Join the Center for Biological
Diversity, Sonoma Land Trust, Sonoma County Conservation Action and Pepperwood
Preserve in celebrating the Santa Rosa premiere screening of the documentary OR7
- The Journey, an inspiring film about Oregon’s famous wandering gray wolf
who even made his way into California.
The screening will take place at
Summerfield Cinemas at 551 Summerfield Rd. in Santa Rosa on Wed. Aug. 26 at 7pm. UPDATE: The Wed. Aug. 26th screening is SOLD OUT but due to popular demand a second night showing has been added on Thu. Aug. 27th, also at 7pm. Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased here.
OR7 - The Journey documents
a remarkable wildlife success story that is taking shape in Oregon and the
potential for regional recovery of wolves in the Pacific West. While Oregon's
last wolf bounty was paid in 1947, wolves have begun to slowly rebound after
they were granted protections under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1973.
Oregon is once again home to a fragile, recovering population of gray wolves.
All of Oregon’s wolves resided in
the northeast corner of the state until one male dispersed from his pack in
2011 and made history by becoming the first documented wolf west of the
Cascades since 1947, and the first in California in nearly a century. In the
process, he inspired people around the world and has become an ambassador for
recovering native wildlife. That wolf was dubbed OR-7 by biologists and was
given the name “Journey” by schoolchildren in a naming contest.
The film tells Journey’s story, not
just as an adventure thousands of miles in the making, but representing the
return of his species to their native habitats. It explores an awakening in how
Americans view native wildlife and wild places, and the increasing conflict
between 21st century science and values, and the old prejudices and politics
that put the future of wolves - and OR-7 - in jeopardy.
Click the image to the left to watch the trailer.
Come celebrate wolf recovery, wildlife, and OR-7's epic journey. A Q&A session will take place after the movie with filmmaker Clemens Schenk and Amaroq Weiss of the Center for Biological Diversity. Since California’s state wildlife agency will soon be releasing for public comment a draft state wolf plan, this film screening and opportunity to ask questions about wolf conservation could not be more timely.
Come celebrate wolf recovery, wildlife, and OR-7's epic journey. A Q&A session will take place after the movie with filmmaker Clemens Schenk and Amaroq Weiss of the Center for Biological Diversity. Since California’s state wildlife agency will soon be releasing for public comment a draft state wolf plan, this film screening and opportunity to ask questions about wolf conservation could not be more timely.
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