St Michael’s Lutheran Church, New Canaan, CT
Join us on Earth Day, April 22nd, for the New Canaan debut of Preserved, a documentary about the rebirth of an expanse of land in New Mexico, and a blueprint on how to save the environment from historical devastation.
In 1996, media mogul Ted Turner purchased the 558,000 acres and launched an ambitious conservation campaign. He wanted to return land that had been devastated by coal mines, railroads, over-grazing, and oil drilling into what it had been historically – a thriving, biodiverse ecosystem.
Since his purchase, scientists, land use planners, wildlife experts, ranchers, and conservationists have worked together to undo the damage done to this incredible landscape. The result is astonishing – beaver, elk, bison, and trout populations have returned, the plant life flourishes, and both the air and the rivers are clean. The film, with footage shot over 130 days, captures all this plus contains interviews with the experts who made it happen. As the promotional materials explain, “In an era of wildfires, drought, and species collapse across the American Southwest, Vermejo is living proof that restoration is not only possible—it’s happening. And it’s a blueprint for what comes next.”
