Episodes
Examine the radical idea of creating national parks for the enjoyment of everyone.
Investigate the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and others to protect the land.
Learn about the federal agency created to protect the parks.
Learn about the changes to the national parks during the Great Depression and WWII.
Examine the proliferation of protected lands and the protection of predatory animals.
Extras
Listen to park ranger, Shelton Johnson, as he discusses his arrival at Yellowstone.
Dayton Duncan, talks about the notion that is at the heart of the park idea.
The Civilian Conservation Corp worked on National Parks Service projects under FDR.
Explore Yosemite National Park and its early days under President Theodore Roosevelt.
Writer Ruth Kirk describes how the Grand Canyon leaves her awestruck.
Examine the proliferation of protected lands and the protection of predatory animals.
Encounter the growing numbers of visitors to the parks.
Discover efforts to protect the parks and the fight over the Grand Canyon.
Investigate the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt and others to preserve pristine lands.
Examine the radical idea of creating national parks for the enjoyment of everyone.