America’s National Parks Podcast
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Awe-inspiring giant sequoia trees are among the largest living things on earth, but the opportunity to experience them is rare. Approximately 75 groves exist, and only along the southern Sierra's western slope on moist sites between about 5,000 and 7,000 feet in elevation. Giant Forest, one of the largest groves, was saved from logging by the establishment of Sequoia National Park in 1890. But national park status did not fully protect the big trees.
On this episode of America’s National Parks, the restoration of the Giant Forest at Sequoia National Park.
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EXPLORE ACT Returns Filming in National Parks and Expands Access to Public Lands
The Measure of Wonder
Poaching in the Everglades
Designing a National Park Visitor Center for the 21st Century
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Wives into the Wilderness: The Unpaid Force That Shaped National Parks
Nature's Palette: Unveiling Arizona's Petrified Forest
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Stiltsville: An Offshore Hideaway at Biscayne National Park
Harboring History: The Salem Maritime Site and America's Cultural Treasures
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Denali, and the Effects of Gold Mining in the Kantishna Hills
Second Only to George Washington
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Vandalism and Capitalism vs Historical Artifacts: Defacement in the NPS
Christmas in Yellowstone
A Dream of Peace
National Park News | Park Reservations in ’24, a Daring Whale Rescue, and More
The Vehicles of Yellowstone
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