Columbia Gorge Story: When the Hard Work Begins

What happens when, after decades of inactivity, a gravel mine suddenly springs to life-potentially endangering nearby residents and local, sensitive salmon resting habitat-inside the gateway to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area?
“When the Hard Work Begins,” co-produced by Holden Films and Friends of the Columbia Gorge, explores five years of efforts by a group of Gorge community activists in collaboration with Friends of the Columbia Gorge's legal team to stop an illegal gravel mining operation near Washougal, Washington, just a stone’s throw away from the newly restored Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Learn more about this issue: gorgefriends.org/illegalmining
Learn more about Friends' Gorge protection work: gorgefriends.org/protect