{"id":2483,"date":"2014-09-28T14:59:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T18:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2014-09-28T15:07:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T19:07:03","slug":"the-whole-ecosystem-elsie-quarterman-on-wild-side-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/the-whole-ecosystem-elsie-quarterman-on-wild-side-tv.html","title":{"rendered":"The whole ecosystem &#8211;Elsie Quarterman on Wild Side TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a title=\"879x539 People as well as plants and animals. Not just dogs youve got on a leash, but animals that live out there, are part of the whole ecosystem., in A Crusader for Conservation, by Wild Side TV, for OkraParadiseFarms.org, 19 September 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2479\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"300x184 People as well as plants and animals. Not just dogs youve got on a leash, but animals that live out there, are part of the whole ecosystem., in A Crusader for Conservation, by Wild Side TV, for OkraParadiseFarms.org, 19 September 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/23ece477da087df0a5b2872df07f3c96.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vad3qykQH0s\">\r\na video<\/a> about Elsie,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wildsidetv.com\/video\/a-crusader-for-conservation\/\">\r\nA Crusader for Conservation<\/a>,\r\n19 September 2014,\r\nby Tennessee&#8217;s Wild Side, &#8220;The Emmy Award winning show produced through the generosity of the Jackson \r\nFoundation, Tennessee State Parks, and the Tennessee Wildlife Federation.&#8221;\r\nLots of good pictures, some video snippets of Elsie, and some narration by her nephew Patrick and by Biologist Tom Hemmerly, who reminds us of Elsie&#8217;s work at Radner Lake, in addition to her cedar glades work.\r\nRanger Buddy Ingram explains her biggest contribution may have been\r\nin getting numerous different segments of society to cooperate\r\nin saving whole ecologies.\r\nBotanist Kim Sadler and others explain how inspiring all that is to generations\r\nof students.\r\n<p>\r\n\r\nAs Elsie said in 2006:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<a title=\"958x537 The general public needs to know whats around them., in A Crusader for Conservation, by Wild Side TV, for OkraParadiseFarms.org, 19 September 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2471\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"300x168 The general public needs to know whats around them., in A Crusader for Conservation, by Wild Side TV, for OkraParadiseFarms.org, 19 September 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/440d822881f4686ff99e33f02bffda9e.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nThe general public needs to know what&#8217;s around them.\r\nThey need to be learning that there&#8217;s a world that is not paved.\r\nThere are lots of things that have life and function in the whole scheme,\r\npeople as well as plants and animals.\r\nNot just dogs you&#8217;ve got on a leash, but animals that live out there,\r\nare part of the whole ecosystem.\r\n<\/blockquote><!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vad3qykQH0s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wildsidetv.com\/video\/a-crusader-for-conservation\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/wildsidetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/elsie-17-300x168.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nIf you&#8217;re fortunate you might meet one person in life whose\r\npersonality and accomplishments almost defy description. It could be\r\na celebrity, an officeholder or in the case of Elsie Quarterman, a\r\nbotanist. When she passed away at the age of 103, Elsie had\r\naccomplished what so many people wish for themselves: professional\r\nrecognition, pioneering work and the undying love and respect of her\r\nstudents. She was the protector of cedar glades, the savior of the\r\nTennessee purple coneflower, a mentor to many and a relentless\r\nadvocate for the preservation of special places. Wild Side Guide\r\nAlan Griggs shows us how Elsie Quarterman and her lifelong work will\r\nbenefit generations to come.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wildsidetv.com\/video\/a-crusader-for-conservation\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/wildsidetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/elsie-06-300x168.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nIn 1971, Elsie&#8217;s efforts led Tennessee to become one of the first\r\nstates to pass legislation protecting natural areas. Today, there\r\nare over 80 state natural areas for the public to enjoy. While her\r\naccomplishments are too numerous to list, Elsie leaves our natural\r\nworld a better place&mdash;from the plants and animals she loved to\r\nthe strange and beautiful habitat in which they live. Today her\r\nstudents carry on her work, but ALL of us benefit from her\r\nextraordinary dedication to the wild side of our state.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wildsidetv.com\/video\/a-crusader-for-conservation\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/wildsidetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/elsie-16-300x168.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nEvery year, generally around the first weekend of May,\r\nthe\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tnstateparks.com\/parks\/about\/cedars-of-lebanon\">\r\nCedars of Lebanon State Park<\/a> hosts the Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade Festival.\r\nA favorite event in middle Tennessee, this free festival is\r\nco-sponsored with the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/mtsucee\/cedar_glades.php\">\r\nCenter for Cedar Glade Studies<\/a> Program at\r\nMiddle Tennessee State University. As young and old enjoy the annual\r\nCedar Glades Festival now held in her memory, they experience\r\nfirsthand the world Elsie Quarterman always loved. Today&#8217;s cedar\r\nglades and the beautiful life they support are a testament to that\r\nlifetime of love, and we are all better for it.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/mtsucee\/cedar_glades.php\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/wildsidetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/elsie-04-300x168.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nCedars of Lebanon State Park is located in Wilson County and is part\r\nof the Cedars of Lebanon State Forest. The park is named for Eastern\r\nRed Cedar trees found throughout the area. The trees reminded early\r\nAmerican settlers of the famed Biblical cedar forests that thrived\r\nacross Mount Lebanon in what is now the Mediterranean area. In the\r\n1940s, botanists noticed unique natural ecosystems found in and\r\naround Cedars of Lebanon State Park and Forest. These areas are\r\nnatural rock gardens called cedar glades. The presence of glades is\r\ndue to limestone rock coming so close to the surface of the ground\r\nthat it causes the soil to be thin or absent. The small amount of\r\nsoil that does exist along the cracks and potholes in the limestone\r\nslab, has been built up over many years. Water and surface\r\ntemperatures vary so much throughout the year that a harsh,\r\ndesert-like, inhospitable habitat is created with its own unique\r\nplant community. Nineteen rare and endangered species of plants grow\r\nprofusely here and nowhere else in the world.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nFrom show 2804\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s a video about Elsie, A Crusader for Conservation, 19 September 2014, by Tennessee&#8217;s Wild Side, &#8220;The Emmy Award winning show produced through the generosity of the Jackson Foundation, Tennessee State Parks, and the Tennessee Wildlife Federation.&#8221; Lots of good pictures, some video snippets of Elsie, and some narration by her nephew Patrick and by [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[66,105,106,10,6,60,12],"tags":[1442,2783,24,1461,2797,1998,295,1593,2798,124,3,23,2764,5,2,2760,131,2780,2641,716,2640,25],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botany","category-cedar-glade","category-elsie","category-history","category-okra-paradise-farms","category-plants","category-politics","tag-animals","tag-botany","tag-brown-dog","tag-catherine-keever","tag-cedar-glade","tag-conservation","tag-ecology","tag-ecosystem","tag-elsie","tag-elsie-quarterman","tag-georgia","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-history","tag-john-s-quarterman","tag-lowndes-county","tag-okra-paradise-farms","tag-patrick-quarterman","tag-plants","tag-radner-lake","tag-tennessee-coneflower","tag-tennessee-wild-side","tag-yellow-dog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Gj0O-E3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2491,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions\/2491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}