This ArtSpring weekend, join us for a free short film showcase!
The first film each day is Lead It Go, produced by Fin & Fur Films. 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.
The Lead It Go showing will take place at 3:30PM in the Refuge Visitor Center - 6263 Appalachian Hwy, Davis, WV 26260. This event is hosted and sponsored by the Friends of the 500th.