Water Week / Paddling Film Festival

A huge thank you to all of the folks at the Lancaster Conservancy for an awesome Water Week this year. Sure, the event was nearly a month ago, but there’s no harm in a retrospective look back in time, right?

In addition to collecting a few trees and shrubs from the Conservancy, I was able to attend a session on riparian zones (yay, Kestrels!), a tour of the meadowing efforts at Clark Nature Preserve and a walk in the proposed nature preserve and center on Sunnyside Peninsula which is a joint project between the City of Lancaster and the High Foundation. I also spent a morning with the Conestoga River Club cleaning up the river along Sunnyside. 

Part of the week was the Conestogia-sponsored Paddling Film Festival which featured a curated selection of the world’s best paddling films. The second year the festival has been a part of Water Week, this year’s films focused on adventure, the love of water, the environment and the way that our waterways bring people together. 

It was clear from the week that our rivers and streams have strong allies and tons of enthusiasts. So… what about a Lancaster County film for the Paddling Film Festival? If you were its producer, what would be the focus of your film? Recreation? Clean-up efforts? History? 

Leave a comment below about how you participated in Water Week and give us the title of your film!