Rozsa Center to host film, lecture on Isle Royale Wolf-Moose Study Oct. 26 (updated*)

HOUGHTON -- Fortunate Wilderness: the Wolf and Moose Study of Isle Royale, a film by George Desort, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, in the Rozsa Center on the Michigan Tech campus.

John Vucetich, wolf biologist, walks on the ice at Washington Harbor, Isle Royale. Click on photo for larger version. (Photo © 2008 George Desort. Reprinted with permission.)

This is the mainland premier of a beautiful and vivid documentary film that was first shown this past summer on Isle Royale during the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Wolf-Moose Study.

Anchored in the northwest depths of Lake Superior, Isle Royale is one of America’s last remaining wild places. Fifty-six miles of inhospitable waters isolate the island from the Michigan mainland. Explore this wilderness island with wolf biologists Rolf Peterson and John Vucetich, as they attempt to make sense of the delicate balance between wolf, moose and climate.

Preceding the film, Vucetich will present a lecture on the wolf-moose relationship on Isle Royale. Questions and Answers with Vucetich and filmmaker Desort will follow.

The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Van Evera Distinguished Lecture Series Endowment.

*Update: The Duluth premiere of Fortunate Wilderness will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Marshall Performing Arts Center at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

The Bay Area Film Society will have a screening of Fortunate Wilderness at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor's Center near Ashland, Wis.

Visit the Web site for the film for more information.