CFPOC invites you to
The Wild & Scenic Film
Festival
At the Panida Theater in
Sandpoint
on October 7th and 8th,
2011
visit the festival website here
http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org
Tickets are just
$10 each nigh, or buy a CFPOC Member Ticket for $30
and get tickets to both shows plus entry into the members
only raffle
for a 7-day back country ski trip from Boulder Hut
Adventures.
Tickets will
be available at the door.
Online ticket sales are no longer available.
Online tickets purchased via PayPal too late to mail
will be held at "will call."
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on the √film titles to see preview)
FILM DESCRIPTIONS FOR
NIGHT OF THE 7TH
The Majestic Plastic Bag
Follow a plastic
bag from supermarket to its final migratory destination in
the Pacific Ocean. Jeremy Irons narrates this mock nature
documentary.
Journey with 7
longtime friends to discover and explore the whitewater
rivers of Southern Africa. Along their adventure, the team
works closely with the Sun Catchers Project, bringing solar
cooking ovens and water purification into schools,
orphanages and communities in Africa.
Crossroads
An icon of the West, the
sage-grouse has been reduced from tens of millions to about
200,000, a casualty of our progress. With federal
protection officially warranted but unsupported, the fate of
this bird in the face of new energy development is unknown.
Snake River
salmon swim more than 900 miles inland and climb almost
7,000 feet to reach their spawning grounds. These iconic
fish travel farther and higher than any other salmon on
Earth, but a gauntlet of dams blocks their great migration
and is pushing these high-altitude salmon to extinction.
Coast is Clear: Learning from our Mistakes
A new Enbridge pipeline would
bring more than 200 crude oil tankers annually to this
spectacular coast. With this kind of traffic, it will not be
a question of IF a spill will occur, but a question of when,
where, and how large. Greenpeace is calling on the Canadian
government to legally ban oil tankers on Canada’s west
coast, and to cancel the proposed Northern Gateway Pipelines
Project so that Enbridge doesn’t become the BP of BC.
As It Happens
In January 2010,
two climbers boarded planes bound for the Everest region of
Nepal. Their goal was not only to establish a new technical
alpine climb on 21,320 ft Tawoche, but also to tell the
story from the field. With only digital cameras, solar
energy, a satellite modem, and two laptops, they shot,
edited and transmitted their journey from the Himalaya.
Using online social media, their story was followed by over
100,000 people in real time.
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FILM
DESCRIPTIONS FOR NIGHT OF THE 8TH
The Story of Bottled Water
Why do Americans
buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week
when it already flows from the tap? The film explores the
bottled water industry’s attacks on tap water and its use of
seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the
mountains of plastic waste it produces.
A Skier’s Journey: Freshfield
Icefield
Skier Jordan
Manley returns home to Canada to visit the iconic Canadian
Rockies. Set to the backdrop of Banff National Park and the
Freshfield Icefield, Manley and the crew round out their ski
season, climbing and skiing for 6 days out of their
picturesque base camp.
Two skiers
travel halfway around the world to Kashmir to ski the high
altitude Gulmarg gondola only to find the snow pack is a
ticking time bomb. Never the less, they find safe areas to
ski and discover the beauty of Kashmir and the Himalaya –
its people and its landscape.
A Skier’s Journey: La Grave
Chad and Tobin
continue their global ski journey in La Grave, France where
a quirky yet stalwart cable car transports skiers to 3,200
meters high in the Southern French Alps. Here, the terrain
is wild, unmarked, and unpatrolled … a stripped down, raw
version of big mountain skiing.
The Fishman
Mike Kasic swims the
Yellowstone River like a human fish through swift river
canyons and scenic mountain views, watching trout in fast
currents filled with frothing water tornadoes, stopping only
to body surf river waves. His message is simple: a river is
more than its water; what lies beneath is a wilderness that
is often overlooked, but critical for the Yellowstone
ecosystem to thrive.
One Percent of the Story
1% for the
Planet is a growing global movement of businesses
financially committed to creating a healthy planet. Here’s a
very tiny bit of the story…
Scattered Flurries
Ben Knight
closes his eyes and dreams of winter in his hometown. Filmed
in and out of bounds at the Telluride Ski Area, this
cinematic exploration of deep powder and a tight knit
community will leave you aching for winter in the San Juans.
Journey into the
soul of whitewater, into the places only river runners can
go, places of discovery, solitude and risk. Meet the river
people who share a deep passion for wild places, rivers and
running whitewater. We cross beyond generational and
experiential boundaries, even beyond whitewater, to look at
the soul of adventure sports and what they mean to all of
us.
Tickets are just
$10 each nigh, or buy a CFPOC Member Ticket for $30
and get tickets to both shows plus entry into the members
only raffle
for a 7-day back country ski trip from Boulder Hut
Adventures.
Tickets will be available at the door.
Online ticket sales are no longer available.
Online tickets purchased via PayPal too late to mail will be
held at "will call."
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Our CFPOC Mission and Challenges
The Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Conservancy (CFPOC) is a land
trust that works with the landowners and organizations in
the Clark Fork River and Lake Pend Oreille watersheds to
protect, maintain, and enhance natural resources and
recreational values that contribute to our quality of life.
Why does the land need
protection? With the high demand for real estate
and an influx of new residents, private landowners are under
increased pressure to sell their land to developers.
New subdivisions sometimes threaten to impact or damage
natural areas. It doesn't have to be this way.
Private landowners and concerned citizens can work together
to protect our special areas. Many rural landowners
are concerned about protecting their land from potential
development. Landowners often have questions on how to
preserve their land, ranch or farm for their sons,
daughters, and other heirs. We help landowners, at
their request, conserve their land.
