Wild America

Among its spires and castles South Dakotas Badlands National Park are grasslands and lush gullies which provide for large grazing and small burrowing animals.

Our most enduring trees are the Evergreens. These are truly trees for all seasons, symbols of the American wilderness.

This look at America's forests leads us into the shadowed depths of woodlands from Louisiana's cypress swamps to the moody rain forests of Washington's Olympic National Park.

Marty Stouffer leads us upward through the life zones of Washington's Olympic National Park, where we meet the wealth of wildlife.

Two hundred years ago, unbroken prairie stretched over 1000 miles of America's heartland. Deer and Antelope, but also Elk, Bison, Bears and Wolves, once roamed.

The Whitebark pine tree seeds that do not disperse in the wind. The Clarks Nutcracker, a Crow-sized bird removes the seeds from the cones and buries them in the ground.

In areas from Maine to Arizona, millions of pristine acres have been set aside for native wildlife. We explore these Refuges, as well as many of the creatures that inhabit them..

For viewers accustomed to seeing the Lone Star State as a land of livestock and oil wells, this look at little-known wild areas promises many surprises.

Wyoming has more wildlife in broad diversity of species and in sheer numbers than any other state south of the Canadian border. It has more resources than any state except Alaska.