Join Idaho Public Television and the Idaho State Historical Society for a special screening of author and filmmaker Kris Millgate’s latest documentary, On Grizzly Ground. Millgate captures stunning footage of rugged Western landscapes and showcases perspectives from Native tribes, tourists, scientists, and activists considering the future of our federally protected bears.
After the screening, Millgate will be signing her companion book to the film, My Place Among Beasts, which details the backstory of what she endured during the grizzly expedition. Additional books by Millgate will also be available, including My Place Among Men and My Place Among Fish.
"On Grizzly Ground"
Documentary Screening & Book Signing
Thursday, January 25
Doors open at 6:30 PM; presentation starts at 7 PM
Idaho State Museum
610 Julia Davis Dr., Boise 83702
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Register Here to Attend
(Free for Idaho State Museum members, $5 for non-members)
On Grizzly Ground, which recently aired on Idaho Public Television, explores the expansion of federally protected bears spring through fall showcasing the helps and hurdles of their recovery. Through the lenses of tribes, tourists, scientists, and activists follow the wild — and risky — wanderings of grizzlies across Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
Kris Millgate's first encounter with a bald eagle in grade school was one of defeat. The nation’s symbol of freedom was disappearing. Now eagles nest near Millgate’s Idaho home. The raptor is no longer endangered and Millgate now covers natural resource stories, including the one about the bird that didn’t disappear. Millgate spent a decade in TV news before starting Tight Line Media in 2006. She hosted Time OUT, an outdoor TV news segment, for seven years then created East Idaho Outdoors Magazine in 2014. Her first book, My Place Among Men, published in 2019. The sequel, My Place Among Fish, published in 2021 with the debut of her Emmy nominated salmon film Ocean to Idaho. Her third book, My Place Among Beasts published with her newest film, On Grizzly Ground, in 2023. With a quarter century of storytelling, she traverses the country in search of dynamic and engaging topics. She researches issues thoroughly then translates core elements via video, photo and words with credibility that demands audience. TLM productions tour with film festivals and win national honors. As producer, writer, videographer, photographer, certified drone pilot, editor and gear hauler, Millgate engages in every project with inspiring enthusiasm and unmatched intensity. In the edit bay, she never tires. In the field, she never stops. She hikes, bikes, rows and flies her cameras into the wilderness to collar grizzlies, catch native trout, and yes, she counts bald eagles too.