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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 10
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How important is your suburban woodland or even your backyard to the ecology of the continent and the globe? The Clemson Experimental Forest is over 17,000 acres of woodland and pastoral agricultural land surrounded by a suburban and agricultural landscape in the piedmont of South Carolina. It doesn't boast lofty summits, towering waterfalls or rushing rivers but it does contain a world-class diversity of plants and animals that is difficult to surpass...
2) Expeditions with Patrick McMillan - Season 3: The Longleaf Empire - Appalachicola National Forest
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 12
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The once vast Longleaf Pine woodlands once dominated the South with their green, open and grassy expanses. Today this is one of the rarest habitats on the planet reduced to just two percent of its historic extent. Join Patrick as he explores a land filled with some of the strangest plants and animals anywhere in the Appalchicola National Forest, a land kissed by fire.
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 4
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Like it or not, change has come to the Arctic. Join Patrick as he explores the dramatic changes happening today in this frozen tundra and how they might impact our everyday lives.
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 3
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This is a very special bit of land, it is a destination for millions…of visiting animals! Dolphins, sea turtles, Seabirds, shorebirds, even Piping Plovers, Curlew and Red Knots use this place. Most stay for part of the year and then move on to other lands but without this place of refuge they may not survive. This is a place where humans are only visitors too. Join Patrick as he explores Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge a safe Harbor for visitors...
5) Expeditions with Patrick McMillan - Season 3: Colorado's Rocky Mountains – The Rooftop of America
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 5
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Life in the alpine is existing on the fringe. It's hard to believe that life could persist here, let alone flourish. From beautiful alpine flowers to mountain goats and the shy pika, life is abundant. Join Patrick as he explores just how life thrives in the Colorado Rockies, the rooftop of America.
6) Expeditions with Patrick McMillan - Season 3: The Longleaf Empire – Francis Marion National Forest
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 13
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It seems that no matter where we look we can find evidence of man shaping the world around him, the world we consider "natural." Fire is essential for the existence of the longleaf pine woodland, one of the rarest and most interesting habitats on the planet. Join Patrick as he continues to explore the incredible and strange life that makes its home here in the heart of the longleaf empire in the Francis Marion National Forest.
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 5
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When you think about prairie you probably at least indirectly think about grazing. If you think about cattle or cowboys, you're thinking about grazing. Grazing has been an integral part of what has happened in the Great Plains for eons. The ecology of this place originally developed around a native grazer. The web of life here revolves around the biology of Bison. Join Patrick as he seeks to find out if there is a place for a true American on the...
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 3
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One of the most misunderstood regions of North America, the Trans-Pecos, is not a desolate expanse of nothingness like commonly thought. In fact, it is a melting pot of several different biomes. While it does indeed make up the northern portion of the Chihuahuan Desert, the Trans-Pecos also features a vast stretch of grasslands and oak-juniper woodlands. Come along with Patrick as he explores the Trans-Pecos during its peak time of year, monsoon season,...
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 6
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When you think of southern Arizona you probably don't think about prairies, moist Sycamore and maple forests, or lush oak and pine forests, but they are a huge part of southern Arizona. Join Patrick as he explores the unexpected and unusual diversity found in Arizona's sky islands.
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 1
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While the island of Avalon is purely mythical, in theory, its essence does indeed exist on the picturesque island of Catalina that is quaintly nestled off of the southern coast of California. Boasting a remarkable plethora of wildlife, Catalina Island is a wildlife sanctuary in every sense of the term. Nature's version of an underdog success story, Catalina Island has gradually garnered stable populations of an unlikely mixture of plants and animals...
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 13
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Birds migrate huge distances from wintering grounds. Frogs, each with their own unique voice, call from wetlands. Deer and elk battle with anglers as weapons. What is the point of all of this? Every spring, thousands of species participate in rites - rituals with a single goal in mind: breeding. Join Patrick, along with guests Matt Johnson and Drew Lanham, as they explore the amazing, and often bizarre rituals of many creatures across the continent....
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 4
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The Ivorybill Woodpecker is a legend in the Southern swamps, but for years, it was thought to be only that, a legend. Recently a small glimmer of hope has emerged to suggest that the largest woodpecker in North America might still haunt the floodplain forests of the South. Join Patrick as he explores the wild bottomland forests in a quest to find evidence of the "Lord God Bird," the Ivorybill.
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 7
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Much of the diversity of southern Arizona is more Mexican than American. Political borders are changing biological movements and frontiers. Join Patrick as he explores the Mexican connection of American wildlife and challenges they face due to the border fence between the two countries.
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 1
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English
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California is by far America's most diverse state. It's a hotbed for diversity and relicts from the past. How do you generate such diversity, how has it been maintained and what can we learn from California's geologic history. Join Patrick for a look at the coasts, shrublands, deserts and mountains of San Diego County.
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 11
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Imagine 30 million Bison sharing the plains with humans. In only a decade, these massive herds were all but extinguished. We look back at the actions of the people who lived in America in the 19th century in disbelief; how could they do that? Today Prairie Dogs, Black-footed Ferrets and Kit Foxes are the endangered species living on the plains of the American West. Join Patrick as he journeys into the prairie with researchers who are trying to change...
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 8
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English
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How important is the border region to the ebb and flow of life in your backyard? How important is it to our natural heritage? Do the birds you enjoy or the waterfowl you pursue need this place to survive? Join Patrick as he explores the connections to your backyard on the volatile border region of South Texas.
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 4
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On top of being a hotspot for biodiversity, the West Texas region of the Trans-Pecos is a constantly evolving landscape. Boasting a remarkable array of flora and fauna, the Trans-Pecos is home to several species unique to that particular area. While many associate the Trans-Pecos with the arid desert, cacti are not the only examples of plant life found in the West Texan habitat. Tune in as Patrick draws attention to the spectacular vegetation that...
18) Expeditions with Patrick McMillan - Season 3: Colorado's Rocky Mountains – Challenges and Changes
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 6
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English
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When you think of the Rocky Mountains you probably picture a wilderness that is far removed from our influence. It turns out that may not be the case. Life is changing here from the alpine lakes to fragile tundra life to the mighty forests of the mountain slopes. Join Patrick as he explores the challenges and changes that are happening in the Colorado Rockies.
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 8
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During a time when development reigns supreme in the Southeast, few places still exist where wild areas are conserved intact. With over 350,000 acres of protected land, the ACE Basin of South Carolina offers one of the best and largest pieces of protected land on the Atlantic coast. A unique management plan involving government agencies, private organizations and landowners has resulted in this huge protected area. Join Patrick as he explores the...
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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan volume 9
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What happens when large pieces of land are conserved? Amazingly enough, what we find is a congregation of some of the rarest species of wildlife – at least that's what happened in the Ace Basin. Large, intact sections of protected habitat bring common and seldom-seen organisms alike, and may depend on this area for some or all of the year. Long-distance migrants, beautiful songbirds, even the ubiquitous and often less-revered creatures all need...
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