Safe Haven film aims to protect old growth Kootenay rainforest
By Contributor
All are invited to a screening of Damien Gillis and Valhalla Wilderness Society’s new film, Safe Haven: The Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness. The 30-minute film will be followed by a presentation by Valhalla Wilderness Society (VWS) biologist and campaigner Amber Peters, with stunning photography taken over eight years of research expeditions to the ancient forest.
Castle Theatre, 185 Columbia Ave, Castlegar, BC
Saturday, March 15, 2025, Doors open at 6:30 pm. Film starts at 7 pm.
Admission by donation, free for members of the West Kootenay Naturalists Association
The Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness is as wild a slice of wilderness as one can hope to find – a rare fully intact valley-bottom primeval forest, left to evolve since the glaciers of the ice age receded. Working with a team of biologists since 2017 to discover and document the incredible biodiversity of this area of BC’s Temperate Inland Rainforest, the Valhalla Wilderness Society developed a proposal requesting the BC Government protect the area by designating it a park. The film is a call to action for British Columbians to support the campaign.
This event is hosted by the West Kootenay Naturalists Association as a public show of their support for the Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness park proposal developed by the VWS.
Since 1975 the Valhalla Wilderness Society has worked to protect irreplaceable wilderness areas through research and advocacy. In 2023, the VWS saw partial victory when the BC Government designated another part of our Inland Temperate Rainforest, the Incomappleux Valley, a Conservancy area. Unfortunately, the forests Valhalla Wilderness Society are working to protect are currently in the hands of the timber companies and major public support is needed to change that.
Amber Peters, Valhalla Wilderness Society biologist and campaigner, is available for interviews.
Photos and private screening copies of the film are available for media use.
Film preview: https://vimeo.com/1050355596
Amber Peters: amber@vws.org
