2019 Wild and Scenic Film Festival

Sunday Afternoon, Vets Hall

Cowboys & Scientists
Eric Bendick | 2018 | 8 min
Thirty years ago, a partnership between Archbold Biological Station and Buck Island Ranch inspired a new mission: cowboys and scientists working together to advance scientific discovery on a ten thousand acre working cattle ranch in Florida's Northern Everglades. Bridging this cultural divide has resulted in a series of transformative discoveries that have begun to reshape our misconceptions about agriculture, sustainability, and conservation in the 21st century.

The Last Herd
Joseph Flannery, Kyle Lancaster, Ryan Fitzhenry | 2018 | 23 min
The Henry Mountains bison herd roams over 385,000 acres of Southern Utah, “free from fences, culling, or roundups." Despite all this space, Henry Mountains bison are caught within a complex web of public land, ranching, and government agencies. The Last Herd documents the balance between free-roaming bison and private interests.

Rancheros del Jaguar
Sara Matasick, Alessandro Molina, Peter Venn | 2017 | 12 min
In Sonora, Mexico, the familiar human-predator conflict story is taking a hopeful turn. With the help of an innovative group of biologists, traditional cattle ranchers are changing their relationships with the jaguars they have historically persecuted, making them the Rancheros del Jaguar.

Great Old Broads for Wolves
Samantha Bates, Danny Schmidt, Thomas Winston | 2018 | 5 min
Welcome to the southwest, where the land is wild and the women...might be even wilder. Introducing the Great Old Broads for Wilderness and their fight to keep southwestern Colorado's wilderness an intact and natural environment. These women have come together to find their voice, and now are using it to give these lands a fighting chance.

The Trouble With Wolves
Collin Monda | 2018 | 56 min
Death threats, court battles, and an iconic endangered species in the middle, The Trouble With Wolves takes an up-close look at the most heated and controversial wildlife conservation debate of our time. The film aims to find out whether coexistence is really possible by hearing from the people directly involved