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In this documentary, the debate over the damming and flooding of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is examined by looking at the two most notable faces of the debate, United States Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot, and celebrated Scottish-American naturalist John Muir, two friends and notable conservationists who found ...
13 de may. de 2023 · In this documentary, the debate over the damming and flooding of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is examined by looking at the two most notable faces of the debate, United States...
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A film by Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey (Editor) Vidoe Tape. 58 Minutes. "An exploration of the first national controversy about America's Should Hetch Hetchy, a valley within Yosemite National Park, be dammed and flooded to form a reservoir for San Francisco?
This documentary explores this seminal chapter in American environmental politics while tracing the lives and divergent paths of the two national figures at odds in the debate : Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, and naturalist John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club.
Summary: "Combining archival materials with stunning cinematography shot on location in Yosemite, this television film tells the dramatic story of two founders of the American conservation movement and the historic battle that drove them apart."--Container
This timeless film traces the paths of the leaders of the two factions: John Muir, the brilliant and eccentric founder and first president of the Sierra Club and Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, who defined conservation as the wise management of natural resources.
