6 episodes
Tales from the Cabin Tales from the Cabin
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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This documentary series covers the giants of America's conservation movement from Henry David Thoreau to Rachel Carson and beyond. Traveling the USA in my 1985 VW Vanagon camper, I visit the places that shaped the views of our great naturalists and interview the historians and biographers that know my subjects best. Utilizing the archives housed at the US Fish and Wildlife Service's National Conservation Training Center, I revisit the days when the idea of creating wilderness areas was new and helps us appreciate what these great visionaries contributed to the American landscape. Moreover, I hope to establish why the contributions these men and women made are still relevant and important today.
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Ernest Oberholtzer’s True North – Chapter 3
Ernest Oberholtzer, one of America's great conservationists, revisited the scene of his his greatest adventure more than 50 years after the fact.
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Tales from the Cabin, Chapter 2 — The Porcupine
A four-day hike on the Appalachian Trail took a turn into the absurd, thanks to a porcupine with a yen for eating engine parts.
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The Voyage of the Gazelle
In the late 1890s, four boys from Michigan built a 30 foot boat and sailed it 7,000 miles from their home port of St. Joseph, Michigan down the Mississippi River, around Florida, up the East Coast, through the Erie Canal, the across the Great Lakes to arrive safely home again. It was a remarkable feat for any era and worth remembering.
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Author Talk – USFWS Historian Mark Madison and author Jeffrey H Ryan
The post Author Talk – USFWS Historian Mark Madison and author Jeffrey H Ryan appeared first on Tales from the Cabin.
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Voices of the Wilderness: Howard Zahniser and The Wilderness Act
Howard Zahniser's son, Ed, speaks about his father's impressive efforts to establish and protect American wilderness areas. It was a pleasure to interview him for this episode.
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Aldo Leopold and The Birth of the Land Ethic
Aldo Leopold was one of the most talented and important contributors to America’s conservation movement. In the 1920s, he successfully lobbied for the creation of the first wilderness area in the world. In the 1930s, he established the field of game management by championing the idea that lands could be managed for the benefit of […]
Customer Reviews
Great stories
These stories that Jeff tells speak to the soul of adventure, the compelling nature of outdoor exploration. I loved the story about Oberholtzer and his epic canoe trip. The only problem? It ended too soon! Jeff, please keep the stories coming.