Wilderness: The Last Stand (1993)
54 min
A look at the mandate and performance of the U.S. Forest Service in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. Through interviews with Forest Service employees, loggers, environmentalists, scientists and politicians, we discover the ever-widening impact of current policy on the human and wildlife communities that depend upon the National Forests for survival. In 1905 the National Forest system was created to protect the remainder of the great woodland ecosystems that once covered America. Yet each year, more and more of these public forests have been sacrificed in the name of commerce. Everyone talks about finding the balance between preserving jobs and protecting the environment, but solutions are long in coming. While we debate, American taxpayers subsidize forest destruction to the tune of 300 million dollars each year.
- Release date
- May 31, 1993
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Dale Burk as Self (conservation writer)
- Larry Campbell as Self (Friends of the Bitterroot)
- Jeff DeBonis as Self
- Albert Engel as Self
- Tim Hermach as Self (Native Forest Council)
- John Mumma as Self
- Thomas Power as Self
- Susan Sarandon as Narrator
- Ron Therriault as Self
- Howie Wolke as Self (wilderness guide)
Crew
- Miranda Smith · Director
- Nathaniel Kahn · Writer
- Ken Bailey · Producer
- Scott Elder Harper · Composer
- Ken Bailey · Cinematographer
- David Zieff · Editor