A small selection of our work.

Silver Fir Media’s 2023 Film Reel.

 

The U.S. Coast Guard has been breaking ice for over 100 years. This trailer gives a glimpse of a documentary created for the Coast Guard on our country’s history in the polar regions. To be aired on PBS in 2020.

For more than 2 years a group of women called the Calutron Girls went to work in Oak Ridge TN with only the information that they were helping to end WWII. Sitting in front of large machines they worked until the day the bomb was dropped and found out that they had a part in it.

Work on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge TN during WWII meant dealing with segregation. Valerie Roberson's grandmother found hope in her faith and family.

In an isolated part of the Washington desert, The Manhattan Project B reactor created thePlutonium that would be used in the Atomic Bomb. The people that worked there had pride in their work.
At Los Alamos during WWII Fuller Lodge was the hub of social activity for the scientists working on the Manhattan Project. Everyone needs a gathering place.

Just outside of Cincinnati Ohio lies a lot more adventure than you’d think. The Great Parks of Hamilton County have everything from rock climbing to kayaking. Check it out for yourself at greatparks.org

Lake Clark National Park’s Cook Inlet coastline is a unique place where visitors enjoy outstanding bear-viewing and sport fishing opportunities.  Here brown bears can be seen grazing in the sedge meadows, fishing for spawning salmon in the creeks, and digging for razor clams on the tidal flats.

Lake Clark National Park’s Crescent Lake has some of the nations most impressive salmon runs. With salmon comes bears. Lots of them.

The Pacific Fisher was hunted to extirpation in Washington state almost 100 years ago. This video follows scientists, communities, and conservation groups as they come together to bring this charismatic carnivore back to the state.

On the Cumberland Plateau of northeastern Tennessee there exists a place of wild beauty. In the spring, soft rains bring the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area to bloom. In summer, the park echoes with the calls of wildlife in the night and even glows in the dark. Fall brings an explosion of color under autumn skies. In winter, snowy trails provide quiet solitude. Across four seasons, Generations follows visitors and locals as they explore the rich history and ecology of the park’s sprawling 125,000 acres, proving you’re never too young or old to set off on an adventure. NAI award winning film 2018.

This NAI award winning film offers an intimate look at the park through the eyes of the hikers, paddlers, fishermen, scientists, climbers, and admirers who seek out experiences on the Cumberland Plateau in Eastern Tennessee.  Daring footage of Class IV rapids, steeply overhanging cliffs, and ice storms give the viewer a taste of the many adventures available in the park.   

When a group of high school students spend two weeks backpacking on the Olympic National Park Coastline

The United States is criss-crossed by more than 10 long-distance hiking trails. While you may have heard of the AT or PCT not many people know about their sister to the south.

Every fall at the Big South Fork some of the country’s best storytellers come together to tell spooky tales. This PSA is used to promote the event.

Geologist Dr. Jon Riedel eats, sleeps, and breathes glaciers. They are high, hard-to-reach, and hard to study. Keepers of the Beat follows Jon and his work studying glaciers and climate change at North Cascades National Park. Keepers is a visual and audible treat. Put on some headphones and enjoy…

Coastal ecologist Steve Fradkin is really, really into the ocean. As a National Park Service scientist, Fradkin spends his days on the coast of Olympic National Park in the intertidal zone. There, a network of incredible plants and animals interact to form a living, breathing ecosystem that is an especially sensitive indicator of environmental health. Climate change is beginning to take its toll on this fragile ecosystem... but as long as Steve gets a good cup of coffee, he'll be out there monitoring the changes and figuring out what we as humans can do to help.