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Blue River, IndianaThe Blue River Project Office also has a Ravenswood Media short video featuring the biologically important plant and animal species and natural communities that makes the Blue River basin so amazing. More from
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Southwest Indiana
Prior to European settlement, southern Indiana had thousands of acres of cypress swampland. Today, this habitat is limited to a few hundred acres nestled between the Ohio and Wabash Rivers at the extreme southwestern region of the state.
Swamplands are often neglected because it is difficult for the public to understand their importance in sustaining the area’s biodiversity. The Blue River Project Office, once again, worked with Ravenswood Media to create a short film discussing how this premiere wetland habitat needs our support to keep it safe and healthy for the unique species that need it to survive.
“The Conservancy’s goal with "Where Waters Wed" is to increase public stewardship for southwest Indiana natural areas and the flora and fauna that live there,” said Allen Pursell of The Nature Conservancy. “There is an intense curiosity for those places seldom visited and for the rare animals that live there. The public will take a more active interest in protecting cypress swamps and other special places as they become more familiar with the plants and animals that inhabit them.”
The video would not be possible without the generous support of CountryMark, an Indianapolis-based fuel and lubricant cooperative aware that "you can’t have quality of life without nature,” as said by CountryMark CEO Charlie Smith in the video.
About Ravenswood Media
Ravenswood Media is an Academy Award nominated digital video production company based out of Chicago, Illinois. For over twenty years, Ravenswood Media has produced natural history and social documentaries discussing a variety of subjects such as invasive species in the Great Lakes to frogs of the Midwest.
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