"When we strive to pass wilderness legislation, what we are really engaged in is democracy at work."
- Bart Koehler

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Forever Wild Screening & Celebration

with special guest & Wilderness champion Doug Scott

Thursday, February 12, 2015, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, Tucson (details)

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Arizona Wilderness Coalition is delighted to host a special screening of Forever Wild, with an opening reception and presentation by legendary wilderness champion Doug Scott. Join AWC for this exceptional opportunity to meet an icon of wilderness preservation and enjoy this stunning film narrated by Robert Redford, with readings from Terry Tempest Williams.

The evening begins with a free reception in the Cosmo Art Studio at the Sea of Glass Center for the Arts in Tucson. Enjoy appetizers, beverages and a chance to meet Doug Scott, one of the film’s wilderness heroes. The silent auction features an original wilderness photographic print and the book Wilderness, generously donated by nationally-renowned artist Debra Bloomfield and the Terry Etherton Gallery of Tucson. Also featured will be regional and local art and other items celebrating Arizona’s natural heritage and the great outdoors.

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The Evening Festivities

For more information or to reserve advance tickets, contact AWC at 520-326-4300.

All proceeds benefit the wilderness preservation work of Arizona Wilderness Coalition.

About Forever Wild

Forever Wild: Celebrating America’s Wilderness tells the tales of citizens who have decided what wilderness means to them. They have dedicated time and energy to helping protect the lands they love as wilderness. Robert Redford, himself a strong supporter of wilderness, hosts the film. Mr. Redford’s narration, together with original music and the moving prose of Terry Tempest Williams, read by the author, guide the viewer through an examination of America’s commitment to wilderness preservation, and the values we hold dear in protecting these wild lands.

Forever Wild educates audiences about the ever-present pressures to develop the last remnants of wild land left in America and offers viewers an opportunity to reflect on the importance of protecting wilderness so that our children may experience the same wild places.

Forever Wild is a production of First Light Films. The award-winning production company creates compelling and entertaining educational films that illuminate critical environmental and social issues. KQED Presents will release the program for national broadcast beginning in September 2009. Read more...

About Doug Scott

Doug Scott is one of the nation’s leading wilderness historians and experts on the U.S. wilderness movement. He has been involved in the passage of most major wilderness protection laws in the last 40 years, including the Eastern Wilderness Areas Act (1975), Endangered American Wilderness Act (1978), Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (1980), and the Omnibus Public Land Management Act (2009) – which protected more than two million acres across nine states.

As a graduate forestry student at the University of Michigan, Doug served with Sen. Gaylord Nelson on the board of the group that organized the first Earth Day. He helped shape strategy and led campaigns at The Wilderness Society and the Sierra Club (where he served as national Conservation Director and Associate Executive Director, and was Policy Director of the Campaign for America’s Wilderness.

Doug is the author of:

• The Enduring Wilderness: Protecting Our Natural Heritage through the Wilderness Act (Fulcrum Books, 2004)
• Our Wilderness: America’s Common Ground (Fulcrum Books, 2009).

He is a board member and past chairman of The Wilderness Land Trust. In 1997 the Sierra Club presented Doug its highest honor, the John Muir Award. Read more...