America’s National Parks are struggling to find a balance between the needs of a growing population and the desire to preserve our natural heritage.

John Hart, Author, An Island in Time: 50 Years of Point Reyes National Seashore (Pickleweed Press, 2012)
Jordan Fisher Smith, Author, Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight over Controlling Nature (Crown, 2016)

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on July 19, 2016
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