Come Celebrate Earth Day and Wilderness! With the Academy of Natural Sciences
Wilderness historian, advocate, and author Doug Scott will discuss what wilderness protection means during this free afternoon lecture. He will present selections from his books, The Enduring Wilderness: Protecting our Natural Heritage Through the Wilderness Act and the soon-to-be-published Our Wilderness: America's Common Ground. He will also talk about citizen efforts to protect public lands under the Wilderness Act of 1964, as well as the history of wilderness in Pennsylvania. Our Wilderness is a photographic tribute and primer that examines what wilderness really means to individual Americans and why we should remain vigilant in our protection of these lands. Congress has preserved in perpetuity more than 700 wilderness areas under the Wilderness Act since 1964, representing almost 5 percent of all the land in the United States. Our Wilderness addresses the environmental, educational, economical, and spiritual reasons why wilderness is so important to Americans, and reminds us why we need to protect our lands for future generations. Actor and wilderness enthusiast Robert Redford wrote the foreword for Our Wilderness, which is scheduled to be published by Fulcrum Publishing in May. Our Wilderness: America's Common Ground: http://www.fulcrum-books.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=5924 The presentation also will include a screening of the 16-minute campaign video Keystone Wilderness: A Citizens' Wilderness Proposal for Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest, highlighting the advocacy efforts of Friends of Allegheny Wilderness and their supporters for the Commonwealth's sole national forest. When: Saturday, April 18, 4:00 p.m. Location: The Main Auditorium, The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admission to the lecture is FREE, but R.S.V.P. is strongly encouraged: http://www.wildernesscommonground.eventbrite.com For more information contact: Roland Wall, [email protected], (215) 299-1108 Sponsored by Campaign for America's Wilderness, Friends of Allegheny Wilderness, and The Academy of Natural Sciences -- Friends of Allegheny Wilderness 220 Center Street Warren, PA 16365 814-723-0620 [email protected] http://www.pawild.org A Citizens' Wilderness Proposal for Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest: http://www.pawild.org/exec_summary.html Please make a tax-deductible charitable donation today! http://www.active.com/donate/FAW --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
