Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Winter Film Festival

It’s time for the annual Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Winter Film Festival! This year’s theme is “Voices of the Forest”, showcasing the beauty of the natural world.

February 8th at 3:30pm- “The Salmon Forest”.

Join us for a massive migration! This film provokes a deeper understanding of the complex connection between salmon and the Tongass, America’s largest National Forest. The Lewis and Clark expedition frequently noted this connection as they spent a lengthy winter along the Pacific coast. Highlighting one of the last great and wild homes for salmon on Earth, this film gives you a fisheye view of the profound impact of the circuitous course of this creature.

February 15th at 3:30pm- “Fox Tales”.

On a high ridge in Newfoundland, Canada, a red fox braves the elements to bring new life into the world. Follow along as this experienced vixen and her newest set of pups learn to form their own family dynamic, adapt and survive. Do survival strategies vary based on surroundings? Hear from scientists about their studies on how urban foxes are facing much different challenges than their Canadian counterparts.

February 22nd at 3:30pm- “What Plants Talk About”.

Come gain a new perspective in which hardcore science is integrated with a light-hearted view at how plants behave, revealing a world where flora are just as busy, responsive, and complex as we are. From the impressive heights of the Great Basin Desert to the lush coastal rainforest of west coast Canada, scientist J.C. Cahill takes us on a baffling and remarkable journey into the “secret world of plants,” revealing an astonishing landscape where plants monitor each other, communicate with their allies, call in insect mercenaries, and nurture their young. Rather than a muted timberland, it is truly a world of pulsing activity, where plants communicate, cooperate, and, at times, wage all-out war.

February 29th at 3:30pm- “Walking with Giants: The Grizzlies of Siberia”.

The thought of running into a ten-foot-tall, 1500 lb. grizzly bear is definitely daunting to most, but not for master naturalists, Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns. In fact, to these naturalists, this well-known predator is an incredibly intelligent social animal that dos not tend to be instinctively hostile to humans. Through a combination of careful studies and personal bravery, Charlie and Maureen are pressing people to reexamine an age-old image of the grizzly bear as a merciless man-eater who will never live in harmony with people. Watch this remarkable story of how this human couple went about unexpectedly raising a trio of bears in one of the world’s last wildernesses, as they demonstrate that it is indeed possible to forge a respectful relationship with these seemingly fierce giants.