Trees = Life! So, let’s celebrate them. “Straight U.P.” shows how one local business is helping its residents tree problems in unique ways. “The Tree Prophet” features a Michigander using cloning to save the world’s largest trees, while “The Trees Around You” looks to conservation on Vancouver Island. Lastly, “Dead River Community Forest” features our very own neck of the woods.
Adult Content
A poor and uneducated nurseryman from Northern Michigan is sent back from heaven with the mission to save the world from global warming by cloning the world’s oldest and largest trees.
Filmmaker in Attendance
“Straight U.P.” is a look into the everyday life of tree climbing professionals here in Marquette, MI.
Vancouver Island is home to some of the largest areas of old-growth forests on the planet. This is the story of ancient, biodiverse forests and the indigenous people who live among them, a system being mismanaged closer and closer to extinction.
The Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy is in the process of raising money to acquisition the a 181 acre property along the Dead River to serve as a accessible community resource for multi-use recreation and environmental education. While UPLC will own the land, the resources on the land and management decisions which affect land will be based around what will bring the most benefit to the community. The Dead River Community Forest will protect 3.5 miles of riparian corridor along the Dead River and provide innumerable benefits to the region.