Film screening to show safe highway wildlife crossing efforts
The Safe Passage Fund Coalition is hosting The Crossing, a free event and screening of films highlighting road ecology in Southern Appalachia and beyond.
The event will be held from 6-8:30 p.m. with a social hour from 5-6 p.m. on Oct. 26 at Pleb Urban Winery in Asheville.
Feature presentations will include “Cascades Crossroads” and its follow-up “Cascades Update,” two films which chronicle a project similar to Safe Passage in Washington state. Also featured will be the short documentary “The Search for Safe Passage” presenting efforts being made toward wildlife crossings in the Pigeon River Gorge section of I-40.
The event, which will be emceed by Jeff Hunter of National Parks Conservation Association, features guest speaker Ted Grudowski, award-winning conservation filmmaker and director of the two “Cascades” films. Guests can enjoy a short winery tour, drinks from a cash bar and meals from local food trucks.
Tickets to this free event are limited to the first 230 people to register and show.
