The Elemental Film Team has reserved The Flicks in Boise for a special screening of Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire.

All SEJ members, journalists and attendees from the SEJ conference are invited to attend this special screening of the award-winning, critically acclaimed documentary Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire for FREE.

The event will be followed by a special Q&A Panel Discussion with PBS and National Geographic Director Trip Jennings, Yurok cultural and prescribed fire expert Margo Robbins and invited guests.

The Flicks Theater serves a delicious dinner menu, so come early and order dinner to enjoy as you sit back and enjoy the show.

Space is limited, and we expect the screening to sell out so we encourage you to SECURE YOUR TICKETS in advance via EventBrite by clicking the button below.

4/21 Concurrent Sessions - 10:45 - Noon, Location: Hatch C&D

The Biden administration announced $930 million in funding to reduce Western wildfire dangers by clearing trees and underbrush from national forests and conducting prescribed burns. Can this strategy safeguard communities? Not entirely. Learn how the math doesn’t work if the goal is protecting communities.

But there is hope. Buildings can be fire-hardened. Communities can be buffered. Individual cities and towns can take proactive steps. Learn about those solutions as well as how Native Americans are using fire to restore landscapes across the West.

Moderator: Ximena Bustillo, Washington Desk, NPR

Speakers:

Kelly Pohl, Associate Director, Headwaters Economics

Margo Robbins, Yurok, Cultural Fire Management Council

Ralph Bloemers, Director of Fire Safe Communities, Green Oregon