WALTON, NY -- A TV crew from "La Semaine Verte," ("The Green Week" in French) a national weekly environmental program based out of Quebec City, toured the Catskill/Delaware Watershed the last week of May. Reporter France Beaudoin of CBC Radio-Canada coordinated the week-long tour with representatives from the Watershed Agricultural Council (WAC) and New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP). "Multiple interviews with key participants in the clean water chain will provide us with program content," noted Beaudoin. "Our segment will focus on how regional New York State landowners partner with the City to provide clean drinking water for metropolitan residents downstream."
The crew interviewed local farmers, forestry professionals and agency spokespeople, pulling together the region's clean water story. Along the way, the crew filmed many hours of "beauty shots," capturing the essence of working farm and forest landscapes. Photo opportunities included filming on the bridge spanning the Pepacton Reservoir (photo attached).
The Canadian documentary segment, which follows water from the Catskills to City tap, will air in September 2009 in the French language. Last year, the Watershed Agricultural Council provided similar tours for a documentary crew from TV Globo-Brazil and a contingent of Vietnamese scientists.
For more information about the Council and its programs, visit www.nycwatershed.org or call (607) 865-7790.
The WAC mission is to support the economic viability of agriculture and forestry through the protection of water quality and the promotion of land conservation in the New York City watershed region.
The Watershed Agricultural Council helps private landowners to improve their farm and forest lands in order to protect clean drinking water for nine million New York City residents. The WAC works with almost 1,000 landowners to enlist private contractors to develop conservation plans and construct conservation practices in accordance with farm and forest management plans.
The WAC is funded by The New York City Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service and other federal and foundation sources. The WAC is an equal opportunity employer and provider.
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