Environmental Film Festival coming in July

The Maxwell Farms Regional Park Stewardship and Sonoma Ecology Center will host its first annual environmental film festival in July

“We are so excited that the partnership between Sonoma County Regional Parks, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley, the volunteers of the Maxwell Farms Stewardship, and the Sonoma Ecology Center can develop and bring this free educational event to the community,” says Julie Jehly, Watershed Stewardship Coordinator at Sonoma Ecology Center.

There will be four documentaries which will be shown on consecutive Thursday evenings in July (July 8, 15, 22, and 29): Dirt! The Movie; Fish Passage Success Stories; River of Renewal; and A Simple Question: The Story of STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring a Wetland). Local experts will be on hand each evening for a discussion.

These free events will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley, 100 Verano Avenue in Sonoma. Documentaries are appropriate for teens and up. The Boys & Girls Clubs will provide complimentary popcorn; please bring your own beverage. Parking fee is waived.

For more information about upcoming Sonoma Ecology Center events, go to www.sonomaecologycenter.org, and for Valley wide environmental events, visit www.stewards.sonomacreek.net. You can also call the Ecology Center at 996-0712.