February 11, 2022| Arts & Culture, Community, Environment
By: Holly Odgers
The Lake Hopatcong Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of the Musconetcong Watershed Association's Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour, which will take place online, Friday, February 25. The films begin at 7 pm and will be available for 24 hours.
Each year in January, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival celebrates inspiring activism through film and art with films, workshops, panels, art exhibitions, an envirofair, and more. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour is an extension of this festival, partnering with a diverse array of environmental nonprofits, schools, museums, and businesses, to create unique film festivals in their own communities and using the festival to raise funds, reach new contacts, and raise awareness of local issues.
The Musconetcong Watershed Association's virtual Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour will present eight short films highlighting themes of conservation, open space, rivers, and resilience. This year's lineup includes "West Portal Creek," a film developed by the Musconetcong Watershed Association, Trout Unlimited, and North Jersey Resource Conservation and Development – three of the partners who restored West Portal Creek.
Find out more and register at www.musconetcong.org/film-festival.
Abandoned for generations amidst the ruins of coal country, the Little Conemaugh River and the communities it flows through are poised for an unlikely rebirth.
Follow 11-year-old, Keyona, into a wondrous world of trees, water, and friendly fish... and find the spirit of Salmon Watch, a program that connects Oregon youth to their backyard river ecosystems.
The other tale of two cities - both plagued by decades of lack of investment and racial discrimination in their wastewater infrastructure and facing further challenges amidst climate change - told by community members, advocates, utility operators, and elected officials. As the nation grapples with how to fund long-overdue infrastructure needs, this film brings to light the need for urgency and equity in these decisions.
Farmers, conservationists, scientists, and federal agencies work together to solve the complex problem of water pollution in this film developed by the Musconetcong Watershed Association, Trout Unlimited, and North Jersey Resource Conservation and Development – three of the partners who restored West Portal Creek.
Klamath River Indigenous leaders and youth fight to free their river from life-killing dams, restoring salmon, economy, and culture.
They say National Parks are America's greatest idea. Some of the most beautiful and sacred places in all the world. Well, for some people... there's still room for improvement! (satire)
A grassroots movement seeks to reverse biodiversity loss by recovering a lost feature of the landscape... ghost ponds.
83-year-old Nimblewill Nomad is about to become the oldest person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail.
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