This documentary investigates a Missouri county’s karst features–caves, sinkholes, sink basins, and springs–and reports on a county-wide controversy that erupted when a cave-dwelling fish, the grotto sculpin, was considered for listing as an endangered species.
“Karst in Perry County” has been featured at conferences, has aired on the PBS affiliate in Cape Girardeau, Mo., was named Best Documentary at the 573 International Film Festival in 2022, and won a 2023 award from the Nature Without Borders Film Festival.
This video was produced in 2020 by Denise Henderson Vaughn, Somewhereinthewoods Productions, and the Ozarks Resource Center, with partial funding from the L-A-D Foundation.