Georgia Department of Natural Resources GA- "1200 . SI Georgia Department of Natural Resources Georgia, the largest state east of the Mississippi River, stretches across almost 60,000 square miles of mountains, swamps, beaches, and forests. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (D.N.R.) serves as custodian for these natural areas, and for the abundant animal and plant life that flourishes here. Through strong environmental regulation, D.N.R. protects public health and safety. D.N.R. also preserves valuable historical areas throughout the state and promotes a variety of outdoor recreation, from hunting and fishing on public lands to swimming in state parks. CONTENTS Georgia's Coast. ... . .. . .. .. . ... .2 Georgia's History . .. . . .. ... . . .. . .3 Wildlife & Nature ..... . .. .. , .. .. .6 Just For Kids . ... . ... . . .. . .7 Recreation & Safety . ... . ... . .... .7 Georgia's Environment .. .. . . . . .. ..8 Free with selected DNR videos If you teach social studies or Georgia history, these lesson plans will help you make DNR's programs part of your curriculum. Look for this logo throughout the catalogue. Florence Marina State Park Enjoy a visit to this state park located along the Chanahoochee River at the northern end of Lake Walter F. George. Length: 10 Minutes Georgia's Natural Treasures By sharing the breathtaking beauty of many special places throughout the state, this short program, with its stirring music and stunning photography, will inspire you to help protect Georgia's natural treasures. Length: 4:40 Minutes International Television Association, Silver Reel Great Georgia Getaways: State Parks & Historic Sites From the mountains of north Georgia to the wide, deserted beaches of the coast, Georgia's state parks and historic sites protect and preserve a collectionof natural andcultural wonders beyond compare. This program explores these great Georgia getaways. Length: 15 Minutes 18th Annual Telly Awards, winner. U.S. lntemational Film & Video Festival, Certificate for Creative Excellence Tallulah Gorge This program takes you on a special journey to one of Georgia's most spectacular natural areas. This is a view of the canyon that few people ever see. Length: 15 Minutes CINEGolden Eagle; U.S. International Film & Video Festival. Certificate for Creative Excellence Sapelo: An Island in Time On Sapelo. vast unspoiled marshes. pristine beaches and maritime forests lookmuch as they did hundreds of years ago. In this program. explorethe breathtaking beauty of one of Georgia's undeveloped barrier islands. Length: 15 Minutes A Question of Balance The protection of important ecological systems isa priority in coastal Georgia, but this must be balanced with thetremendous population growth taking place along the coast. This program explores how Georgia's Coastal Zone Management Program addresses issues of interest to coastal residents. Length: 11 Minutes Underwater Oases: Georgia's Artificial Reefs Off Georgia'scoast, natural reefs cover only about 5% of the entire ocean floor. Since 1972, a system of man-made reefs has increased the habitat and improved the fishing. Visit these artificial reefs to see many of the fish that live there. Length: 28 Minutes CINE Golden Eagle Award: Chicago International Film Festival INTERCOM Competition, Gold Plaque; Fesrival Finalist. American Film & Video Festival; Women in Communications Award for Communication Excellence, Honorable Mention; Columbus International Film Festival, Bronze Award; National Outdoor-Travel Film Festival, Best Outdoor Documentary Back from the Brink: The Redfish Story Fromthe crashing surf of the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the Texas flats, this program looks at the pressures faced by one of the most popular gamefish in the southern United States. Length: 25 Minutes From Whaling to Watching: The Northern Right Whale Fewer than 350 northern right whales survive today. This is the most endangered large whale in the world, and this program looks at many threats these whales face. Filmed from Nova Scotia to Florida, it features spectacular footage of these rare creatures as they mate, feed. and swim along the East Coast of the United States. Length: 20 Minutes Telly Awards, Gold; Association for ConsetVation Information, Znd Place: International Wildlife Film Festival, Best of Category/Finalist; International Television Association, Silver Reel; /TVA Georgia Festival, Silver Award; CINDY Awards, Silver 2 The Sapelo Island Lighthouse Built in 1820, the lighthouse on Sapelo Island guided ships into port at Darien, a prosperous 19th century seaport on the Georgia coast. This program traces the history of the lighthouse and the area it served. It also documents the restoration of this remarkable structure. Length: 16 Minutes Telly Award The Southeastern Indians For thousands of years. a series of vast and complexi1v~i ia'tio.1,1s arose and then vanished in the woodlands of the s~ aster ~ United States. This program tells the story of the rise~ aflJ!Jf these ancient cultures. Length: 15 Minutes /TVA AiMEAwards, Gold; U.S. lntemational Film & Video Festival, Silver Screen Award: TELLYAwards. Finalist: International Wildlife Film Festival, Merit Award; INTERCOM International Communications Competition, Gold; Georgia !TVA Festival. Gold Award/External Communications, Gold/Award Scriptwriting, Silver Award/Videography, Silver Award/Audio Production: CINDYcompetition. Gold; Aurora Awards, Gold Jarrell Plantation For more than 125 years. Jarrell Plantation was a prosperous and productive farm. This program looks at a way of life that disappeared from the Georgia countryside many years ago. Length: 16 Minutes End of a Dream: The Flight & Capture o,t, Jefferson Davis ' When Confederate President Jefferson Davis was a~~ Georgia in 1865, the government of the Confederate Sffies o America ceased to exist. This program tells the story of the hardship andchallenge of his last weeks as president. Length: 18 Minutes CINDY Competition, Bronze; Telly Awards, Silver The Cherokee Nation:The Story of Ne"?f;fOhQ\a In the early 1800s. the Cherokee Indians located thepa~ ~... their nation in the foothills of the north Georgia mou~ms"1h~ program traces the history of this community through~]38, wtien the Indians were driven out of Cherokee territory. Length: 15 Minutes Gold Fever Twenty years before the great California gold rush of/1.]Si, Georgia was the site of the country's first major go!~ Through conversations with members of longtime miniog.:,. families. and through remarkable historical photographs and newsreel footage, this program explores Georgia mining through the years. Length: 27 Minutes The People of Hofwyl-Broadfield From its earliest days as a rice plantation to its later[.9;.FjlrriatJOp' as a dairy farm. Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation rema1ri~ .-tlie same family for five generations. In this program, ex~~ern letters. memoirs. and diaries combine with dramatic pictures to bring this remarkable story to life. Length: 17 Minutes 3 A Tour of the Chief Vann House Called "the showplace of the Cherokee nation," the Vann House stands as a reminder' Cherokee influence on American history. This program explores this fascinating struet re Length: 13 Minutes American Indian Film & Video Competition. Finalist A Tour of the Lapham-Patterson House The unique Lapham-Patterson house, located in south Georgia, is a monument to Victorian craftsmanship. Join curator Cheryl Walters Watson on a tour of what she calls "the most daring house in Thomasville." Length: 14 Minutes Georgia l7VA Festival, Gold Award A Tour of Hamburg Mill Step back in time as you learn how corn was ground into meal in the days before electricity. Hamburg Mill is one of the few water-powered gristmills still in operation in Georgia. This short program offersa step-by-step explanation of how the mill works. Length: 6 Minutes A Tour of Elijah Clark State Park Visit the homestead of Elijah Clark. Revolutionary War hero and frontiersman. to learn about life on the American frontier. Join historian Dorothy Kay for a short tour of a replica of Clark's homestead. including an authentically recreated cabin designed for life on the American frontier. Length: 5 Minutes A Tour of Liberty Hall Join historian Martha Neal on a fascinating tour of Liberty Hall. home of Alexander H. Stephens. Stephens is best remembered as the vice-president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War and as aformer governor of Georgia. Length: 14 Minutes Traveler's Rest In the early 1800s, Traveler's Rest enjoyed a reputation as one of the finest stagecoach inns of its day. Join Interpretive Ranger Steven Turk on a tour and learn what life on the road was like nearly 200 years ago. Length: 13 Minutes Walking in the Wisdom of the Past By providing an interesting blend of history and current day Native American cultural information for Georgia's third through fifth graders. this program encourages field trips to Georgia's historical Native American sites, museums, and Indian festivals. Interviews with Native Americans and primitive skills demonstrators stress the importance of respect for Mother Earth. for the circle of life, and for all plants and animals. Length: 33 Minutes Fort McAllister: Guardian of the Ogeechee Built to protect Savannah from Northern forces, this Civil War fort was constructed of sand, mud, earth and timber. Virtually impregnable, it could be completely rebuilt in a single night. It finally fell to General Sherman during his 1864 March to the Sea. Length: 11 Minutes The Battle of Pickett's Mill _.,, ~t, Civil War battlefield photographs, 1860s newspaper engravings, campaign maps and other pe~- illustrations highlight the story of one of the few Federal losses during the campaign for Atlant '& Length: 16 Minutes ~ Columbus lntemational Film Festival, Bronze Plaque Patterns of Change Our irreplaceable historic resources are important, not simply because they are old. but because they contain so many memories of the way we, as a people, have lived. This program tells the story of a number of communities and their commitment to preserving their past. Length: 28 Minutes The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Citation of Excellence; Houston International Film Festival, Gold Award; U.S. Film & Video Festival. Cet1ificates for Creative Excellence in History and Writing Sunbury Sleeps . Before the American Revolution, the thriving seaport of Sunbury rivaled nearby Savannah as G~ fgi ~f,, economic and cultural center. This program explores the history of the old town and the reason ;- its decline. Length: 11 Minutes /TVA, Bronze Award; New York Film Festival, Honorable Mention Echoes of Altamaha The Altamaha River in coastal Georgia has a rich and colorful history. This program traces much of that history, from the region's earliest inhabitants in the 1500s to the European settlers who built Fort King George. Reenactors portray British soldiers and bring this era to life. Length: 10 Minutes Back from the Brink: The Redfish Story From the crashing surf of the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the Texas flats, this program looks at the pressures facedby one of the most popular gamefish inthe southern United States. Length: 25 Minutes From Whaling to Watching: The Northern Right Whale Fewer than350 northern right whales survive today. Thisis the most endangered large whale in the world. and thisprogram looks at many threats these whales face. Filmed from Nova Scotia to Florida, it features spectacular footage of these rare creatures as they mate, feed, and swim along the East Coast of the United States. Length: 20 Minutes TellyAwards. Gold; Association for Conservation Information, 2ndPlace; International Wildlife Rim Festival, Best ofCateg