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Dick always said that there were two keys to getting anything done: observation and persistence.
“Big things can happen if people persevere… Back in 1990, you ask somebody in Anywhere, USA, about dam removal, they would have told you that you were nuts,” said Mike McHenry, biologist with the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. (Reported by Lynda Mapes for The Seattle Times)
The Elwha River runs from the Olympic Mountains northward into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. These satellite images by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) show Elwha from above. The removal of Elwha's two dams would be the largest dam removal in US history and the biggest controlled sediment release. The Elwha and Glines Canyon dams trapped an estimated 19 million cubic meters of sediment. Researchers say that's enough dirt to fill 11 football fields the height of the Empire State Building.
Dick's office was a magical place, a small space that felt like a top secret room at the Smithsonian. This chest held his supplies to make fishing flies -- feathers, fur, hooks, linen and silk line, you name it. Most everything he created from scratch or sourced himself, oftentimes with the gun he made and the bullets he hand poured. The Odd Feather drawer was a production favorite.
This 1994 newspaper clipping has been a North Star for The Memory of Fish. And it's true. Dick Goin knows the when-where-why-how of rivers and fish.
Peninsula Daily News , February 10, 1994.
Dick Goin was rarely seen without suspenders. Filming with him made scene continuity easy.
Photo: Marie Goin
Post-production is moving along. Next up: making music with the extraordinary Gil Talmi. Gil is a composer and recording artist with a passion for socially conscious films. Wait until you hear what he's cooking up for The Memory of Fish. Learn more about Gil here.
