLCP, Jenny Nichols

Produced in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation with imagery from the Chesapeake Bay RAVE.

Last December, EPA issued a science-based diet that—if achieved—would reduce pollution to our waterways. Just as progress is underway, powerful forces are working to derail the recovery effort. All of us who love the Bay and its rivers and streams must make our voices heard.

ACT

Watch this video, visit cbf.org/getinvolved, and write your state representatives. Tell them you care about clean water!

Chesapeake Bay RAVE

The Chesapeake Bay watershed covers approximately 64,000
square miles (164,000 km2) and comprises one of the most important
 estuaries in the North Atlantic. With rapid development along its 
shores destroying vast swaths of wetlands and buffering forest, and
 polluted with a steady increase in agrochemical runoff from the 1950s
 on, this once thriving estuarine ecosystem was headed toward collapse.

A forty-year campaign by The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and other
stakeholders has gradually turned the tide, with current political will
 at the point of tipping toward long-term restoration and protection of
 the Bay. The Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Act (H.R. 3852/S.
1816) was introduced to both chambers of the United States Congress 
last October, on its way to mark-up at the end of this year. These two 
bills seek to amend the Federal Clean Water Act (Section 117) to ensure 
that the six states of the Bay watershed, plus the District of
Columbia, develop and implement detailed plans to reduce pollution 
sufficiently to achieve Bay-wide pollution reduction targets for
 nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment by 2025.

The Chesapeake Bay RAVE, a project of the International League of
Conservation Photographers (iLCP) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation 
(CBF), is a collaborative effort to highlight the importance of this 
legislation through photographs, video, and stories from across the 
Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. iLCP and CBF will use the collected
 media from the RAVE to document issues facing the Bay and to produce an exhibit of 
thirty photographs to premiere in September 2010 on Capitol Hill. The compelling visual media displayed will help facilitate news
 coverage on the urgency of the Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Act, advocating for the restoration of the Bay’s health and its protection in the 
long term. The expedition team is composed of iLCP 
photographers from across North America, including several who live 
within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Great Bear TIS- Jasmine Thomas Interview

by Neil Ever Osborne

Jasmine Thomas of the Saikuz nation

As part of the Great Bear Rainforest Tripods in the Sky (TIS) with Neil Ever Osborne.

About the TIS

The Issues

Enbridge Inc. has a long history of pipeline oil spills throughout Canada and the US, including a ruptured pipeline in Michigan less than a year ago that spewed one million gallons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo river system. The Northern Gateway pipelines would cross sensitive salmon spawning habitat, bisecting more than 1,000 rivers and streams. Once the oil reached Kitimat, it would be loaded into super oil tankers and transported through the difficult-to-navigate routes, whose channels cross the Great Bear Rainforest, the largest temperate rainforest in the world. After reaching the coast, the oil would continue on to international markets, contributing to our global dependence on fossil fuels and the climate change crisis. The pipeline project has been called the defining environmental battle of our time; one that will define Canada's international reputation.

The Assignment

In order to fully appreciate what is at risk, it is important to take stock of the ecosystems and people who will be affected by the pipelines. ForestEthics has enlisted LightHawk and the International League of Conservation Photographers to fly over the proposed pipeline route, taking aerial photographs and video footage to document the land and communities that would be impacted. By conveying the dramatic beauty of the landscapes and the tenacity of the people, this visual communication project will assist the campaign to stop the pipeline project from becoming a reality.

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Gerald Amos - GBR TIS interview

by Neil Ever Osborne

This is an interview by Amanda Follett and Neil Ever Osborne with Gerald Amos. Gerald is a Haisla Councillor, President of Coastal First Nations, and a grandpa.  Interview was conducted in Kitamaat Village, near the town of Kitimat.

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Witness: Defining Conservation Photography

by Neil Ever Osborne, Chad Stevens, with support from the iLCP

What is Conservation Photography?

Notable anthropologist Jane Goodall, National Geographic Editor-at-Large Michael Nichols, and International League of Conservation Photographers president Cristina Mittermeier, among many others, share candid thoughts on the power of photography and its value as an effective conservation tool. The narrative is accompanied by stunning photographic contributions from over 40 conservation photographers to illustrate the convergence between the conservation and photography realms.

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