Milestone: ‘Return of River’ gets writing award at Science Media Awards & Summit

Published 1:31 am Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Jessica Plumb and “Return of the River” took home the top writing award from the Science Media Awards & Summit, held Sept. 20-22 in Boston, Mass.

The film, written by Plumb and co-directed by Plumb of Port Townsend and Sequim’s John Gussman, tells the story the Elwha River, the decades-long efforts to remove the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams and the restoration efforts to bring salmon runs back to the southern 70 miles of the river.