Conservation Media’s photo, entitled Sage-grouse in Gas Country is one of thirty jury-selected photos for the 2012 Environmental Photography Exhibit at the American Mountaineering Museum February 24th.

Building a home in a riparian area may be a dream come true for some, but we lose more than important bird habitat. You may just lose your home.

This film was produced by Conservation Media for Montana Audubon through a grant from TogetherGreen, an initiative of National Audubon and Toyota.

Conservation Media is pleased to announce that we have picked up two, count ‘em, two Merit Awards from the 34th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, AND two Finalist Designations! There may be more Official Selections to come!

Our film Crossroads, embedded below, picked up a Merit Award for Conservation Message and a Merit Award for Made in Montana film, the home of the long-running, prestigious film festival.

More to come!

This is a short web film produced for Montana Audubon addressing the impact oil & gas development has on sage grouse, a species recently warranted by the USFWS as worthy of protection under the Endangered Species Act. This film includes interviews with David Sibley, Dave Naugle, and Amy Cilimburg.

You can view a small version of the film here for faster loading:

Conservation Media just returned from a scouting trip to Hawaii in preparation for a film about feral cats overtaking the islands and contributing to the extinction of the 70 bird species that disappeared this century, not to mention the impact of goats, cattle, and mongooses. Wow. This trip was a real eye opener for us.

While casing the joint, we also captured footage that we knew we’d need for the film, including shots of this lovely little Apapane, an endangered native of Hawaii.

Stay tuned for updates on this project.

This is a great video on the importance of the Teshekpuk Wetlands in Northern Alaska and the threat oil and gas development pose to this amazing nursery to the global bird population.

This is a quick demo of the sagegrouse stuff I filmed this April for MT Audubon. This will go into a larger piece which will be posted here as well as on the MT Audubon website at www.mtaudubon.org

I just returned from interviewing Jenny Sabo of Sabo Ranch in Harrison, MT.  This interview will be part of the Sonoran Institute Film.  She and her family live completely off the grid, and raise all their own food.  They were very welcoming and accommodating.  You can check out their website at www.saboranch.com.  I’ll soon post sequences as I get them edited.