National Parks

PBS PREVIEWS: NATIONAL PARKS | Extended Preview | PBS
May 19, 2012
www.pbs.org Buy the DVD: www.shoppbs.org PBS brings you a preview of the newest Ken Burns documentary series, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICAS BEST IDEA. The 12-hour, six-part documentary series, directed by Burns and co-produced with his longtime colleague, Dayton Duncan, who also wrote the script, is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. Coming in September, Only on PBS. Premieres Sunday, September 27th, 2009 (check local listings) Buy the DVD: www.shoppbs.org

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
May 21, 2012
A perspective of YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK from a tourist's point of view. Filmed with a simple camera and no tripod, this video offers what a typical tourist, like myself, will see when visiting this majestic place. I suggest you also take the time to watch the professional videos produced by National Geographic and Image Entertainment. Take a tour of the natural beauty of Yellowstone. Filmed in July 2007. What you will see... 1. Midway Geyser Basin 2. Waterfall 3. Bison 4. Hot Spring 5. Osprey 6. Mammoth Hot springs (Upper Terrace) 7. Black Bear 8. Yellowstone River 9. Elk 10. Lower Falls 11. Upper Falls 12. Bighorn Sheep 13. Moose 14. Yellowstone Lake 15. Firehole River 16. Grizzly Bear 17. Kepler Cascades 18. The Grand Canyon Of The Yellowstone 19. Upper Terrace 20. Rabbit 21. Black Bear 22. Old Faithful

THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Americans own ...
May 12, 2012
www.pbs.org Over a montage of images of the country's most spectacular landscapes — from the Grand Canyon to Yosemite — writer Dayton Duncan talks about the notion that is at the heart of the park idea: namely that the people own the land. As discussed in Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 pm ET/PT, the magnificent views of mountains, waterfalls and canyons belong not to an exclusive few, but to everyone and this is what makes it a truly democratic idea. For more information on the film, visit www.pbs.org

Arches National Park Utah
May 19, 2012
Photo's by photographers, Dale and Connie Carey. How about Arches? See what it is all about.# 4 of 11 video's of our trip to Utah.

Yosemite National Park Half Dome Trek - www.openroad.tv
May 18, 2012
OpenRoad.TV video of one of the great hikes in the American West... from the floor of Yosemite Valley to the top of Half Dome. For the full travelogue on Yosemite's Half Dome Trek, including related videos, interactive map, and useful links, visit WWW.OPENROAD.TV

The National Parks Project: SXSW 2011 Accepted Film
May 11, 2012
The National Parks Project (NPP) is a ground-breaking collaborative film, music and television new media project that features contributions by more than 50 of Canada's most acclaimed filmmakers and musicians, celebrating the inspirational beauty of Canada's national parks.

Top 10 National Parks of North America - USA, Canada, Mexico
May 10, 2012
Our road trip out west in North America (USA, Mexico, Canada) in 2006. This is my first attempt at making a movie and playing around with Adobe Premier. This this is just the little 2 minute trailer but the full feature is 50 minutes. A high-quality clip is at our homepage at www.hnatt.com We did another tour in 2007 and the trailer for this one is here www.youtube.com and also at www.hnatt.com This trip covered 20 national parks and monuments in the US with some lessons I learned from the first trip.

Australian National Parks
Apr 04, 2012
Welcome to www.AustralianNationalParks.com a comprehensive guide to Australia's Greatest Natural Resource is Proudly edited by Alessandro Sorbello http for New Realm Media www.newrealm.com.au The wilderness can be part of our lives, if only for a few days each year, and nowhere else is it easier to realize that than in Australia. For Australia has one of the largest and greatest national park systems in the world, covering over 24 million hectares, with such diversity as lush rain forest to waterless desert. Tasmania National Parks Ben Lomond National Park, Cradle Mountain, Douglas, Franklin, Mountfield, Western Australia National Parks feature Cape Arid, Cape Leeuwin, Dryandra, Ningaloo, Stirling, Tunnel Creek, Warren. Northern Territory National Parks include Charles Darwin, Elsey, King's Canyon, Litchfield, Mary River. The wilderness can be part of our lives, if only for a few days each year, and nowhere else is it easier to realize that than in Australia. For Australia has one of the largest and greatest national park systems in the world, covering over 24 million hectares, with such diversity as lush rain forest to waterless desert. The outstanding natural and cultural values of our national parks have led to many being proclaimed World Heritage Area's. Hundreds of thousands of visitors come each year, to experience the wilderness, and to learn about the Aboriginal Dreamtime - something that little of us know anything about, and which is perhaps one of humanities ...

Tanzania - Serengeti National Park
May 06, 2012
The Serengeti ecosystem is a geographical region located in north-western Tanzania and extends to south-western Kenya between latitudes 1 and 3 S and longitudes 34 and 36 E. It spans some 30000 km2. The Serengeti hosts the largest and longest overland migration in the world, a semi-annual occurrence. This migration is one of the ten natural travel wonders of the world. The region contains several national parks and game reserves. Serengeti is derived from the Maasai language, Maa; specifically, "Serengit" meaning "Endless Plains". Approximately 70 larger mammal and some 500 avifauna species are found there. This high diversity in terms of species is a function of diverse habitats ranging from riverine forests, swamps, kopjes, grasslands and woodlands. Blue Wildebeests, gazelles, zebras and buffalos are some of the commonly found large mammals in the region. Around October, nearly 2 million herbivores travel from the northern hills toward the southern plains, crossing the Mara River, in pursuit of the rains. In April, they then return to the north through the west, once again crossing the Mara River. This phenomenon is sometimes called the Circular Migration. Over 250000 wildebeest alone will die along the journey from Tanzania to Masai Mara Reserve in upper Kenya, a total of 500 miles. Death is often caused by injury, exhaustion, or predation. The migration is chronicled in the 1994 documentary film, Africa: The Serengeti. ( source Wikipedia )

Rocky Mountain National Park - For You and Me
May 09, 2012
Photographer Ewan Grantham has compiled the best photographs from four years of trips through Rocky Mountain National Park to create a unique look at a national treasure. This video covers many of the highlights of his travels. Some of these pictures can also be seen at his portfolio at ewang.500px.com or on his photo blog http Whether this is your introduction to the park, or a visual reminder of your own trips, the pictures and accompanying text will help you to experience RMNP in a special way.

THE NATIONAL PARKS | Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers | PBS
Apr 17, 2012
Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers highlights the work of Yosemite ranger Shelton Johnson and his rediscovery of the story of the African American soldiers who patrolled the parks of the High Sierra at the turn of the last century. Shelton tells the story in the dramatis personae of a Buffalo Soldier himself, directly engaging visitors in a way that is immediate and often high impact. For more on Ken Burns's The National Parks, Americas Best Idea visit: www.pbs.org

National Parks: Yellowstone National Park
May 20, 2012
As one of America's most popular destinations, Yellowstone National Park has attracted millions of visitors. Here you will see all the sights: geysers, lakes, waterfalls, lightning storms and hot springs including Old Faithful! Located in northern Wyoming, Yellowstone abounds in wildlife from baby elk to the mighty bison and moose, each lending its individual beauty to the landscape. Amongst the awe-inspiring scenery stands the majestic Grand Teton mountain range with its rugged peaks, beautiful lakes and crystal-clear streams.

Mesa Verde National Park
May 19, 2012
Visit the park on-line: www.nps.gov President Theodore Roosevelt on June 29, 1906, set aside Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado. This land, inhabited by Ancestral Puebloans for over 700 years, included the most complete and extensive concentration of prehistoric cliff dwellings in the United States. Today, the park protects over 4000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. In fact, these sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States. The Native Americans first settled on the Colorado Plateau and farmed the mesas. Life was hard in the arid climate, boasting warm summers, cold winters, and limited rainfall. They lived in various settlements above ground until AD 1100, when they started constructing the massive cliff dwellings. Many have thought that the Ancestral Puebloans retreated to the cliff dwellings to hide from aggressors, but archeological evidence does not support that theory. In fact, the entire region lived in harmony. The cliff dwellings do offer better protection from the elements than the mesa-top sites, which may be one reason we see so many similar dwellings across the southwest. Between AD 1200 and 1400, there was a mass exodus from the region. To this date, we still do not know why. Perhaps the climate changed significantly, eliminating the ability to farm on the mesa. What do we know, is that their descendants live on in modern tribes residing in the Rio Grande river valley in New Mexico, the ...

Jasper National Park
May 20, 2012
Towering mountain ranges, icy blue lakes, dense forests, wolves and other wildlife. This video from Jasper National Park shows you highlights of this spectacular part of Canada. Follow a pack of wolves as they interact with each other and travel across the landscape. See impressive elk and bighorn sheep at home in their habitat. Listen to the sound of Canada geese flying overhead. Watch mountain bikers navigating a trail and people riding on horseback all set against a backdrop of the awe-inspiring Rocky Mountains. This video will show you why Jasper is one of Canada's natural treasures. Only a few hours drive from Edmonton, Jasper National Park runs along the spine of the Canadian Rockies. Jasper is the largest and most northerly Canadian rocky mountain national park and is part of a spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Site. Comprised of delicate and carefully protected ecosystems, Jasper's scenery is also rugged and mountainous. In this special corner of Canada you can thrill to the thunder of Athabasca Falls, enjoy the serene beauty of Mount Edith Cavell, connect with nature along more than 1000 kilometres of trails, tour the world-renowned Icefields Parkway and experience the Athabasca Glacier up close, or just resign yourself to a relaxing soak in Miette Hotsprings to recover from the endless activities and experiences you'll discover in Jasper National Park. Pour une version française, visitez notre chaîne française à www.youtube.com/ParcsCanada

Yosemite National Park (Road Trip!)
Apr 14, 2012
Here's a Fiesta Movement video I made about my recent trip to Yosemite National Park!

Editorial: Revamping state parks is tricky proposition
As far as state parks are concerned, being boring shouldn't always necessarily be seen as a bad thing.

Clarke Central grad makes a splash on reality TV
Producers over at Bravo must be thanking Zeus they signed the ratings goldmine that is Phaedra Parks.

Galis: Save state parks from budget ax
Last time I was at Amicalola Falls State Park, as I sat in the lodge's big dining room enjoying a meal of the hearty Southern fare that's being crowded out by fast-food chains, I watched the vultures fly lazy circles over the ridges resplendent in fall colors and reflected on the place of Georgia's state parks in my life. Of all my contacts with state government, among the most consistently satisfying have been my visits to the parks. I've never been to one that wasn't well-maintained and staffed by people who seemed to care deeply about what they were doing.