![]() ![]() An Arkansas native, former president of Ducks Unlimited, and board member for Wetlands America Trust, Dunklin has long supported prairie pothole conservation initiatives in both the U.S. The crew filmed mallards wintering in the flooded timber of George Dunklin’s Five Oaks Duck Lodge, outside of Humphrey, Arkansas. Young and cinematographer Neil Rettig ankle-deep in a prairie pothole. ![]() ![]() Academy Award–nominated filmmakers Andrew Young and Susan Todd spent some three hundred filming days on the movie, with their crew driving 25,000 miles and flying ultralight aircraft to capture stunning footage of yellow warblers in slow-motion flight, over-the-shoulder views of migrating sandhill cranes, and mesmerizing aerials of the vast prairie potholes. Produced through a partnership with the Chicago-based Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, and the National Audubon Society, and narrated by Michael Keaton, Wings Over Water 3D highlights the travels and travails of three iconic bird species: mallard, yellow warbler, and sandhill crane. ![]() And a warming climate exacerbates the problem-when an ephemeral pond goes dry, it can more easily be ditched and plowed, ensuring that it never gets wet again.ĭriving home the region’s significance and a conservation message is the theme behind an incredible new film playing in IMAX/Giant Screen theaters across the country. But wetlands in this region, in one of the richest agricultural landscapes on the planet, are increasingly drained for farming. ![]()
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