Jim Fowler
Jim Fowler
Jim Fowleris a professional zoologist and was host of the Emmy Award-winning television show Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth9 April 1932
CountryUnited States of America
city hits nature prepared question storm vulnerable
We are a coastal city and we are very vulnerable to a storm, and there's one out there right now. We are not financially prepared for that storm. . . . It isn'ta question of if a storm of this nature hits Citrus County. It is a question of when.
along front mile run
Along 4 Mile Run, there was a nice woods down in front of the house. I used to run around there.
amazed grew identical looks size
I was amazed at the house that I grew up in; it looks practically identical to the way it was, but I couldn't recognize it because of the size of the trees.
believe columbia covered creek falls family flowing found goes mile
I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there.
church falls farmland
But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and Washington.
fruit guy helped remember seven
I remember one of my first jobs, there was an old guy who had a fruit stand, I think it was Seven Corners; I helped him out one summer.
ties world saving
Sooner or later we've got to tie the saving of the natural world to our own public welfare.
father adventure tree
My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants.
welfare-programs earth social
How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.
baseball eye play
We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for the bulls.
country world natural
There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan.
potatoes desert plant
Somali is turning into a desert. Rwanda, you can hardly find a place to plant a potato, it's so crowded.
memories fall school
I have a lot of memories of Falls Church. I went to grade school in Madison Elementary School.
wildlife world around-the-world
I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife.