“10,000 Acres” Documentary Features Muskie Impact
On October 27, the Muskingum University Biology Department and the biology honorary society Beta Beta Beta premiered “10,000 Acres.” This multimedia documentary focuses on the history of land use and people in the area now occupied by The Wilds, the largest conservation facility in North America. The documentary looks at the land’s prehistory, its time as a farming community and strip mine, and its reclamation and transformation into a wildlife preserve.