Coyote, Peter

Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction.

Explores recent findings in biology, genetics, and paleontology that give new insights into how animal life evolved on earth.

Describes advances in genetic technology--such as cloning--and explores the ethical considerations surrounding them.

Reviews the day to day lives of grizzly bears in Alaska and Wyoming.

Examines the impact that fire has made on nature and on technology throughout the centuries.

Examines truths and misconceptions about wolves, and investigates the controversy over the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park.

Recounts events of the record breaking blizzard that hit the eastern United States in March of 1993 wreaking havoc from Florida's Gulf Coast all the way to Canada.

Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction.

Examines the causes and consequences of the American dust bowl in the 1930s.