Daniel J. Pierce
@danieljpierce.bsky.social
Filmmaker, journalist, story editor. Director of Trouble in the Headwaters. Co-writer/producer and host of CBC podcast Pressure Cooker. https://www.ramshackle.ca/ @thecutblock on YouTube.
With the floods in Washington and Southern BC right now, this is a good time to watch our 25-minute documentary 'Trouble in the Headwaters'. The 2018 Grand Forks flood was the canary in the coal mine warning us about how clearcut logging can lead to massive floods.
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The hidden impacts of clear-cut logging, revealed
YouTube video by The Narwhal
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December 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
With the floods in Washington and Southern BC right now, this is a good time to watch our 25-minute documentary 'Trouble in the Headwaters'. The 2018 Grand Forks flood was the canary in the coal mine warning us about how clearcut logging can lead to massive floods.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG8...
I'm posting my thoughts about the Abbotsford flood on TikTok. Here's my latest from the scene of the flood yesterday, looking at root causes and potential long-term solutions.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm posting my thoughts about the Abbotsford flood on TikTok. Here's my latest from the scene of the flood yesterday, looking at root causes and potential long-term solutions.
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This headline is getting lost in the noise around Eby saying he wants to amend DRIPA. He wanted the press release without the obligations. But the court decided that DRIPA is enforceable law. And if the BC NDP wants to gut DRIPA, the law says they will have to consult First Nations first. Oopsie.
BC passed #DRIPA in 2019, spelling out how the Province must implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This ruling quashes the Province's attempts to evade legal accountability and confirms that DRIPA must be more than an empty political promise. #IndigenousRights #bcpoli
B.C.'s Indigenous rights law is legally enforceable, rules court
In a split ruling, the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) is an 'interpretive lens' through which B.C. laws must be viewed and measured
www.biv.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This headline is getting lost in the noise around Eby saying he wants to amend DRIPA. He wanted the press release without the obligations. But the court decided that DRIPA is enforceable law. And if the BC NDP wants to gut DRIPA, the law says they will have to consult First Nations first. Oopsie.
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Did we hear that right? Is Forest Minister Parmar trying to gaslight us? 🤔
Every day, irreplaceable #oldgrowth and critical habitat continue to fall while the BC NDP government claims progress.
If you’re tired of talk-and-log politics, now’s the moment to act.
Every day, irreplaceable #oldgrowth and critical habitat continue to fall while the BC NDP government claims progress.
If you’re tired of talk-and-log politics, now’s the moment to act.
December 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Did we hear that right? Is Forest Minister Parmar trying to gaslight us? 🤔
Every day, irreplaceable #oldgrowth and critical habitat continue to fall while the BC NDP government claims progress.
If you’re tired of talk-and-log politics, now’s the moment to act.
Every day, irreplaceable #oldgrowth and critical habitat continue to fall while the BC NDP government claims progress.
If you’re tired of talk-and-log politics, now’s the moment to act.
The Black-Mirror-fication of society continues. Everything is gambling now.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Black-Mirror-fication of society continues. Everything is gambling now.
Huge win for a indigenous rights in Canada. It was absurd to begin with that BC could pass a DRIPA law and then claim that it wasn't enforceable. The court decided that DRIPA is more than a press release. It's the law. Sadly Eby is now looking to amend DRIPA.
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B.C.'s Indigenous rights law is legally enforceable, rules court
In a split ruling, the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) is an 'interpretive lens' through which B.C. laws must be viewed and measured
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December 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Huge win for a indigenous rights in Canada. It was absurd to begin with that BC could pass a DRIPA law and then claim that it wasn't enforceable. The court decided that DRIPA is more than a press release. It's the law. Sadly Eby is now looking to amend DRIPA.
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What the closure of the Croton Mill proves is that the timber supply crisis is being driven by over-harvesting by industry, not megafires or pine beetle (from which Vancouver Island was largely spared) and not tariffs. We depleted the resource, plain and simple.
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Industry blames province for closure of Crofton mill, loss of 350 jobs
Domtar, which owns the mill, cited the lack of available fibre and poor pricing in global pulp markets for the shutdown.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What the closure of the Croton Mill proves is that the timber supply crisis is being driven by over-harvesting by industry, not megafires or pine beetle (from which Vancouver Island was largely spared) and not tariffs. We depleted the resource, plain and simple.
www.timescolonist.com/business/cro...
www.timescolonist.com/business/cro...
Wow, bombshell report by @stefanlabbe.bsky.social about how the BC Ministry of Forests may be overestimating the annual harvest rates by more than double, using unscientific methods and extremely optimistic assumptions to set rates. People should lose their jobs for this.
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
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Leaked report claims B.C. timber harvest is vastly overestimated
An undisclosed report obtained by BIV estimates the province is likely approving twice as much logging than can be sustainably harvested
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November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Wow, bombshell report by @stefanlabbe.bsky.social about how the BC Ministry of Forests may be overestimating the annual harvest rates by more than double, using unscientific methods and extremely optimistic assumptions to set rates. People should lose their jobs for this.
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
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Logging old-growth just to be burned for energy seems like the lowest and worst possible use for these forests. They provide way more value to the ecosystem and communities standing and continuing to mitigate floods, droughts and landslides. Old forests are also more resilient to wildfire.
New @stand.earth report shows that zebras don’t change their stripes.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Logging old-growth just to be burned for energy seems like the lowest and worst possible use for these forests. They provide way more value to the ecosystem and communities standing and continuing to mitigate floods, droughts and landslides. Old forests are also more resilient to wildfire.
Cool job alert! Story Money Impact is hiring a part-time Impact and Communications Coordinator. They do great work supporting doc filmmakers who want to have an impact with their projects.
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Impact and Communications Coordinator Position — Story Money Impact
Reports to: Impact Director and Executive Director Location: Remote (Canada-wide) — Preferred BC candidate, GVA in particular Employment Type: Part-time, Fixed Term Contract (20 hours/week for 6 ...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Cool job alert! Story Money Impact is hiring a part-time Impact and Communications Coordinator. They do great work supporting doc filmmakers who want to have an impact with their projects.
www.storymoneyimpact.com/blog/2025/11...
www.storymoneyimpact.com/blog/2025/11...
On Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 6pm, our film 'Trouble in the Headwaters' will be screening at the New Westminster Public Library with Dr. Younes Alila and myself present for a discussion about forestry and flooding. Come on out! Reserve a seat here >>
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Climate Films: Trouble in the Headwaters | New Westminster Public Library
Join us for our Climate Films Series! Each month we will screen a film about the climate crisis, focusing especially on existing, difference-making solutions. We will have a brief discussion after the...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
On Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 6pm, our film 'Trouble in the Headwaters' will be screening at the New Westminster Public Library with Dr. Younes Alila and myself present for a discussion about forestry and flooding. Come on out! Reserve a seat here >>
www.nwpl.ca/events/clima...
www.nwpl.ca/events/clima...
Tomorrow we're bringing Trouble in the Headwaters to Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast. Dr. Younes Alila and I will be in attendance for the discussion, along with @suzannesenger.bsky.social from the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association. Here's the event page >> www.facebook.com/events/12842...
September 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tomorrow we're bringing Trouble in the Headwaters to Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast. Dr. Younes Alila and I will be in attendance for the discussion, along with @suzannesenger.bsky.social from the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association. Here's the event page >> www.facebook.com/events/12842...
The last stop on our Trouble in the Headwaters screening tour (for now) is Wed. Sept 17th on the Sunshine Coast at the Roberts Creek Hall. The event is being sponsored by the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association. Myself and Dr. Younes Alila will be attending.
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Documentary screening in Roberts Creek highlights logging and flooding risks
Award-winning filmmaker explores Grand Forks disaster
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September 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The last stop on our Trouble in the Headwaters screening tour (for now) is Wed. Sept 17th on the Sunshine Coast at the Roberts Creek Hall. The event is being sponsored by the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association. Myself and Dr. Younes Alila will be attending.
www.coastreporter.net/local-news/d...
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A fantastic feature story just came out in @thetyee.ca about Dr. Younes Alila, the star of my new documentary 'Trouble in the Headwaters.' Go give it a read. Journalist Alice Kassam does a great job of laying out the story of Dr. Alila's groundbreaking science.
For more than a decade, professor of forest hydrology Younes Alila’s research showed how B.C.’s land management choices can amplify floods and landslides.
He published in peer-reviewed journals, warned officials and spoke to anyone willing to listen.
Few did.
He published in peer-reviewed journals, warned officials and spoke to anyone willing to listen.
Few did.
Floods, Fires, Forests. For Younes Alila, It All Connects | The Tyee
Meet the UBC forestry prof whose path-breaking work links disasters to how BC manages forests.
thetyee.ca
September 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A fantastic feature story just came out in @thetyee.ca about Dr. Younes Alila, the star of my new documentary 'Trouble in the Headwaters.' Go give it a read. Journalist Alice Kassam does a great job of laying out the story of Dr. Alila's groundbreaking science.
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Trouble in the Headwaters — Sept 17, 7 pm, Roberts Creek Hall.
Film screening + panel on forests, water & climate resilience, featuring Dr. Younes Alila’s hydrology research.
#SunshineCoastBC #ProtectOurWater
@danieljpierce.bsky.social @suzannesenger.bsky.social
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Film screening + panel on forests, water & climate resilience, featuring Dr. Younes Alila’s hydrology research.
#SunshineCoastBC #ProtectOurWater
@danieljpierce.bsky.social @suzannesenger.bsky.social
thescca.ca/trouble-in-t...
September 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Trouble in the Headwaters — Sept 17, 7 pm, Roberts Creek Hall.
Film screening + panel on forests, water & climate resilience, featuring Dr. Younes Alila’s hydrology research.
#SunshineCoastBC #ProtectOurWater
@danieljpierce.bsky.social @suzannesenger.bsky.social
thescca.ca/trouble-in-t...
Film screening + panel on forests, water & climate resilience, featuring Dr. Younes Alila’s hydrology research.
#SunshineCoastBC #ProtectOurWater
@danieljpierce.bsky.social @suzannesenger.bsky.social
thescca.ca/trouble-in-t...
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TOMORROW! Clearcuts & Floods & Droughts & Trauma & Expenses Mon, Sept 8 "Trouble in the Headwaters "doc screening with filmmaker, main subject, and local expert. Oasis United Church 2964 Skaha Lake Rd Penticton Doors open 6PM to get a seat. @danieljpierce.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
TOMORROW! Clearcuts & Floods & Droughts & Trauma & Expenses Mon, Sept 8 "Trouble in the Headwaters "doc screening with filmmaker, main subject, and local expert. Oasis United Church 2964 Skaha Lake Rd Penticton Doors open 6PM to get a seat. @danieljpierce.bsky.social
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In Penticton Mon, Sept 8 at 6:30PM Oasis United Church FREE by donation to the film project. Don't Miss This powerful doc and panel discussion on watershed destruction and flood risk caused by clearcutting BC forests. tinyurl.com/5969muvj
September 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In Penticton Mon, Sept 8 at 6:30PM Oasis United Church FREE by donation to the film project. Don't Miss This powerful doc and panel discussion on watershed destruction and flood risk caused by clearcutting BC forests. tinyurl.com/5969muvj
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Trouble in the Headwaters is a powerful new documentary by Ramshackle Pictures about how clearcut #logging is dramatically increasing flood and drought risk.
The film is going on tour across B.C. Find a screening event near you 👇 @danieljpierce.bsky.social
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The film is going on tour across B.C. Find a screening event near you 👇 @danieljpierce.bsky.social
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September 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Trouble in the Headwaters is a powerful new documentary by Ramshackle Pictures about how clearcut #logging is dramatically increasing flood and drought risk.
The film is going on tour across B.C. Find a screening event near you 👇 @danieljpierce.bsky.social
linktr.ee/headwaters.f...
The film is going on tour across B.C. Find a screening event near you 👇 @danieljpierce.bsky.social
linktr.ee/headwaters.f...
Our new film, Trouble in the Headwaters, is going on tour in BC. The film looks at the latest science linking clearcut logging and flooding. We'll also be hosting in-depth discussions about local forestry and watershed issues. Please join us in one of these communities >> linktr.ee/headwaters.f...
September 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Our new film, Trouble in the Headwaters, is going on tour in BC. The film looks at the latest science linking clearcut logging and flooding. We'll also be hosting in-depth discussions about local forestry and watershed issues. Please join us in one of these communities >> linktr.ee/headwaters.f...
Hey everyone, I've got an amazing screening tour coming up for my new documentary 'Trouble in the Headwaters'. Here's the Linktree with all of our events coming up in Kelowna, Grand Forks, Nelson, Penticton, Vernon, and Prince George: linktr.ee/headwaters.f...
The ticket links are in the 🧵 below.
The ticket links are in the 🧵 below.
August 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hey everyone, I've got an amazing screening tour coming up for my new documentary 'Trouble in the Headwaters'. Here's the Linktree with all of our events coming up in Kelowna, Grand Forks, Nelson, Penticton, Vernon, and Prince George: linktr.ee/headwaters.f...
The ticket links are in the 🧵 below.
The ticket links are in the 🧵 below.
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Save the Date Sept 8, Mon Doors open 6PM. Clearcutting and floods in BC - a recipe for disaster. Panel discussion follows w. filmmaker, UBC prof, and local ecologist Don Gayton. Don't miss this powerful doc. #forest #floods #climate
"Trouble in the Headwaters" is a powerful 25-minute documentary exploring the root causes behind the devastating floods in Grand Forks, BC. Sept 8 - 6:30-8:30 PM
Oasis United Church 2964 Skaha Lake Rd Penticton *by donation Flimmaker, UBC prof, local ecologist in panel discussion. Please share.
Oasis United Church 2964 Skaha Lake Rd Penticton *by donation Flimmaker, UBC prof, local ecologist in panel discussion. Please share.
August 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Excited to be bringing Trouble in the Headwaters to communities across BC! Here's all the info for the Penticton screening on Sept. 8th.
"Trouble in the Headwaters" is a powerful 25-minute documentary exploring the root causes behind the devastating floods in Grand Forks, BC. Sept 8 - 6:30-8:30 PM
Oasis United Church 2964 Skaha Lake Rd Penticton *by donation Flimmaker, UBC prof, local ecologist in panel discussion. Please share.
Oasis United Church 2964 Skaha Lake Rd Penticton *by donation Flimmaker, UBC prof, local ecologist in panel discussion. Please share.
August 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Excited to be bringing Trouble in the Headwaters to communities across BC! Here's all the info for the Penticton screening on Sept. 8th.
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If genocide isn't your redline, then you have no redlines.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
August 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If genocide isn't your redline, then you have no redlines.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
My new video about the Texas flood is now live on my YouTube channel The Cutblock, where I break down the key factors that made this flood such an unmitigated disaster – natural landscape features, climate-fuelled storms and bad land-use decisions all played a role.
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The Texas Flood Was a Manmade Disaster
YouTube video by The Cutblock
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July 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My new video about the Texas flood is now live on my YouTube channel The Cutblock, where I break down the key factors that made this flood such an unmitigated disaster – natural landscape features, climate-fuelled storms and bad land-use decisions all played a role.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_PR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_PR...
A new study by UBC hydrologists, including my film subject Dr. Younes Alila, should be sending shockwaves through the BC Ministry of Forests and the timber industry. The study finds clearcut logging increases extreme floods by 18x and effects persist for up to 40 years.
news.ubc.ca/2025/07/clea...
news.ubc.ca/2025/07/clea...
Clear-cutting linked to 18-fold rise in extreme floods, UBC study finds - UBC News
New research finds long-term impacts on flood size and frequency decades after trees are removed
news.ubc.ca
July 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A new study by UBC hydrologists, including my film subject Dr. Younes Alila, should be sending shockwaves through the BC Ministry of Forests and the timber industry. The study finds clearcut logging increases extreme floods by 18x and effects persist for up to 40 years.
news.ubc.ca/2025/07/clea...
news.ubc.ca/2025/07/clea...