Name: Great Nature (1933 – 1945)
Released: 2009-10-01

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

S1 · E5 — Great Nature (1933 – 1945)

S1:E5 · Great Nature (1933 – 1945)

Episodes

6 episodes in this season

The Scripture of Nature (1851 – 1890)

114 min

The Last Refuge (1890 – 1915)

131 min

The Empire of Grandeur (1915 – 1919)

111 min

Going Home (1920 – 1933)

115 min

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The Morning of Creation (1946 – 1980)

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The National Parks: America's Best Idea

TV Series

20091h 54m7.9

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Great Nature (1933 – 1945)

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Oct 1, 2009

To battle unemployment in the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Civilian Conservation Corps, which spawns a "golden age" for the parks through major renovation projects. In a groundbreaking study, a young NPS biologist named George Melendez Wright discovers widespread abuses of animal habitats and pushes the service to reform its wildlife policies. Congress narrowly passes a bill to protect the Everglades in Florida as a national park – the first time a park has been created solely to preserve an ecosystem, as opposed to scenic beauty. As America becomes entrenched in World War II, Roosevelt is pressured to open the parks to mining, grazing and lumbering. The president also is subjected to a storm of criticism for expanding the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming by accepting a gift of land secretly purchased by John D. Rockefeller Jr.

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The National Parks: America's Best Idea

TV Series

20091h 54m7.9

Documentary

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Great Nature (1933 – 1945)

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Oct 1, 2009

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