Daniel J. Pierce

Excited to be bringing Trouble in the Headwaters to communities across BC! Here's all the info for the Penticton screening on Sept. 8th.

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

YouTube video by The Cutblock The Texas Flood Was a Manmade Disaster

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...

Agreed, it seems really *duhh* but the timber industry has used outdated science for decades to say the exact opposite – that clearcutting has minimal effect on larger floods. This turns the table 180 degrees on the prevailing wisdom. Hydrologists and RPFs rubber-stamping logging better take note.

YouTube video by The Narwhal The hidden impacts of clear-cut logging, revealed

Watch my latest documentary with the co-author of this study, Dr. Younes Alila, Trouble in the Headwaters, presented by @thenarwhal.ca >>

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG8...

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

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...

B.C. approving thousands of hectares of logging in endangered caribou habitat, report finds Satellite monitoring identified 5,713 hectares of forest proposed and approved for logging across the ranges of three of B.C.'s most at-risk caribou herds

Great reporting from @stefanlabbe.bsky.social about how work done by @stand.earth, @wildernews.bsky.social and @wildsight.bsky.social has identified 5,713 hectares of forest proposed and approved for logging across the ranges of three of BC's most at-risk caribou herds.

www.biv.com/news/environ...

I'm excited to have @thenarwhal.ca present my new documentary, 'Trouble in the Headwaters'. The film investigates the 2018 flood of Grand Forks, BC and unravels the latest science around forestry and flooding by UBC hydrologist Dr. Younes Alila. Go watch the full film on The Narwhal this weekend! 📽️🌲

Tickets are going fast for the first Vancouver screening of my new film Trouble in the Headwaters on July 5 at UBC. It's a free event so reserve a seat while you still can. My film will be playing alongside "The Salmon Forest Project" by Bill Heath.
Book here >> secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/s...

What’s going on around Grand Forks, B.C.?

In 2018, devastating floods displaced more than 100 families — and the threat of more floods remains.

Trouble in the Headwaters is a short doc exploring the upstream impacts of industrial clearcut logging in the Kettle River watershed. Stay tuned 📽️

Tickets are going fast for our Victoria premiere of my new film 'Trouble in the Headwaters' this Thursday, June 12th. Get your tickets while you still can!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-narwha...

I'll also be touring the film across BC for the rest of the year. I'd love to bring it to the Cowichan Valley :)

Thank you to the Sitka Foundation and the Science Media Centre of Canada for funding this film project through the Messengers for Biodiversity Reporting Grant. They are doing another round this year. Go check it out!
@sciencejim.bsky.social

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I spent the past year quietly toiling away on a new film. I'm so excited to see it be released by The Narwhal. We're hosting a premiere screening in Victoria on June 12th and in Vancouver shortly thereafter. Get your tickets to the Victoria event here >> www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-narwha...

The film looks at the 2018 Grand Forks flood and unravels the latest science connecting the increased frequency and magnitude of flooding with widespread clearcut logging. The main subject of the film, Dr. Younes Alila, will be at the premiere and will be participating in a post-film discussion.

I'm excited to share the trailer for my new documentary Trouble in the Headwaters, presented by @thenarwhal.ca. Get tickets to our Victoria premiere on June 12th at the Vic Theatre.

Watch the Trailer > www.youtube.com/watch?v=E59h...

Victoria premiere tickets > www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-narwha...

BC Timber Sales pauses logging in threatened caribou habitat The pause applies to new logging investments in the Revelstoke-Shuswap region, where the Columbia North caribou herd is losing habitat faster than it's replaced

Some rare good news that BC Timber Sales will be pausing logging in critical endangered mountain caribou habitat.
www.biv.com/news/bc-timb...

Don't get me wrong, failed BC government forestry policy is largely to blame for allowing these companies to log like there's no tomorrow with little oversight. But that's not what Tolko means. They want to the BC government to further subsidize their industry to log ever younger and shittier trees.

Tolko's Armstrong and White Valley operations will shut down for one week - Vernon News Tolko employees in the Armstrong Lumber and White Valley operations will be taking downtime of approximately one week due to a lack of economical fibre.

Tolko is pausing operations in Armstrong and White Valley. My thoughts are of course with the workers who are affected. But blaming "B.C. regulatory and policy burden" is a bit rich. They ran out of wood and they're blaming everyone but themselves.
www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/...

Thanks @sciencejim.bsky.social @sciencemediacentre.bsky.social and the Sitka Foundation for bringing back this program!

This is a great funding opportunity for journalists reporting on biodiversity issues in BC. I had a great experience with it, being one of the recipients last year. It enabled me to make a new film that will be coming out this month (!!!) Go apply!

www.messengersofbiodiversity.org

I have an unfounded belief that Pierre Poilievre was in fact "Pierre Poutine" from the 2011 robocall scandal.

YouTube video by The Cutblock Who is Pierre Poilievre?

Here's my latest video for my new YouTube channel The Cutblock digging into Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's track record as lifelong politician and his deep ties to the oil and gas industry. Go check it out and give me a sub and a like if you dig what I'm doing.
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YouTube video by The Cutblock Who is Mark Carney?

Who is Mark Carney? Here's a breakdown on my new Youtube channel The Cutblock of the Liberal leader's background and what he stands on climate change, environmental issues, and a little about his shady history in the world of private equity. I'll be doing Poilievre next.
youtu.be/aJ4AJg8xo8c

YouTube video by The Cutblock Joan Baxter: Where Have All The Climate Issues Gone in Canada's Federal Election?

My first interview for The Cutblock is now online with journalist and author @joanbaxter.bsky.social. We had a fantastic conversation about the sorry state of climate politics in this federal election and the fossil fuel industry's relentless disaster capitalism.

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YouTube video by The Cutblock Welcome to The Cutblock with Dan Pierce

I'm excited to share my new YouTube channel, The Cutblock. I'll be covering news and politics at the intersection of the climate, resource economy, environmental issues, indigenous rights, labour, ecological solutions, and more. Here's a welcome video. Please go subscribe!
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A bill is currently working its way through Congress that would open up more industrial clearcutting by private timber companies in US public forests, under the guise of wildfire mitigation. Timber companies are pushing for the same failed strategies here in BC. It's disaster capitalism 101.

Kid Rock makes music for dudes who are only allowed to see their kids on weekends, but don't

So accurate 😆

The kids said they wanted to stay up all night. And why should we pay full wages for such tiny hands and puny muscles?