Western settlement and market hunting decimated nearly all the big game species of the Great Plains. Nearly all of them have been restored, but the American Bison is still missing from the Great Plains. Help the National Wildlife Federation change this, and put bison back where they belong.

http://vimeo.com/27046339

Bison Restoration is not only possilbe, it is happening right now. Get involved with the National Wildlife Federation or the American Prairie Foundation.”

This video was produced by Conservation Media for National Wildlife Federation.

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.

Here is a short clip giving you a taste of what to expect from our large NRCS Sage Grouse Initiative campaign.

http://www.vimeo.com/22503582

We will be producing many short videos from 5 western states over the next few months, so keep checking back. Better yet, subscribe to the RSS feed, and the new videos will come to you!

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!

Here is a quick sample from an outing last week.

Under the VIDEO tab, you can see our completed, award-winning films.

While watching this fun little film full of running, bouncing, and tumbling bighorn lambs, you can also learn how climate change may impact bighorn sheep and other larger herbivores. Produced for the Montana Conservation Science Institute.

Produced by Conservation Media for The Wolverine Foundation, this short film explores one of the most fascinating and least understood animals on the planet. This small, rare, and elusive creature may be able to kill a moose or fend a grizzly off a kill, but it faces serious threats such as climate change for which it is no match.

You can support scientific research by supporting The Wolverine Foundation. Go to www.WolverineFoundation.org to see how you can help.

The Northern Rockies are experiencing one of the largest pine white (Neophasia menapia) irruptions in decades. Pine trees, mostly ponderosas, are filled with billions of white butterflies.

Here is a quick little sequence from our ramblings down along the creek this week. The sequence was shot using a Canon 7D and a newly constructed dolly that doubles as a solar panel support. Enjoy