Sept. 15 Showing Of Cathedral, A Film About Cook Forest To Benefit Fund For Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Treatment

Wild Excellence Films Sunday announced their film Cathedral: The Fight to Save the Ancient Hemlocks of Cook Forest will be shown at a benefit film event September 15 at the Sawmill Center for the Arts in Cooksburg, Clarion County starting at 7:00 p.m.

Proceeds from the event will go to the PA Parks and Forest Foundation’s Fund for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Treatment as well as toward educating the public about the issue in Cook Forest State Park.

Cathedral tells the story of the battle to save the beloved ancient hemlock trees of Cook Forest State Park, which are under attack by an invasive insect, the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid.

The film includes interviews with park staff and is narrated by Old-Growth Forest Network founder Joan Maloof.

The benefit event includes a talk by Tim Palmer, author of Twilight of the Hemlocks and Beeches; a Q&A session with representatives from DCNR, the Bureau of Forestry, Friends of Cook Forest, and the Cook Forest Conservancy; and a raffle of Anthony E. Cook’s book The Cook Forest: An Island in Time.

Tickets for this special event are available online. Click Here to donate to the PPFF Fund for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Treatment in Cook Forest.

For more information on the film, to watch a trailer and to see a schedule for other screenings, visit the Wild Excellence Films’ Cathedral website.
To learn more about hemlocks and the woolly adelgid, visit DCNR's Woolly Adelgid webpage.