ArtSpring Festival EVENT

FILM:  "Lead it GO"

Saturday & Sunday, (May 24 and 25)

3:30 PM

Lead It Go follows hunter and President/CEO of The Peregrine Fund, Chris Parish, in his mission to prevent unintentional lead poisoning in wildlife. Through research conducted with The Peregrine Fund, Parish helped discover that lead fragments from bullets in the remains of shot animals left afield are often accidentally eaten by eagles, condors, and other scavengers. As a lifelong hunter proud of the role that hunters have played in conservation, Parish has co-founded the North American Non-Lead Partnership, an organization that works with the hunting community to voluntarily remove lead from the food chain. Told through a hunting experience with friend Ben Masters, the film aims to showcase hunters taking the lead on an important issue, thus continuing the hunter's tradition of conservation.

Lead It Go is produced by Fin & Fur Films and premiered on February 23, 2025 at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival. This showing will take place at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center and is hosted by the Friends of the 500th•

FILM: “FREELAND - A Blackwater Story”

Saturday & Sunday, (May 24 and 25)

4:15 PM

Freeland ~ A Blackwater Story from Justin Harris and Mountain River Media. A kayaking film 50 years in the making.  Justin celebrates the golden age of whitewater steep creeking in West Virginia through his awesome film making and vintage video and photos of the early days of running the Blackwater.