The NATURE of NATURE – FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION

PARAMOUNT THEATRE, MIDDLETOWN, NY
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4th, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Presented by Orange County Land Trust and NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program

A short film celebrating the living fabric of the region’s unique landscape. From high elevation forests to the globally rare freshwater tidal marshes along the Hudson estuary, the documentary film captures the beautiful, the complex, the familiar, and the unknown… guided by the plants, animals, and people that call the Hudson Valley home.

Panelists: Dr. William Schuster, past Executive Director, Black Rock Forest; Sacha Spector, Program Director for the Environment, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Michael Sweeton, Community Liaison, Orange County Land Trust; and Ronald Zorrilla, Founder and CEO, Outdoor Promise. Facilitated by Laura Heady, Conservation and Land Use Program Coordinator, NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program. Musical performance by Alan Sorensen.