SELKIRK

CONSERVATION

ALLIANCE

Selkirk Conservation Alliance

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1809
Priest River, ID 83856

Office:
1604 Highway 57
Priest River, ID

208-448-1110

sca@scawild.org

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

SCA TO PREMERE THE FILM "LORDS OF NATURE"
MAY 29, 2009 – 6:30 PM
SANDPOINT COMMUNITY HALL

FREE!

Wolves and cougars, once driven to the edge of existence, are finding their way back -- from the Yellowstone plateau to the canyons of Zion, from the farm country of northern Minnesota to the rugged open range of central Idaho. It is the historic return that ecologists have been eagerly awaiting, and certain rural cultures equally dreading.

LORDS OF NATURE: Life in a Land of Great Predators tells the story of science now discovering the great carnivores as revitalizing forces of nature, and a society now learning tolerance for the beasts they had once banished.

The film follows the work of scientists Bill Ripple and Bob Beschta of Oregon State University, two leading pioneers in the quest to decipher the great predators’ role in the web of life. Ripple and Beschta are repeatedly finding ecosystems maintained by their apex predators—and more ominously, degraded by their absence. Their bottom line reveals top predators as keystones in the stability and balance of nature. As Beschta says, “Whether it’s cougars in Zion, or wolves in Yellowstone National Park, the presence of that predator is crucial in maintaining that system through time.“

Visit the film website and watch trailers for ths film

This film showing is FREE and open to all. However, donations will be accepted at the door. A discussion and question-and-answer period will follow the film. For more information about the Sandpoint showing of this film, contact SCA.

To read more about SCA projects, go to our Current Projects page.

"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.  When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin  to use it with love and respect."
– Aldo Leopold

Keeping the Wild in the Selkirk Ecosystem