INLAND SEAS FILM COMES TO DISCOVERY WORLD

Posted: April 24, 2008

Updated: June 17, 2008

As policymakers in Wisconsin and other Great Lakes states consider the proposed Great Lakes Compact, a new film by WATER Institute ecologist Rebecca Klaper delves into the science behind this policy issue.

Inland Seas: Understanding and Protecting the Waters of the Great Lakes, which Klaper produced with filmmaker Matt Radcliff, will play at Discovery World's Digital Theater in Milwaukee at 11:30 each Saturday and Sunday in May.

Featuring interviews with local scientists, water managers, and policy experts, Inland Seas explains the basics of our water resources—from aquifers to watersheds—and how they fit into the water policy picture.

A four-minute trailer for Inland Seas appears below.

The film premiered at Discovery World on Apr. 26 before an audience of invited guests. The event concluded with a panel discussion with water, policy, and planning experts, including Tim Grundl, chair of UW-Milwaukee's geosciences department; Nancy Frank, chair of UW-Milwaukee's urban planning department; Peter McAvoy, vice president of the environmental health department at the Sixteenth Street Community Health Center; and Bud Harris, ecology professor emeritus at UW-Green Bay.

Klaper says her goal in creating Inland Seas was to provide a way for people to "learn more about their water resources and the policies being developed to protect these resources, and to learn what they can do to help protect them."

Klaper discussed the film with Mitch Teich on WUWM's Lake Effect on April 24.

DVD copies of Inland Seas are available for $15 each. To order, send a check payable to the Great Lakes WATER Institute to:

Rebecca Klaper, Inland Seas DVD

Great Lakes WATER Institute

UW-Milwaukee

600 E. Greenfield Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53204

Include the number of DVDs you are ordering and your name and shipping address. Contact Rebecca Klaper for additional information.

–Jennifer Yauck