Iowa Outdoors Episode # 3

On Thursday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m., IPTV viewers across the state can enjoy the third episode of Iowa Outdoors, a television series focusing on outdoor recreation, environmental issues, conservation initiatives, and Iowa’s outdoor natural resources.

The spring episode takes viewers 100 feet underground into Coldwater Cave in northeast Iowa to explore Iowa’s longest and most spectacular cave. Viewers will also have the opportunity to witness the population rebound of prairie chickens in southern Iowa during this episode. Iowa Outdoors also visits Wapsipinicon State Park and profiles the paintings of Iowa native Maynard Reece, a living legend in the field of wildlife art.


Following the April 7 premiere, viewers can see the third episode again April 9 at 8 a.m. April 14 at 8:30 p.m., and April 17 at 12:30 p.m. For a complete program schedule and to view complete episodes, visit www.iptv.org/iowaoutdoors.

National Parks: America's Best Idea

National Parks: America's Best Idea

The award winning series by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan is being re-broadcast on Iowa Public Television. Programs may be viewed on broadcast or on-lne from the IPTV web site.

Local broadcast of The National Parks is sponsored in part by the Iowa Parks Foundation.

The Last Refuge (1890-1915) (#102)
At the end of the 19th century a conservation movement takes shape to protect America's wilderness.

■Wed, February 3, 8:00 PM on IPTV
■Fri, February 5, 7:00 AM on IPTV World
■Fri, February 5, 1:00 PM on IPTV World
■Fri, February 5, 6:00 PM on IPTV World

The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919) (#103)
Established in 1916, the National Park Service protects the Grand Canyon from commercial interests.
■Wed, February 10, 8:00 PM on IPTV
■Fri, February 12, 7:00 AM on IPTV World
■Fri, February 12, 1:00 PM on IPTV World
■Fri, February 12, 6:00 PM on IPTV World

Going Home (1920-1933) (#104)
The automobile allows more people to visit the parks.

The Smoky Mountains and Tetons become parks.
■Wed, February 17, 8:00 PM on IPTV
■Fri, February 19, 7:00 AM on IPTV World
■Fri, February 19, 1:00 PM on IPTV World
■Fri, February 19, 6:00 PM on IPTV World

Great Nature (1933-1945) (#105)
During an economic crisis and a world war the parks provided a source of jobs and much-needed peace.
■Wed, February 24, 8:00 PM on IPTV
■Fri, February 26, 7:00 AM on IPTV World
■Fri, February 26, 1:00 PM on IPTV World
■Fri, February 26, 6:00 PM on IPTV World

Local Brodcast is sponsored in part by the Iowa Parks Foundation.


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Iowa's Natural Heritage: On the October 8 edition of The Iowa Journal

Thursday’s episode of The Iowa Journal takes to the great outdoors to explore Iowa’s role in the preservation and conservation of the state’s and the nation’s natural heritage. This special one-hour program airs Thursday, October 8 at 8 p.m. Portions of this program will be rebroadcast Friday, October 9 at 6:30 p.m. on statewide Iowa Public Television. The full one-hour show will air again on Saturday, October 10 at 8:30 a.m. It will also be available online at iptv.org/iowajournal.

In the first half hour of the program, Dan Kaercher takes viewers around the state to learn about people who have made and are making a difference to Iowa’s environment, in the past, the present and the future. Kaercher introduces viewers to four early Iowa conservationists: John F. Lacey, Charles Reuben Keyes, Ada Hayden, and Margo K. Frankel.

He also travels the Loess Hills in western Iowa and learns what people are doing to save the unusual topographical formation there. The program also visits Lakeside Lab on West Lake Okoboji. Founded in 1909 to teach students about “nature in nature,” Lakeside Lab offers opportunities students can’t find anywhere else.

The Thursday and Saturday broadcasts will also feature host Paul Yeager discussing environmental issues in the studio with Bill Northey, Iowa’s secretary of agriculture; Pat Boddy, deputy director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources; former Congressman Neal Smith who served Iowa for 36 years in the U.S. House; Connie Mutel, from The University of Iowa, ecologist and author of Fragile Giants about Iowa’s Loess Hills and The Emerald Horizon: The History of Nature in Iowa; and Chad Graeve, natural resource specialist at the Hitchcock Nature Center near Honey Creek.

For more information about The Iowa Journal, visit www.iptv.org/iowajournal

Upcoming Park Programs on Iowa Public Television

In the spirit of the upcoming Ken Burns documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, IPTV gave their first-ever 'Be more Awards' to three individuals who have been champions for Iowa Public Television and Iowa's natural resources.

On Wednesday evening, September 23, Former Congressman Neal Smith (Co-Chair of the Iowa Parks Foundation), Joe Crookham (President of the Iowa Parks Foundation) and Bob Jester (longtime Des Moines business leader and conservationist) were presented with the 'Be more Awards' by Dan Miller of IPTV. Following the presentation, we were entertained with a live closed circuit concert from Central Park in New York City.

Iowa Public Television is embracing the premiere broadcast of Ken Burns' The National Parks: America's Best Idea by showcasing the wide variety of natural wonders all around us. Through these programs, Iowans will be exposed to the beauty and wonder of our natural heritage on the air, on the ground, and online.

These films are a human history set against the most stunning backdrop imaginable. These films works their way chronologically through the history of the national parks featuring characters -- some famous, most not, from every walk of life -- who dedicated their lives to insuring all could enjoy these places. These films also explore how the national park system came to be and examines some -- but not all --of how these majestic places came to be national parks.

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The Iowa Parks Foundation is a proud local sponsor of The National Parks: America's Best Idea.

National Parks: America's Best Idea
The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890) (#101)
Sun, September 27, 2009 1:00 PM (IPTV)
Sun, September 27, 2009 7:00 PM (IPTV)
Sun, September 27, 2009 9:00 PM (IPTV)
Mon, September 28, 2009 7:00 AM (IPTV World)
Mon, September 28, 2009 1:00 PM (IPTV World)
In 1872, Congress acts to protect land that will become America's first national park, Yellowstone. Watch Online Play Video

THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA Schullery ... Historian Paul Schullery and former National Park Service director George Hartzog describe the power of the national parks.... 01:30 Play Video

THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA Collecting ... Tuan Luong, a climber and photographer who was so captivated by the splendor of the national parks that he decided to continue ... 03:08 Play Video

THE NATIONAL PARKS Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers ... Yosemite ranger Shelton Johnson and his rediscovered the story of the African American soldiers who patrolled the parks ... 11:31 Play Video

THE NATIONAL PARKS Mount Rushmore: Telling America's ... Focuses on the new interpretive program at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, spearheaded by Supt. Gerard Baker. 09:33 Play Video

THE NATIONAL PARKS Manzanar: "Never Again" ... Stories of Japanese internment during World War II, Sue Kunitomi Embrey's efforts to commemorate Manzanar internment camp, ... 14:21 Watch more video from this program »

Iowa's National Parks Stories

Thu, September 24, 10:30 PM on IPTV Television producer Dayton Duncan talks with Iowa Public Television about the history of National Parks and the making of the PBS documentary series. Also featured are stories about Iowans who helped create our National Park system: John F. Lacey and William T. Hornaday. Plus, a glimpse of a wild 1921 adventure when Clinton, Iowa, boy scouts drove model T's to Yellowstone

Grand Lodges (#101)
Sun, September 27, 3:00 PM on IPTV

The story of Yellowstone's Old Faithful Lodge and Yosemite's luxurious Ahwahnee Hotel are detailed.

Canyon Lodges (#102)
Sun, September 27, 4:00 PM on IPTV

A close look at El Tovar in Grand Canyon National Park and Zion Lodge in Utah's Zion National Park.

Episode #201
Wed, September 23, 7:00 PM on IPTV

Visit Death Valley's Furnace Creek Inn and the Lake Quinault Lodge in the Olympic National Forest.

Roughing It In Style In Alaska and the Rockies (#202)

Rocky Mountain National Park is just out your back door at the grand and graceful Stanley Hotel.
Wed, September 23, 8:00 PM on IPTV

Glacier Lodges (#103)

Glacier Park Lodge, Lake McDonald, Many Glacier Lodge and Sperry Chalet in Montana are showcased. Sun, September 27, 5:00 PM on IPTV

Pacific Northwest Lodges (#104)

Visit Paradise Inn in Mount Rainier National Park and Timberline Lodge on Oregon's Mount Hood.

Sun, September 27, 6:00 PM on IPTV

The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890) (#101)

In 1872, Congress acts to protect land that will become America's first national park, Yellowstone.

Sun, September 27, 1:00 PM on IPTV

Sun, September 27, 7:00 PM on IPTV

Sun, September 27, 9:00 PM on IPTV

Mon, September 28, 7:00 AM on IPTV World

Mon, September 28, 1:00 PM on IPTV World

Mon, September 28, 5:00 PM on IPTV World

The Last Refuge (1890-1915) (#102)

At the end of the 19th century a conservation movement takes shape to protect America's wilderness.

Mon, September 28, 7:00 PM on IPTV

Mon, September 28, 9:30 PM on IPTV

Tue, September 29, 7:00 AM on IPTV World

Tue, September 29, 1:00 PM on IPTV World Tue, September 29, 5:00 PM on IPTV World

The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919) (#103)

Established in 1916, the National Park Service protects the Grand Canyon from commercial interests.

Tue, September 29, 7:00 PM on IPTV

Tue, September 29, 9:00 PM on IPTV