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Something fishy about the forest

Something fishy is going on! This is one of the richest temperate rainforests in the world. How does it stay that way? Enter fish fertilizer! Jordan joins a research team to investigate the role of dead fish in life on land!

Video 5 min video
45 min activity
45 min activity

Nature observer: Students explore the role of nitrogen in stream systems. Then, they use what they’ve learned to predict which stream system will have the most salmon and attract predators.

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Thanks to

PARTNERS

  • Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department
  • Dalhousie University
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Ocean Frontier Institute

Credits

WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY

Scott Simpson

NARRATION WRITTEN BY

Josh McDonald

PRODUCTION (SCIENCE)

Sonya Lee, Lucija Prelovec

PRODUCTION (EDUCATION)

Heather Delagran, Emily Sheepy

LINE PRODUCER

Jessica Brown

PARTICIPANTS

Jordan Wilson, John Reynolds, Allison Dennert, Nicola Rammell

NARRATION

Jordan Wilson

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Nick Hawkins

EDITOR

Andrew MacCormack

LOCATION SOUND

Zan Rosborough

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

Jordan Wilson

ASSISTANT EDITORS

Madeline Toal, David Mullins

SOUND DESIGN AND EDIT

VillageWorks Content Co.

MOTION GRAPHICS

Devon Parsons / Pixel Ease

ARCHIVES

Pacific Wild

COLOURIST AND ONLINE EDITOR

Serge Verreault

SOUND MIX

Luc Léger

RECORDING SERVICES

Canadian Sound Concepts Ltd., Connection Productions

TRANSLATION

Jessica Hould-Fortin, Michèle Banks, Laurence Savage-Duguay

ACCESSIBILITY

Described Video Canada, Difuze

ACTIVITY WRITERS

Heather Delagran, Emily Sheepy, Erika Sullivan

ACTIVITY GRAPHIC DESIGN

Erika Sullivan, Nada Jreidini

ACTIVITY VALIDATION

Ayla Brown

HEILTSUK NARRATION

Elder Elizabeth Brown

PEDAGOGICAL ADVISORS

Ayla Brown, Anita Hall, Dawn Hall, Leandria Carpenter, Johanna Gordon-Walker

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Jac Gautreau

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR

Boris Worm