“A new IMAX film will transport viewers into an important, if often overlooked, region of North America. The Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation… is producing “Wings Over Water.” Its focus: the prairie pothole region, which spans over 300,000 square miles in the center of the continent, and is home to millions of birds and other species.”

“When last September’s chilling news from Cornell University’s Laboratory of Ornithology hit press wires reporting a decline of some three billion birds across North America since the 1970s, there was one group in Chicago already making plans to raise awareness about the shocking problem and little-known habitat that holds the key to continental bird populations.”