Co-presented with the Sierra Club's Maryland Chapter Includes a pre-recorded filmmaker discussion. This program highlights stories of at-risk wildlife populations and the human activities affecting their conservation. From jaguars to wolverines and other unique animals, see how experts are keeping track of threatened species and navigating conflicting public and private interests to give them space to thrive.

Mike Freed took the trail name of Loon after the spirit of the lakes of the north. He's carried the name with him all over the country, through thousands of trail miles. In his later years, he's returned to his home in northern Minnesota where he's cared for his property of more than 2,000 acres of land in the state's wilderness lake country. A revelation on the Appalachian Trail gave him clarity on what he should do with his land and set in motion the steps needed to preserve his wilderness properties, and his legacy.

Loon

A man in his later years, Mike Freed (AKA Loon) must start making decisions about how to preserve his property of more than 2,000 acres of Minnesota wilderness for future generations.

Follow the migration of tiny, ground-nesting birds from a New York farm field to Argentina and back, with noted Bobolink-chaser Noah Perlut.

The Wonder of the Bobolink

Follow the migration of tiny, ground-nesting birds from a New York farm field to Argentina and back again.

Dynamite blasts echo through canyons as construction for the southern border threatens flora and fauna for centuries to come.

American Scar

Dynamite blasts echo through canyons as construction for the southern border threatens flora and fauna for centuries to come.

Who’s eating who? Where? How often? As wolves return to Washington State, people have questions. But understanding complex predator-prey dynamics in landscapes where people live, work and recreate is not easy. Catch deer, collar cougars, and deploy camera traps with researchers as they collect data to inform wildlife management and conservation.

The Predator-Prey Project

Catch deer, collar cougars, and deploy camera traps with researchers as they collect data to inform wildlife management and conservation.

Finding Gulo follows a backcountry ski guide and field biologist who set out to document an elusive population of wolverines. This short film celebrates the power of citizen science to protect endangered wildlife in the face of climate change.

Finding Gulo

Follows a backcountry ski guide and field biologist who set out to document an elusive population of wolverines.

Chris Zuker (Co-director, Loon) are the founders of Fauna Creative, a small production company out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. With a focus on conservation storytelling, they have worked with environmental non-profit groups and brands telling stories of conservation and sustainability. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/whalen-jason-chris-zuker/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Loon (Film Subject, Loon) is a retired forestry professor and a through-hiking naturalist. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/loon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Jon Bowermaster (Director, The Wonder of the Bobolink) is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/bowermaster-jon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Myles Traphagen (Film Subject, American Scar) is a biologist who has been working in the Borderlands for over 20 years. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/traphagen-myles/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. John Darwin Kurc (Film Subject, American Scar) is a wedding and concert photographer. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/kurc-john-darwin/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Benjamin Drummond &amp; Sara Joy Steele (Co-directors, The Predator-Prey Project) craft stories about the natural world in the human age. As a documentary team, they collaborate with nonprofits, academic institutions and others to create change through filmmaking, photography and interactive design. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/benjamin-drummond-sara-joy-steele/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Katie Bryden (Moderator) is a conservation filmmaker, Emerging League Fellow at the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), and an avid explorer of nature. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/bryden-katie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>.

Conservation Shorts: Filmmaker Q&A

Featuring filmmakers Chris Zuker, Jon Bowermaster, Benjamin Drummond, Sara Joy Steele, and Film Subjects Loon, Myles Traphagen, and John Darwin Kurc.

Conservation Shorts: Wildlife Protectors

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