About
"A Visit From Will Dilg" is a live performance created and performed by Steven Marking, based on the life and work of Will Dilg, a 1920s conservationist and founder of the Izaak Walton League of America. Dilg led the effort to establish the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, protecting 240,000 acres of habitat.
A century ago, Will Dilg was the driving force behind our nation’s first successful large scale grassroots environmental movement. After Dilg’s only son drowned in the Mississippi River, he rose up from the depths of depression and mourning to become a tireless, fanatic firebrand – leading an extraordinary national crusade to form the Izaak Walton League and save a 261 mile stretch of Mississippi River Backwaters we now know as the Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. While his life was cut short, his accomplishments are still legendary, and we all will benefit by hearing from him a century after this monumental achievement.
For classrooms, conservation groups, senior centers, community theaters:
– Book Steve Marking for a live performance of ‘A Visit From Will Dilg’
– License the movie to show to your group
– Book a movie screening at a theater near you
