Travel with filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus and fine-art
photographer Clyde Butcher  along the Kissimmee
River and surrounding regions.  Meet  the “Keepers
of the Land” and experience a “sense of place” in the
vast open spaces in the cattle country of Florida ‘s
private and public lands.

“Kissimmee Basin area …that’s one of the areas of Florida that you can still go to and, if you look for it, it’s there, you can see Florida just like it was seventy-five, a hundred, or more years ago”.
– Patrick Smith, Author – A Land Remembered

Read more about this project in our project overview.

A Video Story featuring: Best practice models, protecting water resources and preservation of the natural landscapes. Bridging the gap between eco-system services and new political initiatives for the 21st century. The Heartland of the Kissimmee Basin. The history of Florida’s Cattlemen Ranching traditions and customs. Florida’s environmental, economic and cultural heritage.