A map of Green Bay and surrounds made for a nature documentary by local filmmaker Dan Larson. This map was featured heavily in the film, pointing out various shooting locations and important areas of this largest freshwater estuary in the world! Endangered species like the Piping Plover, Northern Long-eared Bat and the Dwarf Lake Iris, are in need of extra attention.
This film, titled “The Natural World of the Bay,” is Dan’s latest, and the last in a 3-part series, shown to a sold-out audience on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Earth Day. The film explores the world’s largest freshwater estuary, Green Bay, and examines the bay’s dynamic blend of birds, fish and plants, the nutrient cycles and invasive species that shape its health, and the people who influence its future
Part One: “The Power of the River” explores Wisconsin’s Lower Fox River. It is an amazing river that, for thousands of years, was one of North America’s main trade routes and connected the Great Lakes to the Gulf.
Part Two: “The Great Ledge” takes the viewer on a journey across Wisconsin’s 230-mile Niagara Escarpment.