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PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "National Parks"


0:00 - 21:09        SEGMENT 1: (21:10)
            William Cronin directs the University of Wisconsin's
            Center for Culture, History and the Environment. He tells
            Steve Paulson that national parks intended for the masses
            are a 19th century invention and a distinctly American
            one.  Also, the early national parks were patrolled and
            protected by the American Cavalry Ken Burns explains
            their role in a brief excerpt from his latest PBS series,
            then, independent producer James Mills follows up on Ken
            Burns' remarks about the Buffalo Soldiers and looks into
            the issue of why so few African-Americans visit the
            national Parks today.  
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

21:10 - 21:39  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

21:40 - 31:32       SEGMENT 2: (9:54)
            Journalist Mark Dowie is the author of "Conservation
            Refugees: The Hundred Year Conflict Between Global
            Conservation and Native Peoples."  Dowie tells Steve
            Paulson about a recent confrontation between a Masai
            leader and several thousand environmentalists gathered
            for a conference. He also provides examples of
            conservation projects involving native peoples that
            actually work. 
            
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

31:33 - 32:02       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

32:03 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (20:57)
            Anthropologist and naturalist Richard Nelson lives in
            Alaska and is the host of a public radio program called
            "Encounters."  Nelson hikes through the Alaskan
            wilderness recording sounds you can't hear anywhere else,
            and he plays excerpt during this conversation with Anne
            Strainchamps.  There's a link to his radio show at
            ttbook.org.  Also, Nevada Barr has written 15 mystery
            novels featuring Park Ranger Anna Pigeon.  She tells Jim
            Fleming that despite Anna's fictional adventures, the
            National Parks are safe places, and wildly different from
            each other. Barr's latest book is "13 1/2"
              
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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