"Salted Earth"- Delmarva Film Series Part 1: Brought to you by Lower Shore Land Trust, USFWS, and the Delmarva Restoration and Conservation Network (DRCN)

The screening will be followed by a question and answer panel featuring members of the film team and local environmental practitioners:

• Dennis J Coker - Principal Chief, Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
• Jon Cox - Associate Professor of Art & Design, University of Delaware
• Kim Abplanalp - Bird Habitat Coordinator, Maryland Coastal Bays Program
• Carly Toulan - Environmental Scientist, Maryland Coastal Bays Program
• Katherine Stahl - Private Lands Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Attendees will also have the chance to participate in a free raffle drawing for a gift basket of local goodies!

“Salted Earth" plunges us into the heart of an invisible and creeping crisis that's transforming the Mid-Atlantic – the inexorable rise of sea levels. This hard-hitting, yet tenderly woven 20-minute documentary paints a vivid picture of an escalating environmental catastrophe, where the threat is not just the swelling sea, but the encroaching salt that kills forests and decimates arable land, but could also signal a return to the natural order of the Atlantic Coast. Our journey navigates the brackish waters of climate change alongside an intrepid team of scientists. Through their tireless work, they seek to unravel the intricacies of how salty water infiltrates groundwater and soils, with consequences as far-reaching as they are devastating. Their research is more than academic; it's a desperate quest for solutions that may help vulnerable communities adapt and even survive.