This American Land

Season 6, Episode 1 of 5

Managing public lands: the evolution of the Bureau of Land Management and its role in protecting vast areas of federal land across the nation. Saving the bobwhite quail: the first in a series on protecting vital native grassland habitat for a declining species - this story from the pine savannas of South Carolina. Local communities in northern New Mexico press their case for expanding the Pecos Wilderness to protect a watershed essential to a broad landscape stretching into southern Texas. Scientists study how butterflies use an elegantly efficient organ to sip nectar.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
10/23/2016
12:30 p.m.
7/31/2017
3 p.m.
8/1/2017
1 a.m.
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