BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200117T000000Z DTEND:20200117T020000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Film America’s Amazon: The Story of the St. Lucie River at The Lyric DESCRIPTION:America's Amazon: The Story of the St Lucie River \nA Film Produced by John Nelson\n\nPresented by\n\nThe Florida Oceanographic Society\,\n\nthe Historical Society of Martin County\n\nand WQCS / NPR for the Treasure Coast\n\nFrom the earliest times of Indian settlements to the present day\, the St. Lucie River has played a vital part in the history of the Treasure Coast. Today\, the river is frequently plagued with toxic algae blooms and pollutants that have caused immeasurable damage to the environment\, but why has our river become one of the most polluted bodies of water in the nation?\n\n\n\nTo find the answer\, photographer and documentarian John Nelson tirelessly worked over three years to create America's Amazon: The Story of the St. Lucie River. John explored documents\, films\, audio tracks\, historic images\, and technical drawings. He researched the archives of the Elliott Museum\, the Florida Photographic Library\, the Library of Congress\, the National Archives\, the Army Corp of Engineers\, the University of Florida\, Florida State University\, and many other sources to meticulously document the history of the river.\n\n\n\nThroughout the film\, leading scientists and environmentalists such as legendary photographer\, Clyde Butcher\; Dr. R. Grant Gilmore\, senior scientist and founder of Estuarine\, Coastal & Ocean Science\; Dr. Paul Gray\, Science Coordinator of Audubon Florida's Everglades Restoration Program\; Dr. Edith (Edie) Widder\, founder of Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA)\; and the late Nathaniel Reed who was Florida's Environmental Advocate and co-author of the Endangered Species Act will be cited. \n\n\n\nOnly after seeing this documentary can one truly appreciate how different the river is now\, and how serious the environmental problems are that we have created. There is hope for the St. Lucie River's future if we can learn from our past. Following the film\, a panel discussion will be lead by Mark Perry of the Florida Oceanographic Society. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: \;\n