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Water for the Prairies
195118 min 48 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Lawrence Cherry
Production: Evelyn CherryLawrence Cherry
Script: Jack AmmonEvelyn Cherry
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in cooperation with the Eastern Rockies Forest Conservation Board and the Alberta Forest Service.
With the steady falling of the water table, the careless exploitation of timber stands and the yearly recession of glaciers, water conservation has become an urgent concern of the Alberta and federal governments. This film looks at the various measures being taken to preserve the flow from the watersheds of the Rocky Mountains.
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Subject categories
- Forestry > DeforestationPrairie ProvincesResource ManagementSoil and Water Conservation
- Safety > Fire Prevention and Control
- Politics and Government - Canada > Government Agencies, Programs and ServicesPrairiesWestern Canada
- Agriculture > IrrigationLand and Water ResourcesPrairiesSoil and Farmland
- Environment and Conservation > Mountains and DesertsPrairiesRivers and Bodies of WaterWater Resources
- Geography > Environmental IssuesNatural ResourcesTerritory: Regional
- Science > Environmental ScienceLife Systems/Ecology
Credits
- director
- Lawrence Cherry
- photography
- Lawrence Cherry
- producer
- Evelyn Cherry
- Lawrence Cherry
- script
- Jack Ammon
- Evelyn Cherry
- editing
- Victor Jobin
- music
- Eldon Rathburn