Outdoor news
Wilderness film festival
The Flathead/Kootenai Chapter of the Montana Wilderness Association will present its annual film festival at the O’Shaughnessy, in Whitefish, on Friday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. and at the Teakettle Community Building, in Columbia Falls, on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. Eleven selections from more than 110 films in the 11th annual South Yuba River Citizens League Wild & Scenic Film Festival will be presented. The films focus on water and wildland conservation. Door prizes donated from local businesses will be given away. Food, beer, wine and soda will be available for purchase. The Montana Wilderness Association is the oldest statewide nonprofit conservation organization. Tickets are $10 at the door. For more information, visit online at www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org.
Logo contest
Glacier National Park Conservancy, formed from the recent merger of the former Glacier Natural History Association and the Glacier National Park Fund, invites adults and children or art classes to enter a design contest and come up with a logo for the new nonprofit. The winner will receive an America The Beautiful annual park pass, a copy of “The First 100 Years: The Story of Glacier National Park,” by Carol Guthrie, a Glacier National Park Conservancy blanket and a Billy Bowman stuffed mountain goat, Glacier National Park Fund’s current mascot. Deadline is Nov. 2. For more information, visit online at www.glaciernationalparkconservancy.org.
Montana talk
Rick and Susie Graetz will present a free lecture called “This is Montana” in Flathead Valley Community College’s Arts and Technology Building on Monday, Oct. 29, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Rick Graetz is a geography professor at the University of Montana who teaches about the Crown of the Continent, Yellowstone National Park and North America. Susie Graetz has been a research professor in UM’s Central/Southwest Asia Studies program and has edited several books for the program. For more information, call 756-3832.
Park talk
Rebecca Lawrence, a re-vegetation crew leader in Glacier National Park, will give a free talk on “Whitebark pine, the oldest residents in the Park” at the Montana House in Apgar Village on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m., hosted by Montana House and the Glacier National Park Fund. For more information or to reserve seats, call 888-5393.
Wilderness fundraiser
The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation will hold its annual Voices of the Wilderness fundraiser event at the Alpine Ballroom, 333 Main Street, in Kalispell, on Friday, Nov. 9, from 7 to 9 p.m. Guest speaker Doug Chadwick will talk about “Grizzly Bears of the Gobi Desert.” There will be a silent art auction. Tickets are $25 available online at www.bmwf.org or by calling 387-3808. Raffle tickets for a five night, guided horse packing trip in the wilderness donated by Swan Mountain Outfitters are $10 apiece. Proceeds will go to supporting Foundation trail projects. Patagonia recently pledged to support the Foundation’s trail maintenance work by sponsoring one trail project each year for the next five years.