The Wild and Working Lands Film Festival will show April 29 at the Cody Theatere in Cody, Wyoming. The festival, which is free and open to the public, features a program of eight short films exploring relationships between people and the landscapes where we live, work, and play.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and films begin at 7 p.m. The festival is hosted by the East Yellowstone Collaborative and friends and presented by the University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.

With an emphasis on stories set in the wild and rural areas of the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains and high desert sagebrush steppe, the festival inspires audiences to better understand our current world and work toward a future where people and natural environments prosper together.

“These films celebrate the ways people are connected to the land,” said festival director Emilene Ostlind. “We hope this festival can elevate some of the innovative conservation work that is going on around the West that helps both humans and wild places.”

Films cover such topics as wildlife-friendly fencing, ranchers living with elk, ranchland conservation, black-footed ferret recovery, adventurous spirits, and more.

For more information visit the festival’s website at uwyo.edu/haub/events/film-festival/ or email Laura Bell at laura@legacyworksgroup.com.  

The University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources advances the understanding and resolution of complex environment and natural resource issues. Working with landowners and partners, The East Yellowstone Collaborative was formed to catalyze landscape-scale conservation along the Absaroka Front while enhancing the economic viability of ranches and their important role in wildlife conservation.