Source to Sea & Ossining Beach Project
6:30PM on Thursday, April 11, 2019
Ossining Library’s Budarz Theater: 53 Croton Ave, Ossining, NY 10562
View the trailer: Source to Sea
The film will be followed by a presentation from Ossining High School Students and a discussion with Riverkeeper, the Town of Ossining, Ossining High School students and Educator Artie Carlucci.
Hope on the Hudson Short Film Trio: Undamming the Hudson, Growing the Grain, and Source to Sea
7:30PM on Thursday, April 18
Sing Sing Kill Brewery 75-76 Spring Street, Ossining, NY 10562
Panelist Bios:
George Jackman, PhD
Habitat Restoration Manager
George is a retired NYPD police lieutenant turned aquatic ecologist. An experienced, dynamic environmental activist with a strong record of achievement, George is working on dam removals in the Hudson River Estuary, which are considered priority barriers to migratory fish, to expand critical habitat for these fishes. He will help Riverkeeper contribute to the restoration of natural habitat for fish, amphibians and other species in the Hudson River Estuary affected by dams and artificial barriers, so aquatic species can migrate to habitats they need to survive, reproduce and thrive.George conducts planning, outreach, fundraising, communications, and advocacy to promote fish passage and mitigate the damaging effects of barriers.
Jon Bowermaster
Film Maker
Writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society’s ‘Ocean Heroes,’ his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine was documenting a 3,741-mile crossing of Antarctica by dogsled. Jon has written eleven books and produced/directed more than thirty documentary films.
Jon lives in New York’s Hudson Valley. He is the Executive Producer of Oceans 8 Films and President of One Ocean Media Foundation, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation and a Board Member of Mark Ruffalo’s Water Defense.
The Ossining Documentary & Discussion Series 