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Untold Stories | City Kids in National Parks

13m 37s

Explore efforts to bring inner city kids into the parks, often for their first encounters with wilderness. The film tells the story through the lens of two programs -- Biscayne National Park and Death Valley National Park.

Aired: 06/26/12
Major funding is provided by General Motors, Evelyn & Walter Haas,Jr. Fund, CPB; Bank of America; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; Park Foundation, Inc; PBS; National Park Foundation; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Extras
Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE on PBS.
Celebrate the life and career of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver.
Global Black liberation movements converge in 1960s Montreal.
Traditional burns are methods First Nations people have managed for thousands of years.
The stormy wet season of Jirrbal returns and a baby glider must escape the wall of flame.
With their sticky feet, geckos climb up the Kimberley’s labyrinth of caves in style.
Watch as Daniel and O the Owl embark on an out-of-this-world journey filled with learning, and fun.
Relax and unwind with Daniel as he watches the fish!
Everyone in the neighborhood has a special bedtime routine!
Explore and look closely at many things in the Enchanted Garden along with Daniel Tiger.
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Learn about the changes to the national parks during the Great Depression and WWII.
Encounter the growing numbers of visitors to the parks.
Examine the proliferation of protected lands and the protection of predatory animals.
Learn about the federal agency created to protect the parks.
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.