Dammed to Extinction is back in Spokane for a second screening this season with a post-film panelist discussion including wheat farmer Bryan Jones, Nimiipuu tribal member Elliot Moffett and Sam Mace from Save Our Wild Salmon.

This film takes a hard look at four obsolete dams on the lower Snake River and the impacts they have on orca, salmon and people - as well as the potential benefits of removing them.

For eons, a one-of-a-kind population of killer whales has hunted chinook salmon along the Pacific Coast. For the past 50 years, these orcas' presence has thrilled and fascinated people--biologists, tourists, and unsuspecting boaters and fishermen. Dammed to Extinction focuses on renowned whale scientist Ken Balcomb and his observation of a deadly pattern: salmon populations are plummeting and orcas are starving. The solution says Balcomb, is getting rid of four fish-killing dams 500 miles away, on the largest tributary to what was, until it was dammed nearly to death in the last century, the largest chinook producing river on earth.

Dams have been the main culprit behind salmons' demise. A broad and growing coalition of scientists, economists, conservationists, and citizens say removing the worst fish killing dams is the best chance we have to bring abundant runs of salmon and the orca that rely on them.

Saving the Southern Resident orcas means saving chinook and removing these four killer dams. Dammed to Extinction tells the stories of the orcas and Chinook, through the voices of the experts who know them best.

Join us for this important film that tells the story of orca scientists, local citizens, tribal members, and others who have been working to protect orca by restoring the salmon they depend on.

Learn more and watch the trailer at https://www.dammedtoextinction.com

Co-hosted by The Lands Council, Upper Columbia River Group of Sierra Club, and Save Our Wild Salmon.