{"id":6957,"date":"2015-08-03T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com-2\/?p=6957"},"modified":"2017-10-16T16:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T23:51:57","slug":"standing-up-for-the-important-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2015\/08\/03\/standing-up-for-the-important-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Up for the Important Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, NRS teamed up with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanrivers.org\">American Rivers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chacos.com\/US\/en\">Chaco<\/a> to support the film, <em>The Important Places<\/em>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forestwoodward.com\/\">Forest Woodward<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnarlybay.com\/#about\">Gnarly Bay Productions<\/a>. This beautiful story of a father and son rediscovering the important places together captured nationwide audiences at film festivals and online, winning the Most Inspiring Award at 5Point Film Festival and earning a Vimeo Staff Pick.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/126544483\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" frameborder=\"0\"  webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>The Important Places<\/em> also helped to shine a light on American Rivers\u2019<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanrivers.org\/endangered-rivers\/2015-report\/colorado-river-in-the-grand-canyon\/\"> 2015 Most Endangered River<\/a>, the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, which is under threat from a massive construction project, mining pollution and groundwater depletion.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s much more work to be done for the Grand Canyon and for other important places in the U.S. and around the world. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re partnering with American Rivers\u00a0to help protect and sustain the rivers, creeks and canyons that matter most. Together, we&#8217;ll continue working to inspire passion for our rivers through storytelling with more projects like\u00a0<em>The Important Places.\u00a0<\/em>And in 2016, we&#8217;ll celebrate the 25th anniversary of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanrivers.org\/take-action\/cleanup\/\">National River Cleanup\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0program by facilitating thousands of cleanups across the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s much more work to be done for the Grand Canyon and for other important places in the U.S. and around the world. 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