Last Chance to Tune Into Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Video on demand tickets are still available for those who would like to experience the Wild & Scenic Film Festival from the comfort of their own home, while also supporting the worthy cause of land conservation in northern Wisconsin.
Northwoods Land Trust is a nonprofit organization that permanently conserves natural shorelands, woodlands and other natural resources to benefit present and future generations in Vilas, Oneida, Forest, Florence, Iron, Price and Langlade counties in northern Wisconsin. Since 2001, it's worked with hundreds of families and partner organizations to forever protect land in northern Wisconsin.
In that spirit, the films that are offered as part of the video on demand ticket sales were chosen to highlight freshwater resources, forests, wildlife, recreation, climate change and community. One of the films is based right here on the Northwoods' Spur Lake.
"Return to Spur Lake: Bringing back the food that grows on water" is an 11-minute dive into why wild rice — known as manoomin to the Ojibwe people — stopped growing in Spur Lake in the early 2000s. A group of conservation partners have come together to bring wild rice back to the 113-acre lake in Oneida County because of its environmental and cultural importance. The film is directed and produced by Finn Ryan.
Other films are based in northern Minnesota, Illinois and the western United States, and as far as Chile, England, Kenya and Austria. The full film lineup can be found here.
Video on demand tickets cost $20 per household and provide a link that is viewable for seven days starting the evening of June 27. That date aligns with the now sold-out show that is being screened at the Three Lakes Center for the Arts in Three Lakes. Those purchasing the on-demand ticket must have a reliable internet connection and can then tune in from the device of their choice.
This film festival is a part of a nationwide tour to inspire and ignite solutions and possibilities to change the world. It is brought to the local audience thanks to sponsorships by WXPR, Mel’s Trading Post, The Hiker Box and Rhinelander Brewing Company.
For more information on conserving land locally or to learn more about Northwoods Land Trust, visit northwoodslandtrust.org.
