. >> that's the type of water that we start with in our headwaters. >> the question is, as it goes downstream, what are we doing to that? >> i guess the main motivation for this film was to sort of shine a light on this movement, this national movement to restore rivers. and we're doing that through the lens of the willamitte river, in oregon. so, the willamitte river system is a big river system in western oregon, and i think of it as oregon's big river, because it really flows through our biggest cities and our richest farmland. i think in oregon, and nationwide, there's still a question in people's mind, "what--what's the value of a river?" and we've just gone through a couple of centuries of kind of disconnecting ourselves from rivers, and we're in the process of sort of getting back to that. so, my main motivation for this film was to really shine a light on what's really a national movement to reconnect to our rivers, and to begin to restore them. i hope that people will see in this film, um, lots of examples of how you can sort of identify yourself as living in a watershed, and living

headwaters of the the system or salmon come to spawn and die, there is treasure in the rocks. a company co-owned by the plants oneing giant of the world's biggest copper mines in this wilderness. ,> when you're up in the air you get a sense of how remote this place is. the big pit down there. they also need to build a power station and develop a road or rail link to the sea. >> john is the boss. it could be worth half $1 trillion, but the massive open pit would generate billions of tons of potentially dangerous waste. >> a lot of waste, but the waste is essentially dirt. people think about waste and they think of toxins. >> it is toxic dirt. >> know it is not. >> you cannot allow it to enter the ecosystem here. >> it does have to have long- term monitoring. no question about that. >> more than 100 miles from the but connected by stream and river. 25 million are caught every summer. business.a $1 billion they got it, freeze it, and can it for supermarkets all over the world. the fishing industry is scared of a mine in their backyard. iswe have a culture that dependent on salmon

and protesters in egypt ransacked the headwaters of the ruling muslim brotherhood and after millions turn out to demand president morsi renounce power by tuesday. doesn't go to civil war without. fears of an all out bloody conflict are banned by the muslim brotherhood's vows to react after the sea the opposition crossed a red line of violence. and a genetically modified diet for you or a briton urges the e.u. to ease restrictions on g.m. products despite concerns that the government is treating people as guinea pigs. seven pm in moscow you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program now in the fallout from the latest least by edward snowden germany has summoned the u.s. ambassador for explanations on the leaks published and the german media the revelation suggesting the n.s.a. spied on the internal computer networks has sparked a wave of outrage in berlin newsroom chief of artie's video agency ruptly name is a film reports from the german capital. there has so far been no comment from the us in response to this latest round of revelations that have been published ove

the national blue way system is described as a headwaters to mouth approach to rivers management. a mechanism to encourage stake holders to i want freight their land and water stewardship, efforts by adopting a watershed approach. importantly, a river supposed to be nominated for by a blue -- nominated for blue ways designation by local stake holders. though no local stake holders were included in the process in my district, the white river watershed in my district was named as the nation's second national blue way in january of this year. nominated the white river to become a blue way? the national wildlife refuge association. an organization based in washington, d.c. a quick trip to their website reveals that in addition to being based in washington, d.c., around 1,000 miles away from the white river watershed, not a single member of their board of directors is from arkansas or missouri. where is the local knowledge? how is this organization a stake holder? local stake holders eventually found out about the designation and were furious, as you can imagine. and when i use the ter