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Central Park and Yosemite Park: The Olmstead Connection

Central Park and Yosemite Park: The Olmstead Connection

by bill-youngs | Oct 8, 2018 | Fireside Talks, National Park

Click here to see the full talk: https://www.americanrealities.com/home-page/central-park-and-yosemite-park-the-olmsted-connection
Blake Island: A Hive of Wasps and a “Special Deer”

Blake Island: A Hive of Wasps and a “Special Deer”

by bill-youngs | Oct 5, 2018 | Fireside Talks

Click here to see the full talk: https://www.americanrealities.com/home-page/blake-island-a-hive-of-wasps-and-a-special-deer
Jerusalem’s ‘Wailing Wall’ — a Mingling of Past and Present

Jerusalem’s ‘Wailing Wall’ — a Mingling of Past and Present

by bill-youngs | Nov 14, 2016 | Fireside Talks

Fireside Talk: Jerusalem’s “Wailing Wall” — a Mingling of Past and Present Posted November 15, 2016 (Written and Photographed in Jerusalem, November 13-14, 2016) J. William T. Youngs              This evening I beheld a remarkable site:...
The Turkey “Problem” at Capitol Reef National Park

The Turkey “Problem” at Capitol Reef National Park

by bill-youngs | Nov 1, 2016 | Fireside Talks, National Park

The Turkey “Problem” at Capitol Reef National Monument Fireside Talk November 1, 2016 J. William T. Youngs The first thing I noticed when I arrived at the Capitol Reef campground was a herd of deer, ambling comfortably between the tents and RVs. Then I...
What’s that Cattle Herd Doing in a National Park?!

What’s that Cattle Herd Doing in a National Park?!

by bill-youngs | Oct 31, 2016 | Fireside Talks, National Park

Fireside Talk: What’s that Cattle Herd Doing in a National Park? Posted November 6, 2016 (Recorded in Capitol Reef National Park, October 31, 2016) J. William T. Youngs  (Note: perversely some of the images in this post do not stay posted. I have spent most of...
Capitol Reef: Mother Nature and a Historic Orchard

Capitol Reef: Mother Nature and a Historic Orchard

by bill-youngs | Oct 31, 2016 | Fireside Talks, National Park

Capitol Reef: Mother Nature and a Historic Orchard Fireside Talk October 31, 2016 J. William T. Youngs   As I write this, I am sitting in an RV in a campground at Capitol Reef National Park. It is 4:30 in the morning, and I have been awake since about 3:00. I stepped...
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