Eco Vids

 

The Vanishing Shrub-steppe

I produced this program in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management and with the kind assistance of many farmers and ranchers. This video provides a brief overview of the threatened shrub-steppe habitat of Eastern Washington state. I shot all of the footage over the course of about 12 years and edited the final program around 2002. It was been shown all over Washington state at Audubon Society meetings, annual festivals like the Sandhill Crane Festival, etc. and formed a part of my many art exhibitions and lecture presentations. The program is in the permanent archive at Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology.   The video programs follow the gallery of stills of me making field recordings in eastern Washington.  (Please follow Thomas Ager's video work on Vimeo and his musical recordings on SoundCloud.)

 

Produced by Thomas Ager in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management and with the kind assistance of many farmers and ranchers, this video provides a brief overview of the threatened shrub-steppe habitat of Eastern Washington state. Thomas Ager shot all of the footage over the course of about 12 years and edited the final program around 2002. It has been shown all over Washington state at Audubon Society meetings, annual festivals like the Sandhill Crane Festival, etc. and formed a part of many art exhibitions and lecture presentations mounted by Thomas Ager. The program is in the permanent archive at Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology.

 

Hanford Reach - Arid Lands Ecology Reserve

I made these video and audio field recordings at the ALER (Hanford Reach site) in 2005 with the kind assistance of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.   I was given unprecedented access to some of the wildest and most remote areas of the reserve and surrounding areas.  I edited approximately 30 hours of broadcast-quality field footage, together with large format (5x7) and 35mm photographs, into a finished program.  This program (un-narrated) was used by the USFWS and Battelle Institute for their environmental educational outreach efforts.  I also showed the program at my many art exhibitions and lecture presentations throughout Washington state.  The program is archived at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.     (Please follow Thomas Ager's video work on Vimeo and his musical recordings on SoundCloud.)

 

Thomas Ager made these video and audio field recordings at the ALER (Hanford Reach site) in 2005 with the kind assistance of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. He was given unprecedented access to some of the wildest and most remote areas of the reserve and surrounding areas. The broadcast-quality footage, together with large format (5x7) and 35mm photographs, was edited by Mr. Ager into a finished program. This program (un-narrated) was used by the USFWS and Battelle Institute for their environmental educational outreach efforts. Mr. Ager also showed the program at his art exhibitions and lecture presentations throughout Washington state. The program is archived at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

 

The Yakima Training Center - Field Notes

Thomas Ager made these audio and video field recordings at the 360,00 acre Yakima Training Center (Washington State) in 2002 with the kind assistance of ornithologist extraordinaire Andy Stepniewski as well as US Army personnel at the YTC.  Mr. Ager edited the un-narrated program which premiered before a SRO crowd at a summer meeting of the Yakima Audubon Society.   That meeting included a presentation by the commander of the YTC regarding the protected status of some of the endangered habitat at the facility.  (The YTC has some of the largest, remaining pristine shrub-steppe habitat in the United States.)  The program also formed part of various art exhibitions and lecture presentations by Thomas Ager throughout Washington State.  The program is in the permanent archive at Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology.  (Please follow Thomas Ager's video work on Vimeo and his musical recordings on SoundCloud.)

Thomas Ager made these audio and video field recordings at the 360,00 acre Yakima Training Center (Washington State) in 2002 with the kind assistance of ornithologist extraordinaire Andy Stepniewski as well as US Army personnel at the YTC. Mr. Ager edited the un-narrated program which premiered before a SRO crowd at a summer meeting of the Yakima Audubon Society. That meeting included a presentation by the commander of the YTC regarding the protected status of some of the endangered habitat at the facility. (The YTC has some of the largest, remaining pristine shrub-steppe habitat in the United States.) The program also formed part of various art exhibitions and lecture presentations by Thomas Ager throughout Washington State.

 

 

The Lands of the Colville Confederated Tribes

I created this un-narrated program from audio and video field recordings that I made on a 10-day sojourn on the Colville Reservation (with the kind assistance of the US Fish & Wildlife Service there and permission of the Colville Confederated Tribes).  The program was used in outreach efforts by USFWS, the local Audubon Society and the Colville Tribes to educate the public about threatened habitats and endangered species in that region.  I also included sections of this program in art exhibitions, lectures and other presentations throughout Washington State.  The program is in the permanent archive at Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology.      (Please follow Thomas Ager's video work on Vimeo and his musical recordings on SoundCloud.)

 

This un-narrated program was shot and edited by Thomas Ager from audio and video recordings he made on a 10-day expedition on the Colville Reservation (with the kind assistance of the US Fish & Wildlife Service there and permission of the Colville Confederated Tribes). The program was used in outreach efforts by USFWS, the local Audubon Society and the Colville Tribes to educate the public about threatened habitats and endangered species in that region. Thomas Ager also included sections of this program in art exhibitions, lectures and other presentations throughout Washington State. The program is in the permanent archive at Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology. (Please visit my website for more of my videos, audio recordings and artwork: https://thomasager.com)

 

This was a short piece I made from shots I got early one beautiful summer morning at a Great Blue Heron rookery at Eloika Lake (just north of Chattaroy, WA). I edited the shots together for my dad as a gift for his 80th Birthday in 1998.