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

Info about 2026 Wild & Scenic Film Festival coming soon!

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.