Wednesday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. go to Maynes Grove Lodge to see the film ‘America’s Lost Landscape – The Tall Grass Prairie”. There will be refreshments and after the show and then a walk into the prairie to listen to all the prairie insects that come out at night!
America's Lost Landscape: The Tall grass Prairie tells the rich and complex story of... [read more]
Movie Night at Maynes Grove
Wednesday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. go to Maynes Grove Lodge to see the film ‘America’s Lost Landscape – The Tall Grass Prairie”. There will be refreshments and after the show and then a walk into the prairie to listen to all the prairie insects that come out at night!
America's Lost Landscape: The Tall grass Prairie tells the rich and complex story of one of the most astonishing alterations of nature in human history.
Prior to Euro-American settlement in the 1820s, one of the major landscape features of North America was 240 million acres of tall grass prairie. But between 1830 and 1900 – in the space of a single lifetime – the tall grass prairie was steadily transformed to farmland.
This drastic change in the landscape also brought about an enormous social change for Native Americans; in an equally short time their cultural imprint was reduced in essence to a handful of place-names appearing on maps.
America’s Lost Landscape examines the record of human struggle, triumph, and defeat that prairie history exemplifies, including the history and culture of America’s aboriginal inhabitants. The story of how and why the prairie was changed by Euro-American settlement is thoughtfully nuanced.
The film also highlights prairie preservation efforts and explores how the tallgrass prairie ecosystem may serve as a model for a sustainable agriculture of the future.
The extraordinary cinematography of prairie remnants, original score and archival images are all delicately interwoven to create a powerful and moving viewing experience about the natural and cultural history of America.
