Braided River

America's arctic - braided river is a media partner alongside a coalition of national conservation and indigenous nonprofits supporting science and cultural education around the alaskan arctic. In particular, the western arctic and the arctic national wildlife refuge have been a special focus. Through media campaigns, legislative action, and support for group trips to america's arctic, braided river has been spreading education about protecting the arctic. Braided river additionally worked closely with national geographic photographer florian schultzon field work surrounding photography and film of some of the most remote places of the arctic. We are continuing to support the impact campaign for an educational giant screen film called the arctic: our last great wilderness. The film has been shown to date at more than 20 theaters at major science centers, for more than 10,000 people, including several thousand school groups, and educators. We have also supported film and storytelling efforts digitally, on social media and web platform called protect the arctic, which has more than 58,000 followers.

Columbia river - this book and visual storytelling campaign released on may 22nd of 2024 has been educating about the beautiful and complicated columbia river system and its expansive watershed from sea to source. To date, the photographer david moskowitz and the author eileen delehanty pearkes have presented to 11 in person events as part of the big river event series reaching a total of 450 people in the pacific northwest. The largest in person speaking event was 115-person audience at the oregon museum of science and industry (omsi) in partnership with 350 pdx, columbia riverkeeper, and save our wild salmon. The transnational media campaign has been a great success, reaching across north america and western canada markets in print and social media. Big river is a forewards indies finalist for book of the year.

Other programs - (1) in 2024, braided river supported the we are puget sound traveling museum traveling events, which were viewed by more than 40,000 people collectively. (2) book development of woodpecker: a year in the life of north american woodpeckers - a photography book and campaign on all 41 species of woodpeckers in north america. The books fieldwork, editorial development, and layout were completed in 2024, with a publication date of september 1, 2025.