We invite you to join us on Thursday, March 21st at 5:30pm at the National Portrait Gallery (Eighth and F Streets, NW) for the Washington, DC Premiere of the PBS documentary Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot.

This film screening is part of the 2013 Environmental Film Festival, and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Pinchot Institute and Grey Towers National Historic Site.



Opening remarks by Al Sample, President, Pinchot Institute

Film introduced by

Frédéric Doré, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of France in the US
and
Tom Tidwell, Chief, US Forest Service.

Free and open to the public: No reservations required

Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot highlights the history and continuing value of Pinchot’s philosophy of natural resource conservation through sustainable use. In the wake of major wildfires, loss of forests to development, and other conservation concerns stakeholders of all kinds have come to realize that sustainable forest management will play a role in conserving forests for a wide array of values—water resource protection, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, and climate mitigation as well as wood and bioenergy. The film shows how the work of the Pinchot Institute and Grey Towers National Historic Site are bringing people together to discover solutions to conservation challenges unimagined in Pinchot’s day.

View the trailer and learn more about the documentary on the film's website:
 seekinggreatestgood.org
For information about the Environmental Film Festival visit: 
dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org