When Cascade Crossroads was finished, the actual wildlife overpass was not completely built, and WSDOT, USFS and others still had plenty to do to finish that and other aspects of this phase of the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East project. While the overpass infrastructure was completed in 2018, work such as adding all the dirt for the natural landscaping and hardscaping wasn’t finished until 2019. Finally, in summer and fall of 2020, the last of the planting of natives plants was completed! Under the supervision of USFS biologist Kelly Evans and Patty Garvey-Darda, native planting was done by Wildlands, a company out of Richland, WA. Wildlife have already begun to use all the passages, including lots of elk, deer, coyotes, bobcats, fishers, and even the first cougar. Follow WSDOT’s social media pages to see amazing remote camera footage of the wildlife in action. Thank you to Kelly Evans, Mark Norman, Patty Garvey-Darda, Brian White and everyone at Wildlands for your hospitality in letting me finish documenting these final processes! Hopefully all the native plants will survive the winter, and the elk looking for snacks as they cross. WSDOT is in the design stage of the next phase of the I-90 SPE, which will include more wildlife underpassages and at least one more overpass closer to Easton.
This was a fun project to edit: with the release of the new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, this video shows how all the mapping detail was generated by the Bing Maps team.
It’s been both an honor and an adventure—as well as humbling—to work with Columbia Bank to craft videos around their recent grants to charitable organizations in Pacific Northwest communities. The 25th Anniversary grants, in honor of Columbia Bank’s 25th anniversary, granted $25,000 each to four organizations taking care of children and families in need, while the Warm Hearts/Warm Homes grants gave $50,000 each to four organizations who have innovative programs addressing homelessness.
Look for the finished videos to be posted soon.
Very pleased to receive an invitation to the Telly Awards Judging Council. It's an honor to be asked to join an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks. I look forward to seeing all the new fantastic work for the 2019 awards consideration.
I'm very proud to announce that Cascade Crossroads is a 2018 Telly Award winner! We won a Gold in the Non-Profit Category and a Bronze in the Nature/Wildlife Category. It's particularly fantastic as this is the first year the Tellys have awarded Gold, and we won in both categories that we submitted to. The Telly Awards are one of the highest honors in the broadcast and video industry. All of us who worked on the documentary are thrilled.
See all the winners here
The first half of 2018 has kept me moving non-stop, thanks to my fantastic customers. New projects have included filming the Marysville, WA, Fire Department for Rhizome Design as they produce a series of videos for the Washington State Fire FIghters Council. I also produced a series of internal videos for Columbia Bank as they launched their cutting edge NeighborHub in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. Microsoft also kept me very busy with several internal videos as well.
I'm eternally grateful to such amazing clients who have been great friends and allow me to work with them time and time again. Thank you!
Chris Cashman and the crew at KING5's Take 5 invited me to come on the show and talk about Cascade Crossroads. As people drive over Snoqualmie Pass more and more are curious to know what the big concrete supports are. I was happy to let them know. My first ever appearance on live television. Thank you to all at KING5!
It was a pleasure as usual to collaborate with Conservation Northwest on their 2018 auction video--the 5th consecutive year. Picking up where Cascade Crossroads left off, you can see where the latest efforts to facilitate wildlife passages over/under highways is going. I'm very happy that they are focusing on the sagelands of Central and Eastern Washington, lands that I love to roam especially in the spring. This gave me an opportunity to show some of the footage I've collected from out there over the years. Check it out:
