Friends and colleagues: The latest installment of the Video News from TAC features the following stories:
 
* Divers and snorkelers can tour six shipwrecks on the Maritime Heritage Trail in Biscayne National Park.  The Erl King had three masts, but also a steam engine.  She fatally ran aground in 1891. 
 
* Along the shore of the Sea of Cortez live the Comca’ac Indians of Mexico.  Traditionally a hunting and gathering culture subsisting on the green sea turtle–or “Moosni”–the Comca’ac now are threatened by development and the turtles face possible extinction.  However, the Moosni and the Comca’ac will survive together and become strong again.
 
You can see these stories in the August 2014 edition of this monthly half-hour show, available now on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site,The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org) as well as on cable TV in cities across the US.
 
Launched in October 2010, the Video News from TAC has presented 105 stories on highly varied topics in 16 US states and territories, 27 other countries, and two heavenly bodies (the Earth and the Moon).  Video News program details can be found at http://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/video-news-from-tac-new.  The growing list of 26 cable TV stations carrying the show is posted athttp://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/video-news-from-tac-new/127-hidden-articles/296-video-news-on-cable-tv.
 
The last edition of the Video News from TAC will come in September, after four complete years of production.  We are excited to announce its replacement by a newly designed program, Strata: Portraits of Humanity, which will launch in October.  Stay tuned for more announcements about Strata.
 
This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment.  We urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/support-guide/membership-program/become-a-member) and Underwriting (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/support-guide/underwriting-program) programs.  Only with your help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and visitor-supported programming.  We also welcome new content partners as we reach out to the world community.
 
Please forward this message to others who may be interested.
 
Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
http://www.archaeologychannel.org




Melisa McChesney
Executive Assistant
Archaeological Legacy Institute