March 8, 2012 • 7-10 pm • 180 PLC Hall

University of Oregon, Eugene

Join Cascadia Wildlands, the University of Oregon Outdoor Program, Backcountry Gear, Tactics, Ninkasi Brewing Co., Mad About Organics, and The Caddis Fly for an evening of captivating film as part of the 5th annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival. Sit back and enjoy stunning landscapes, gut wrenching adventures, and inspiring activism. Win raffle items donated by local businesses at intermission (raffle ticket comes with price of admission). All tickets at the door. $5 UO Outdoor Program members/students, $7 general public. All proceeds support our efforts to protect imperiled species and landscapes in Cascadia.

EVENING PROGRAM

SET I

Wild and Scenic Film Festival Intro: Welcome to the festival.

Baffin Island: A Skier's Journey: High in the Canadian Arctic, five friends venture to the frozen fjords of Northwest Baffin Island during spring time. Ancient and colossal, these branching hallways of rock are the domain of seals and polar bears, and relied upon by local Inuit hunters. For visiting skiers, the fjords are nothing short of a dream.

Chasing Water: Follow the Colorado River, source to sea, with photographer Pete McBride who takes an intimate look at the watershed as he attempts to follow the irrigation water that sustains his family’s Colorado ranch, down river to the sea.

Liter of Light: The film documents a foundation’s project to light up a poor neighborhood through the efforts of a local man who works for them. He becomes a beacon of hope to his community when he...

COLD: For the past 26 years 16 expeditions have tried and failed to climb one of Pakistan’s 8,000 meter peaks in winter. On February 2, 2011 Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards became the first. Cory is now the only American to summit any 8,000 meter peak in winter.

Weed War: One man’s obsession to do his part for the environment using weed-eating goats to control noxious invaders in the Rocky Mountains. A profile on Mark Harbaugh, Patagonia fly fishing rep and goat rancher.

One Plastic Beach: Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang have been collecting plastic debris off one beach in Northern California for over ten years. Each piece of plastic Richard and Judith pick up comes back to their house, where it gets cleaned, categorized and stored before being used for their art.

INTERMISSION/RAFFLE

SET II

One in Winter: A couple seasons ago I swapped fly rod for camera and followed my friend, Rich Zellman as he cast for winter-run steelhead in southern Oregon and northern California. Over countless days, eye traced rod's path, over and over again. And over again. This is what came of that effort.

Kadoma: After more than a decade exploring Central Africa, Hendri Coetzee is a modern legend of African exploration. Solo on the Congo River in 2009, Hendri received an email from American expedition kayaker Ben Stookesberry. “It would be ludicrous,” Hendri said, “to take an American who you don’t know, and who has never been to Africa, into its very heart.” But a year later, he did just that...

Bhutan: Land of the Black Necked Crane: The film takes viewers on an exotic Journey to the small Buddhist kingdom high in the Himalayan mountains. See how a benevolent king promotes Gross Domestic Happiness for his citizens while fostering respect for the environment and natural resources...

The Craziest Idea: 2011 was an historic year for rivers. The two dam removal projects that began as “crazy ideas” 30 years ago kicked off this year on the Elwha and White Salmon Rivers in Washington. These dam removal projects are the largest in history and represent a turning point in the effort to restore freeflowing rivers.

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