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Byline: The Register-Guard

Banff Film Festival Saturday

Highlights of the 2002 Banff Mountain Film Festival will be shown Saturday at the McDonald Theatre at 10th and Willamette streets in downtown Eugene. Sponsored locally by the University of Oregon Outdoor Program and Recreational Equipment Inc., the festival includes seven short films involving a variety of outdoor activities. Among them is "The Second Step," a 26-minute documentary on double leg amputee Warren MacDonald's epic journey to Federation Peak in southwest Tasmania. The film was the grand prize winner at the 2002 festival in Banff. Screenings begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance at REI Eugene, EMU Tickets and Fastixx outlets and $12 at the door.

Park passes at sale prices

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is selling its annual day-use passes at a discounted price during the month of April. Normally $25, the annual passes are being sold for $20 through April 30. A pass good for 24 months is also available for $40. Honored at 26 state parks, the passes may be purchased at any Oregon G.I. Joe's store, at major parks department offices and from most chamber of commerce visitor information centers. Without an annual pass, park users must pay a fee of $3 per day.

Event combines skiing, golf

Mount Bachelor Ski Area and Sunriver Resort will join forces this weekend to present the Subaru Race and Ace, a two-day event that combines skiing and golf. Participants ski or snowboard on a gated giant slalom course Friday, then golf 18 holes at Sunriver on Saturday. The lowest combined score wins. Two competitive tiers are offered - four-person teams that will compete in a scramble golf format and race on a dual NASTAR course, and an individual (elite) division where men and women will compete in gross and net golf categories. The $99 entry fee includes lift ticket, green fees, lunch Friday at Mount Bachelor and an awards banquet dinner Saturday at Sunriver. Register at www.mtbachelor.com.

Wolf advisory board forming

The state is looking for 14 people willing to serve on a citizen advisory committee that will help draft a statewide wolf management plan. Gray wolves were extirpated from Oregon but are expected to migrate here from neighboring states where they have been reintroduced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission issued a call for nominations of people willing to serve on the advisory committee, which will include the following "stake holders:" livestock producer, hunter, trapper, educator, wildlife biologist/researcher, economist, public land manager, tribal representative, wolf advocate, county commissioner from eastern Oregon and two representatives of the public at large. The adopted goal of the wolf management plan is "to ensure the long-term survival and conservation of gray wolves as required by Oregon law while minimizing conflicts with humans, primary land uses and other Oregon wildlife." Nominations should be mailed to ODFW, P.O. Box 59, Portland OR, 97207. The deadline is May 15.