A free screening of the new documentary film Shawnee Showdown- Keep the Forest Standing, will be held at 7 PM, Friday, October 14, at the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre located in IVCC’s Community Tech Building, 815 N. Orlando Smith Rd., Oglesby, IL 61348. Doors open at 6:30 pm. The event is sponsored by IVCC Chemistry Club & Biology Club, as well as Starved Rock Audubon Society.
The film retraces the battle over commercial logging within the Shawnee National Forest for more than three decades. In the face of climate change, activists are once again asking tough questions about current and proposed logging in the Shawnee National Forest. With the effects of climate change intensifying and the knowledge that mature forests sequester more carbon, why not keep the Shawnee National Forest and other Forest Service lands standing as regional carbon sinks? Find out more about the newly proposed Shawnee National Park and Climate Preserve.
Following the screening will be a panel discussion and Q&A with environmental activists who participated in the protests and remain active to this day.
For more information and to view the film trailer visit: https://www.shawneeforestdefense.org or email shawneeforestdefense@gmail.com.
