Find it where you listen to podcasts. So, today were going to be talking about landscapes and preservation and sort of how preservation unexpectedly changes the places we set aside as parks and protected areas. The intention here is really not only to sort of understand the history of the protective spaces but to make the process more visual, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time but why they have changed over time. We think of some things staying the thing. This changes things. Thats the focus were going to aim at today. And im going to theres often a presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect ownership. We see the series on americas parks called americas best idea, that natural spaces that have trails and for hiking and sightseeing and so on are representative of pure pristine nature thats had some boundaries put around it and its been kept the same like a vase in a museum, just kind of static and never cha
Changes the places we set aside as parks or other protected areas. The intention here is really, not only to understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces, but then also to make the process of preservation more visible. To make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but sort of more importantly, why they have changed over time. Because most of us when we think of preservation we think of something staying the same. And yet, preservation actually changes things, so that is really kind of the focus we are going to aim at today. Im going to see if i can manage this. There i go. So in the context of open space lands here in the u. S. , there is this sort of presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect a landscape. We even see the mini series by can burns from ways back on National Parks. It was called americas best idea. Thats actually taken from a quote. That natural spaces that have trails for hiking and sigh
Land. She also talks about her research on the Point Reyes National seashore which used to be a Ranch Community before designated a National Park in 1960s. Her class is about an hour and ten minutes. So today, were going to be talking ant landscapes and preservation and sort of how we change the places your intention is not only understand the history of these protected spaces, but to make the process of preservation more visible. To make it more easier to understand the history of parks and how they have changed over time and sort of more importantly, why they have changed over time. Most of us when we think about preservation, we think about something saying the same. Yet perreservation changes thin. In the context of space here in the u. S. , theres this p presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect a landscape. We even see the miniseries by ken burns from a ways back on National Parks. It was called americas best idea, which is taken from a quote from wallace stign
Preservation, we think about something staying the same. Yet preservation changes things. So thats the focus were going to aim at today. In the context of open space lands here in the u. S. Where often theres this presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect a landscape. We even see the miniseries by ken burns from a ways back on National Parks. It was called americas best requested which was taken from a quote from wallace stigner. That natural spaces that have trails for hiking and sightseeing and so on are representative of pure, pristine nature thats had some boundary put around it and its been kept a same like a vase in museum. Just kind of static and never changing. That literally is part of the founding legislation for the National Park service which was written and passed by congress in 1916. The Park Service Just had their centennial last year, lots of hoopla. And so you can see that their fundamental purpose is to conserve scenery and provide for the enjoyment
Understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces but also to make the process of preservation more visible, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but more importantly, why they have changed over time. Most of us when we think about preservation, we think about something staying the same, and yet preservation actually changes things. That is the focus we will aim at today. There we go. In the context of open space lands in the u. S. , there is a presumption that a Public Ownership is the landscape. We see the miniseries by ken parks, it wasnal called americas best idea. That natural spaces that have trails and hiking and sightseeing a representative of pristine nature that had some boundaries put around it and has been kept the same, like a vase in a use them, static and never changing. Set aside unchanging for generations. That literally is part of the founding legislation for the service, which was passed by congres