LELAND, NC (WWAY) — A two-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker is shining a spotlight on how development is threatening one of North Carolina’s most unique native species, the Venus Flytrap.
London-based director Robert Ford is producing Flytrap Town, a feature-length documentary that tells the story of the rare carnivorous plant, which grows naturally only within about 70 miles of Wilmington. Ford says the project focuses on Brunswick County, particularly Boiling Spring Lakes, where construction and land clearing have put pressure on the plant’s fragile habitat.
“The flytrap is very threatened because there’s a lot of development in this area,” Ford said. “The film focuses on Brunswick County and especially Boiling Spring Lakes, which is the epicenter for Venus flytraps in the wild. And there are these passionate conservationists who are trying to save it. The Venus flytrap rescuers, they dig them up and move them to safe ground.”…