Protect Alaska Public Lands: Film Screening & Speaker Panel at the MATCH

Title: Arctic Defense Campaign Film Screening and Speaker Panel
Wednesday, November 19th
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Location: MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)
3400 Main Street, Houston TX 77002

Free admission

This event features the amazing, family-friendly, 45-minute film, The Arctic, Our Last Great Wilderness, in which National Geographic photographer Florian Schulz captures the 19.6 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Meet the polar bears, caribou, musk oxen, wolves, golden eagles, and people who call this area home! Experience the adventure of the Arctic and learn why this remarkable land deserves our protection."

Speakers for panel: To be announced.

The Arctic Defense Campaign is a coalition of environmental, wildlife, and native Alaskan communities working to enlist the support of Houston businesses, organizations, and local leaders to urge decision-makers to keep harmful drilling and industrialization out of this culturally and ecologically valuable public land reserve.

The Arctic Refuge is nearly 20 million acres of America's wildest public lands, providing critical habitat for iconic wildlife, sustaining Indigenous communities, and offering landscapes beloved by hunters, anglers, and recreators alike. The Coastal Plain, "the biological heart of the Refuge”, is home to threatened polar bears, caribou, and nearly 200 species of migratory birds. Meanwhile, drilling here is risky, costly, and deeply unpopular; many companies and banks have already walked away.
We believe the harms of industrialization in the Arctic Refuge far outweigh any profits.

Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Hupp/USFWS, 2023, Caribou Selawik Caribou National Wildlife Sanctuary, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service