News from the world of Trees.HISTORIC TREES: 4 STARS Trees wee a hot ticket item this spring movie season as "Silent Witnesses" debuted at a special event to open this year's Environmental Film Festival in the nation's Capital. More than 800 people saw a pre-festival viewing of the one-hour documentary that showcases American history through the stories of 21 historic arboreal arboreal pertaining to trees, treelike, tree-dwelling. treasures. Actor, narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. , and tree-hugger James Whitmore warmed up the crowd, saying he hoped the film, which aired on PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, stations across the country in April and May, would inspire children to plant and care for trees. "The film hopefully will engender en·gen·der v. en·gen·dered, en·gen·der·ing, en·gen·ders v.tr. 1. To bring into existence; give rise to: "Every cloud engenders not a storm" in the children of America a pride in the soil because the earth is our momma, and you want to be good to your momma." Whitmore said. The audience included five descendants of high-lighted trees' original caretakers, Agriculture Secretary Dan Gllckman, Assistant Interior Secretary John Berry John Berry is the name of:
"This movie brings history, science and nature together for young and old," said attendee Deborah Gangloff. AMERICAN FORESTS' executive director. "It shows how caring for our natural heritage can educate people and preserve the environment for generations to come." The film was produced by WJCT Public Television in Jacksonville, Florida “Jacksonville” redirects here. For other uses, see Jacksonville (disambiguation). Jacksonville is the largest city in the state of Florida and the county seat of Duval County. , in cooperation with AMERICAN FORESTS American Forests is a nonprofit conservation organization that promotes healthy forests and urban tree planting. The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens , and sponsored by online retailer garden.com and The Scotts Company. Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Douglass Greene, great-great-grandson of early civil rights leader Frederick Douglass, traveled from Ft. Still, Oklahoma, Greene, 39, visited the Frederick Douglass home n Southeast Washington that morning and said he had been struck by the historic white oak visible from miles away. "This morning as we drove [there], I could see the tree up on the hill," Greene said. "It's been there over 200 years ... It's part of the family." At a luncheon sponsored by The Scotts Company, Greene told reporters he planned to integrate the tree into a presentation he does for schools and business across the country. Greene and other descendants ate lunch and chatted with Whitmore others at Washington's historic Decatur House Decatur House is one of the oldest surviving homes in Washington, D.C. and one of only three remaining houses in the country designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the father of American architecture. . In the courtyard. Maynard Cox. 68, the great-grandson of Chief Joseph of the Nez perce, regaled the crowd with stories of the 139 snake bites he endured in his work as director of the North Florida Snake Bite Treatment Center. And George Edward Pickett V. 44, great-great grandson of the Confederate Civil Was general, led a modern-day charge: keeping track of his children. Later, grown-ups headed to the premiere, sponsored by Ford Motor Company, where they munched hors d'oeuvres, then listened as Glickman requested support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund The United States' Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is a Federal program that was established by Act of Congress in 1965. The Act designated that a portion of receipts from offshore oil and gas leases[1] , a federal program that uses revenues form offshore oil and gas leasing for land and water for parks, forests, and open spaces. Generally, though, the mood was light. Whitmore said he felt proud of his work on "Silent Witnesses" because it will encourage children to appreciate natural resources. "If we just get [children] to put their hands in the earth ... it'll mean something," he said. |
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