Save Our History — Season 1, Episode 21: Yellowstone National Park
Documentary • 45 min • 6 seasons, 47 episodes
Episode synopsis
Our first and foremost national park, Yellowstone was established in 1872 by Congress. Today, it encompasses 2.2-million acres and draws over 3-million visitors yearly. But it's under constant threat from pollution, urban encroachment, and the same tourists that have made it so valuable. We join ecologists, as well as the National Parks Service, in their search for ways to preserve this vitally important ecosystem, while keeping it available to visitors for years to come.
About Save Our History
Save Our History is a program sponsored by The History Channel. It is a national history education and preservation program that raises awareness and support for preserving local and national heritage. It is partnered with Preserve America, a White House initiative created by Laura Bush on March 3, 2003, to encourage the preservation of the United States's cultural heritage. The show is hosted by Edward Herrmann. In 2006, Save Our History added the Teacher and Student of the Year Awards. The award is given to teachers and students who help preserve historical sites in their communities. One of the sites included the first Union Army camp for African Americans in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. The other sites were the Mars Train Station in Mars, Pennsylvania and the Strand Theater in Zelienople, Pennsylvania.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Underground Railroad
- E2Dear Home: Letters from World War I
- E3The Declaration of Independence
- E4Frontier Homes
- E5The World War II Memorial
- E6National D-Day Museum
- E7Grand Central
- E8The White House: 200th Anniversary
- E9Dear Home: Letters from WWI
- E10Civil War Battlefields
- E11America's Most Endangered 2001
- E12The Missouri