Loving the Plains, Hating the Plains, Rewilding the Plains | The American West Ep. 32

While conservation focused national parks creation on the vertical mountains and canyons of the West, the Great Plains ended up de-buffaloed and mostly ignored. But with new, 21st century approaches to reversing that historical slight, the Plains Serengeti is on its way back.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Why Everyone HATES the Great Plains
00:06:00 - When Explorers Called This Place PERFECT
00:12:00 - The Wildlife Spectacle That Rivaled Africa
00:17:00 - How We DESTROYED a 10,000-Year-Old Ecosystem in 150 Years
00:22:00 - The National Park System's BIGGEST Mistake
00:28:00 - Too Boring for a Park? The Badlands Battle
00:32:00 - The Southern Plains Got COMPLETELY Screwed
00:36:00 - The MASSIVE Plan to Bring Back America's Serengeti
00:41:00 - We Had Africa in America and THREW IT AWAY
00:50:00 - The Rockefellers' Secret Strategy That WORKED
00:54:00 - Why We Don't Appreciate What's Right in Front of Us