Natural Resource Conservation

The Murie Ranch: Inspiration

A brief history of the Murie Family's efforts towards conservation and wildlife protection in the Grand Teton National Park.

The Murie Ranch: Wilderness Conservation

A history of the Grand Tuton National Park's establishment, and the role that the Murie family played in wilderness conservation.

Maps

Yosemite National Park: From a land grant created during the Civil War, to modern computer mapping, maps display the topography of Yosemite and also tell the story of the

Historic Landscapes

Valley Forge NH Park: The history of the Valley Forge landscape is given. The clearing of trees by the Continental Army is discussed as well as the reforestation efforts

NCPTT, University of Southern Mississippi and Hybrid Plastics Collaborate to Study Stone Strengtheners as Part of a New NSF Grant Project

Derek Patton, Assistant Professor in the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at The University of Southern Mississippi, discusses a National Science Foundat

Guy Sternberg on Saving a Historic Tree

Guy Sternberg, a certified arborist and retired landscape architect, discusses how he rallied to save a historic tree in Kewanee, Illinois.

Lewis and Clark: Preserve These Fragile Lands

Richard Bash of the Clatsop tribe encourages visitors to make all efforts to preserve national parks.

Video - Insider's Look - Climate Change and Climate Friendly Parks

Grand Canyon NP: Park ranger Peg Bohan discusses how climate change is impacting the park and what measures are being taken to reduce the park’s carbon footprint.

Audio - Insider's Look - Grandview Point - Changing Values of Landscape - June 1, 2008

Listen as a park ranger briefly discusses some mining history of the park and how the values have shifted to instead preserving the park and its beauty.

Native American Perspectives

Grand Canyon NP: Listen as three Native Americans from different tribes share their love of the Grand Canyon and the need to respect and preserve it.

Going-to-the-Sun Road: Lunch Creek

Glacier National Park: Why is it called “Lunch” Creek? What type of revegetation effort is going on at Lunch Creek? Listen in for the answers to these questions.

Episode 5: Roy Zipp

North Cascades National Park: In this episode an environmental protection specialist shares his experience when he first visited the North Cascades. He then explains the

Burning Ancient Life: The Geology of an Oil Reserve

Natural Laboratory: What exactly are you pumping into your car each week? What is the relationship between fossils that took hundreds of millions of years to form and the

Access

Denali NP & PRES: The history of the challenges to ensure proper preservation of wildlife and the environment while allowing the maximum number of visitors to the park is

A Fighting Chance: Saving the Mohave Tui Chub

Mojave National Preserve: Listen to the story of how the Mohave tui chub were accidentally rescued from extinction and what efforts are currently being undertaken to ensu

Restoring a Healthy Watershed

Redwood NP: Park ranger Anica discusses efforts to restore the Mill Creek watershed in Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park (part of Redwood National and State Parks). Thi

Caring for the Coast

Kenai Fjords National Park: National parks are not immune to pollution because they are protected areas. Garbage still washes on to the shores of Kenai Fjords National Pa

Cape Sable Dam Project

Everglades National Park: This video is a discussion of the Cape Sable Dam project. The reason the project was implemented, the process of construction, and the benefits

Hole in the Donut Habitat Restoration

Everglades National Park: The process of executing a massive habitat restoration project in the Everglades called, "Hole-In-The-Donut" is shown. Acres of the nonnative sp

Restoring a Meadow

Yosemite National Park: Local American Indians, park fire managers, and blackberry weeders team up to save a meadow in danger of losing its unique native plants.