Environmental Film Festival: Jan 15th-17th Nevada City, Ca
January 4th, 2010 by Malina
I just learned about the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival coming up in a few weeks and it sounds awesome. The two day festival is an incredible hodge-podge of mini-films that range from five minutes long on plastic bags and growing asparagus, to half-hour presentations from the guys that made “King Corn,” to full, feature-length giants like Food Inc. The topics are wide ranging too, from sustainable seafood, to river conservation, to families living off the grid and growing their own produce. There are local issues and activists in the mix but the line-up is global in scope. Wonder what people in Africa and the Pacific Islands are doing about environmental problems? You’ll find answers in Nevada City this January!
When: Jan 15, 16 and 17
Where: various locations in Nevada City, Ca.
Tickets and more information: visit the festival website at http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org/











Hosted at the Presidio Officer’s Club (ooooh, sounds swanky! Get out your fancy Chacos and wash your hair!), the event features a talk by Congressman Pete McClosky–who has been championing the environment since the 1970s.
Pacific Corp, the utility that owns the 4 controversial dams on the Klamath River in Northern California, agreed to decommission the dams by 2020. There was an article on Thursday in the 
s of all kinds, including that tastiest and bravest of fish, the salmon. From what I’ve heard it will take a long time for Salmon to re-establish themselves in the San Joaquin, but how amazing that they might have a chance now. Biologists aren’t sure how the enviroment will respond to the river running again and there are many people who are skeptical–or outright angry about the project. I for one think this will be a fascinating process to watch and hope that it is a great sucess for fish and people alike.
Beer and river lovers unite! The
We recently learned that there are interesting potential developments regarding the proposed expansion of the Pardee Dam on the Mokelumne River; if you’re reading this blog you’re probably a river lover–and a boater of some kind–so you might want to take note!
The mixed bag of dams aside, the end result is that we have three rivers that flow consistantly all summer–the South and Middle Forks of the 

