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Sen. Bill Nelson joins RESTORE bill sponsors
"We badly need this investment in our Gulf Coast," said Sen. Bill Nelson of the RESTORE legislation. The bill if passed will dedicate 80% of Clean Water Act penalties charged to BP for the restoration of the Gulf Coast. Nelson joins Sens. Landrieu, Shelby, Vitter, Sessions, Cochran, Wicker, Rubio, Baily-Hutchison and Boxer in this bipartison, regional approach. A portion of the funds will be allocated directly and equally to the five Gulf Coast states for ecological and economic recovery. The act will also establish a Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council comprised of both Federal and State members. 5% of the Fund will be allocated to a Gulf Coast research, science and technology program including fisheries management.
The Gulf Coast Act of 2011
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Jonathan Wickham is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Born in Malawi, Africa, educated in the UK, he started working in television at Turner Broadcasting. Through his production company ZoёTV, he has written and produced critically acclaimed television documentaries on a variety of subjects including Renzo Piano: Designing a Village of the Arts, co-produced with Red Sky Productions.
With Rhett Turner, Wickham produced Chattahoochee, From Water Wars to Water Vision - our featured film at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Wickham will be the featured speaker at the Dixie Theater,
7 p.m. Saturday September 3. For more information, click here.
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| Pulitzer Center at DC Environmental Film Festival 2011: Rhett Turner and Jonathan Wickham |
"Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over" - prophetic words credited to Mark Twain. Yet even he could scarcely have imagined they would one day apply to the Southeastern United States, a region better known for plentiful rainfall and abundantly flowing rivers. But for almost twenty years three states - Georgia, Florida and Alabama - have been locked in a fierce struggle over water.
This longstanding conflict, recently ratcheted up to new level of intensity by a severe drought and a judge's dramatic ruling, is the subject of a new documentary, Chattahoochee, >From Water Wars to Water Vision , produced by Rhett Turner (Red Sky Productions) and Jonathan Wickham (ZoёTV). By interweaving individual stories, , will educate viewers on the complex issues and choices that increasingly face all of us when it comes to one of our most precious natural resources, water.
Chattahoochee, From Water Wars to Water Vision will be featured at the 2011 Wild & Scenic Film Festival, 7 p.m Saturday Aug. 27 at St. James Bay Country Club. Carrabelle FL; 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 at the Dixie Theater, Apalachicola FL; 7 p.m., Saturday Sept. 10 at the Gazebo Coffee Shop & Deli, Marianna FL. For more information, click here.
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Thank you to our sponsors: We couldn't do all the wonderful things we do without the support of our sponsors. Please thank these local businesses by patronizing their establishments. Additional Wild & Scenic Film Festival Sponsors:
Grady Market
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| Upcoming Events Wild & Scenic Film Festival: Aug. 26 & 27, St. James Bay Country Club, Carrabelle, 6 p.m. Reception, 7 p.m. Festival
Sept. 2 & 3, Dixie Theater, Apalachicola, 6 p.m. Reception, 7 p.m. Festival
Sept. 10, Gazebo Coffee Shop & Deli, 6 p.m. Reception, 7 p.m. Festival
Admission is free to all festival events.
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