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WK-36:
“Fear and Fishing in
Lake
Davis
” – A film about pike
as an invasive species
(Created/edited/directed/filmed by Jarrett Byrnes,
Elizabeth Chamberlin, Sarah Elmendorf, Ryan Fisher, Suzanne Olyarnik, and Amber
Wright)
Thursday, August 11, 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM,
Meeting Room 512a, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal.
Fee:
$15 US Dollars per person – includes
Grab-and-Go Lunch ticket.
Minimum:
10
Maximum: 35
Organizer:
Sarah Elmendorf (scelmendorf@ucdavis.edu)
Description:
In 1994, officials from the California Department of Fish and Game
discovered a voracious invasive fish species, northern pike, in a reservoir in
rural
Plumas
County
. The department proposed applying pesticides to the lake, which
supplies drinking water to the nearby town of
Portola
, in order to get rid of the fish. The local
community resisted, but the State responded with a show of force, and proceeded
to apply pesticides to the lake against the wishes of local residents. A year
and a half later, the invasive fish resurfaced in the lake. Six UC Davis
graduate students in Ecology, Population Biology, and History captured the story
of this ongoing environmental conflict on film. They interviewed local
residents, elected officials, and state agency personnel directly involved in
the dispute, and used their stories to construct a compelling narrative about
the clash between community and state government over controlling the invasive
northern pike.
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