Events The Hot Ticket: Our 2nd Annual Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival

If you missed out last year — here’s your chance to join us for this year’s entertaining and inspiring line up of short, independent films and documentaries at our 2nd annual Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival on February 12th.

Presented nationally by Patagonia, Inc. and sponsored locally by outdoor gear purveyor, Trail Creek Outfitters, this collection of award-winning films underscores the need to protect our increasingly threatened natural resources, including, and most importantly, water.

“The roots of the festival dovetail nicely with our efforts to share our knowledge and put our science to work — engaging individuals in the simple practices that we know will protect and preserve our watersheds and our drinking water,” said Bern Sweeney, director of the Stroud™ Water Research Center. “We’re so fortunate to have a generous partner like Trail Creek Outfitters that shares our values and our commitment.”

“This year’s attendees will be treated to a series of documentaries, animations and short films that will take them to places they may never otherwise see, teach them something new — and, we hope, inspire them to get involved” said, Ed Camelli, Cofounder of Trail Creek Outfitters.

The history of the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival itself offers us a great lesson in what can be accomplished by even a small group of concerned and motivated citizens. Almost a decade ago the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), a community group dedicated to preserving, protecting and restoring the Yuba Watershed — which stretches from its headwaters in the Sierras to California’s Central Valley — successfully added a 39-mile stretch of the South Yuba River to California’s Wild & Scenic River System. That accomplishment gave this stretch of river the protections of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, which Congress passed in 1968 — and a status given to our own White Clay Creek in October 2004.

In its quest to raise awareness about the problems facing its watershed and the funds to address them, SYRCL also created the largest environmental film festival in the United States. Now in its seventh year, the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival is a reminder that threats to our natural resources persist but through engagement and action, we can contribute to reversing the tide.

So, bring your family and your friends. We hope to see you there!

Thanks to our local local sponsors:

Links:
To purchase tickets:
kdixon@stroudcenter.org or 610-268-2153 x247

For more information about the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival go to:
http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=3

For more information about the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act go to:
http://www.rivers.gov/

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