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OpenRoad: Restoring Wetlands-Protecting Ourselves From Sea Level Rise (Episode 80)
We’ll visit what may be the best and biggest opportunity for large scale wetland restoration in the Bay Area.
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OpenRoad: Restoring Wetlands-Protecting Ourselves From Sea Level Rise (Episode 80)
We’ll visit what may be the best and biggest opportunity for large scale wetland restoration in the Bay Area. The Sonoma Land Trust and its partners are working on a critical piece of an ecological puzzle in an effort to protect our homes, roadways and infrastructure from the effects of climate change and rising sea level.
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OpenRoad: Protecting California Treasures — Bridalveil Fall and Mount Diablo (Episode 78)
Discover a brand new trail and visitor experience opening soon in Yosemite National Park that will bring visitors closer than ever before to one of the most iconic landmarks in the Valley: Bridalveil Fall.
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OpenRoad: Ecological Workforce – Learning to Battle Climate Change (Episode 77)
We’ll discover that combating climate change and reducing the grave dangers it poses requires us to make major public investments in protecting and restoring our damaged natural world as quickly and as well as we possibly can.
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OpenRoad: The Most Visited Park District in California (Episode 75)
Discover the inspirational history and legacy of the East Bay Regional Park District.
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OpenRoad: The Most Visited Park District in California (Episode 75)
Discover the inspirational history and legacy of the East Bay Regional Park District.
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OpenRoad: The Legacy of the East Bay Regional Parks District (Episode 74)
Take a remarkable nearly 90-year journey as we tell the inspirational tale of the founding of the East Bay Regional Park District in the darkness of the Great Depression and its astounding growth and evolution ever since.
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OpenRoad: Saving San Francisco Bay (Episode 73)
Doug McConnell takes you around the San Francisco Bay in this episode of OpenRoad.
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OpenRoad: Saving San Francisco Bay (Episode 73)
Doug McConnell takes you around the San Francisco Bay in this episode of OpenRoad.
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OpenRoad: San Mateo County Coast (Episode 72)
We’ll explore the gorgeous and world-class legacy of open space protection along the San Mateo County coast, which has been saved from suburbanization over the past 50 years by the people of the region.
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OpenRoad: San Mateo County Coast (Episode 72)
Doug McConnell takes you along the San Mateo County coast in this episode of OpenRoad.
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Saving Silicon Valley's Backyard
The Peninsula Open Space Trust is working to preserve a precious commodity near Silicon Valley… the open space that provides respite from the stresses of modern urban life.
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Magical Mt. Tamalpais
See Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County’s iconic landmark, through the eyes and lens of a volunteer fire lookout and filmmaker who is passionate about preserving the mountain and restoring its historic West Peak.
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Markegard Family Grass-Fed Ranch
Just 40 miles from downtown San Francisco, a young peninsula family is proving that sustainable agriculture and preserving open space can work hand-in-hand.
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About OpenRoad With Doug McConnell
OpenRoad with Doug McConnell takes viewers on journeys to explore the natural, historical and cultural treasures of the Bay Area and northern California focusing principally in parks and open spaces protected by the public and made accessible to all people for all time.
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Bio: Doug McConnell
Doug McConnell has hosted and produced many series, specials and news reports on commercial and public television since moving back to the Bay Area in 1983. Among his series was the legendary, “Bay Area Backroads,” the longest-running television series in Bay Area broadcast history.