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The Empire Of Grandeur (1915-1919)

Season 1 Episode 3 | 1hr 50m 32s

In the early 20th century, America has a dozen national parks, but they are a haphazard patchwork of special places under the supervision of different federal agencies. The conservation movement, after failing to stop the Hetch Hetchy dam, pushes the government to establish one unified agency to oversee all the parks, leading to the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916.

Aired: 04/24/16
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
Learn about the changes to the national parks during the Great Depression and WWII.
The story of an idea as American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical.
Listen to park ranger, Shelton Johnson, as he discusses his arrival at Yellowstone.
Writer Dayton Duncan talks about the notion that is at the heart of the park idea.
The Civilian Conservation Corp worked on National Parks Service projects under FDR.
Explore Yosemite National Park and its early days under President Theodore Roosevelt.
Writer Ruth Kirk describes how the Grand Canyon leaves her awestruck.
Examine the proliferation of protected lands and the protection of predatory animals.
Learn about the changes to the national parks during the Great Depression and WW II.
Encounter the growing numbers of visitors to the parks.