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# Headwaters Down
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/headwaters-down/
- Published: 2025-05-28T19:05:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-15T08:53:28.000Z
- Description: Follow 5 friends as they explore the landscape, wildlife and history of the James River.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Headwaters Down, #show, #ZZZ_Show_51e48c98-9378-426e-9a59-8813119ecfc7, #showpage, #episodic_show, #v1.26

Paddle into the past with a crew of five friends as they begin their 350-mile journey down the James River, finding misadventures and unexpected beauty from the headwaters to the Chesapeake Bay. Once the most polluted river in America, the James is a living monument to nature's resilience, humanity's capacity for change, and how the most profound answers await us in our backyard.