The Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour returns to South Lake Tahoe!

Join us in South Lake Tahoe on Earth Day Monday, April 22, 2024 at Valhalla Tahoe for a special benefit dinner and film festival screening. We’ll gather to celebrate Earth Day through fresh, locally sourced food and share an evening of award-winning, awe-inspiring films that focus on the environment, local activism, and adventure.

Spring Bounty Dinner- Doors at 5:00 p.m.

Join us in the Grand Hall for our first annual celebration dinner prepared by Executive Chef Darren Weston. Our Spring Bounty menu will feature locally sourced foods with a variety of dietary options to celebrate our appreciation for the Earth. Jessica Jane Robinson, local filmmaker, activist, and educator will speak during this portion of the event. Guests can also browse the Earth Day Fair, featuring booths by local conservation partners and a silent auction to benefit conservation in the Sierra Nevada.

Film Screening- Doors at 7:00 p.m.

Join us in the Boathouse Theater, where the inspiring Wild & Scenic Film Festival returns, combining award-winning environmental and adventure films with the energy of local activism. We will show a curated “Best of Fest” selection of films with a runtime of about 2 hours and 15 minutes, with an intermission and raffle at halftime.

About the Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Sierra Nevada Alliance has been a host of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour since 2006. The flagship festival hosted by the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) takes place in winter and then hits the road to visit local communities! This inspiring festival combines award-winning environmental and adventure films with the energy of local activism. Each year, we share films to inspire viewers to take further action regarding issues impacting our environment, ourselves, and the world. Concerned citizens worldwide know the urgency of the many environmental crises facing our planet today, but most don’t know how they can contribute to the fight. The festival provides an opportunity for attendees in the Sierra to support their local advocates for the environment.

About the Sierra Nevada and the Alliance

Known as the Range of Light, the Sierra Nevada is a vast mountain range that lies primarily in California, with the Carson Range spur expanding into Nevada.

The collision of tectonic plates formed the Sierra Nevada around 40-100 million years ago, creating mountains and valleys through faulting and subduction. The resulting valley started to fill with water and, over time, became the lake we know and love as a result of faulting, volcanoes, and glaciers.

Today, the towering mountain range runs roughly 400 miles from Tehachapi Pass in the south to the Cascade Range, along the North Fork of the Feather River. It spans 24 counties and contains the headwaters of 24 river basins.

The Sierra is rich in natural resources. It produces 60% of California’s water supply and supplies the state with 50% of its hydroelectric energy. Wildlife is abundant with 3500 plant, 572 animal, and 321 aquatic species.

Sierra Nevada Alliance unites people by empowering and collaborating with our partners and Sierra communities. We work together to ensure that every ecosystem and community is healthy, resilient, and collectively cared for as a legacy for future generations.

Purpose: The Sierra Nevada Alliance exists to elevate and support Sierra ecosystems and communities.

Mission: We are a hub for stewardship of the Sierra Nevada, which we achieve by empowering and collaborating with our partners.

Vision: Every Sierra ecosystem and community is healthy, resilient, and collectively cared for through thriving partnerships, as a legacy for future generations.

This magnificent mountain range offers a lifetime of recreation, pleasure, and memories. We need your help to take care of the Sierra Nevada now and for generations.

You can be part of the solution to protect this special place.