Restoring the Headwaters (2026)

In the heart of Montana’s Big Hole Valley, a team of wildlife biologists and stream ecologists races against time to heal a growing wound in the land. The Headcut in the Headwaters captures their urgent mission to repair a stream headcut tearing through the fragile sage-steppe—a scar that threatens to drain vital wetlands, destroy crucial sage-grouse habitat, and choke off water flowing to communities below. Through grit, collaboration, and bold restoration techniques, this short documentary shows how working landscapes and wild places can flourish together—and why protecting water where it begins is key to the health of rivers, ecosystems, and everyone downstream.