Nettles are a plant that many of us are familiar with. They sting our bare legs, invade our gardens, and swamp our footpaths. Yet, for filmmaker Mairi Eyres, something about this unloved plant captures her imagination.

In Bwindi Impenetrable forest, growing conflict with people puts the local population of Mountain Gorillas at risk. In her struggle to protect them, one veterinarian discovers that the many similarities between the two communities threaten to destroy them.

The film follows field tech Felix Tafoya’s journey to better understand and conserve Mexico’s apex predator in the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in Tamaulipas, Mexico

Texas’ coastal prairies once spanned more than 6 million acres, extending from southernmost Texas up along the Gulf of Mexico part of the state and into Louisiana, but today, less than one percent of this habitat remains. Such a significant loss of coastal prairie has devastated many wildlife populations, including the critically endangered Attwater’s prairie chicken (APC). The good news: After years of protection and conservation efforts, Texas’ Attwater’s prairie chicken population is higher than in decades.

This story is about a community working together to improve fencelines so pronghorn and other wildlife can move more freely. It also celebrates the wildlife that calls the North Platte River Valley home and the folks living and working on this land to help keep these animals around for generations.