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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the early 20th century, America has a dozen national parks, but they are a haphazard patchwork of special places under the supervision of different federal agencies. The conservation movement, after failing to stop the Hetch Hetchy dam, pushes the government to establish one unified agency to oversee all the parks, leading to the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916. Its first director, Stephen Mather, a wealthy businessman and passionate...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 1851, word spreads across the country of a beautiful area of California's Yosemite Valley, attracting visitors who wish to exploit the land's scenery for commercial gain and those who wish to keep it pristine. Among the latter is a Scottish-born wanderer named John Muir, for whom protecting the land becomes a spiritual calling. In 1864, Congress passes an act that protects Yosemite from commercial development for "public use, resort and recreation"...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
To battle unemployment in the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Civilian Conservation Corps, which spawns a "golden age" for the parks through major renovation projects. In a groundbreaking study, a young NPS biologist named George Melendez Wright discovers widespread abuses of animal habitats and pushes the service to reform its wildlife policies. Congress narrowly passes a bill to protect the Everglades in Florida as a national...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Half a century ago, a rag-tag group of innovators was building a foundation for modern American rock climbing from a makeshift home base in Yosemite. Photographer Glen Denny was a key figure in this golden age of climbing, capturing pioneering feats on camera while tackling challenging ascents himself. In entertaining short pieces enlivened by his iconic black-and-white images of Yosemite's big wall legends, Denny reveals a young man's coming of age...
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Based on the wildly popular Instagram account, Subpar Parks features both the greatest hits and brand-new content, all celebrating the incredible beauty and variety of America's national parks juxtaposed with the clueless and hilarious one-star reviews posted by visitors"--
Author
Publisher
Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
This expert travel resource invites you to marvel at the awe-inspiring landscape of Utah's five national parks, providing unique and adventure-packed ideas, planning tips, essential advice and more for getting the most out of your experience.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Fraser Island was listed as a World Heritage Area in 1992 for its outstanding natural heritage values. This program takes viewers on a trip to the World's largest sand island, with half the World's perched dune lakes and the planet's only rainforest growing on sand. The landscapes and ecosystems are shown, including the purest breed of dingoes seen in Australia. Reasons for the World Heritage listing and ways of protecting the natural wonders are...
Publisher
Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of Africa, including Kenya's Masai Mara, Tanzania's Serengeti, Botswana's Kwando Reserve, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time"--Page 4 of cover.
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A rare scientific odyssey down the Grand Canyon through some of the most treacherous rapids on the planet. From the river cutting through two-billion-year-old stone to the creatures roaming its back-country, the Grand Canyon still has secrets to tell.
Series
Nature parks volume 47
Publisher
Distributed by TravelVideoStore.com
Pub. Date
[2008?]
Language
English
Description
Explores the rugged desert terrain of the Badlands National Park. The south west region features several fossil excavation sites, petrified bones of carnivores and extinct turtles.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This book helps readers with access needs visit national parks and visitor centers. It describes a range of techniques and technologies to make visiting easier and shows you what is available for learning through driving, riding, walking, wheeling, or feeling around ten selected national parks"--
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Presents a tour of the historic national park lodges of the American West, covering Old Faithful Inn, Ahwahne Hotel, El Tovar, Zion Lodge, Grand Canyon Lodge, Bryce Canyon Lodge, Glacier Park Lodge, Belton Chalet, Lake McDonald Lodge, Sperry and Granite Park Chalets, Many Glacier Hotel, Paradise Inn, Timberline Lodge, Oregon Caves Chateu, Crater Lake Lodge, Furnace Creek Inn, Camp Denali, Glacier Bay Lodge, Jackson Lake Lodge, Lake Quinault Lodge,...
Series
Publisher
GoodTimes Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1994
Language
English
Description
Big Bend National Park covers 788,682 acres in the bend of the Rio Grande in Brewster County, Texas. Created in 1943, the park is in an area that the early Spanish explorers called "the uninhabited place" and was once home to fierce Apache and Comanche warriors. With its varied topography, the park is filled with a startling array of plants and animals, some of which are found nowhere else in the country.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The summer of 1871, a team of thirty-two men set out on the first scientific expedition across Yellowstone. Through uncharted territory, some of the day's most renowned scientists and artists explored, sampled, sketched, and photographed the region's breathtaking wonders--from its white-capped mountain vistas and thundering falls to its burping mud pots and cauldrons of molten magma. At the end of their adventure, the survey packed up their specimens...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Join our intrepid tour guides (a Sasquatch and a bald eagle) as they introduce us to the visonaries, artists, and lovers of the American landscape who fought against corruption and self-interest to carve out and protect these epic places for future generations. It's the story of the ongoing battle to ensure the most beautiful spaces in the world are not gated up or destroyed, but preserved and accessible to all! See for yourself how the idea of national...
Series
Nature parks) volume 10
Publisher
TravelVideoStore.com
Pub. Date
[2008?]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the natural features at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, located on Hawaii Island, the only island in the Hawaiian Archipelago with active volcanoes.
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