Florida – The Forgotten Coast
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Florida – The Forgotten Coast
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 | 3:30pm | Auditorium
General Admission $30 | Reserved Seating $45 | Sponsorship $150
Be a part of the Florida Wildlife Corridor expedition team and join us for a special screening of the documentary, The Forgotten Coast: Return to Wild Florida. Following the film, stay for an engaging panel discussion on the need to protect the missing links in the corridor, preserve Florida’s waters, and sustain working lands and rural economies from the Everglades to Georgia and Alabama.
3:30pm Documentary
The Forgotten Coast: Return to Wild Florida
Following in the footsteps of a wandering Florida black bear, three friends leave civilization and become immersed in a vast and unexplored wildlife corridor stretching from the Everglades to the Florida-Alabama border. The rugged thousand-mile journey by foot, paddle and bike traverses Florida’s Forgotten Coast – a wilderness that has the potential to transform the way we see the natural world.
4:30pm Panel Discussion guided by Mallory Lykes Dimmitt, President of the Florida Wildlife Corridor
Panelists Include: Jim Cooper, President of the Lemon Bay Conservancy; Lindsay Cross, Executive Director of the Florida Wildlife Corridor; Debi Osborne, Director of Land Protection with the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast; and Carlton Ward Jr., National Geographic conservation photographer and Florida Wildlife Corridor expedition team member.