Baton Rouge Green (1995)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1995-01-13
Duration: 00:05:17
Subjects: Environment | TREES | BATON ROUGE GREEN
Contributors:
- Collins, Robert Host
- Chapa, Arcie Reporter
- Shurtz, Steve Interviewee
- Morris, Lynn Interviewee
Description
This segment from the January 13, 1995, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Arcie Chapa’s report on the work of Baton Rouge Green in planting 7,000 trees and counting around East Baton Rouge Parish. Chapa reports that Baton Rouge had gone 40 years without any planned reforestation. She interviews Steve Shurtz, director of landscape and forestry for Baton Rouge, and Lynn Morris, Baton Rouge Green. Host: Robert Collins