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Few people beyond the outdoor industry could attend Sheldon Johnson's speech during the recent annual breakfast of The Conservation Alliance. However, the clothing company Patagonia, a founding Alliance member, taped his presentation on the value of ethnic diversity in national parks and their preservation. It is well worth the time to listen.
The podcast is now available.
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The filmmaker, Ken Burns, called America's national parks our "best idea" in his six-part study of the history, philosophy, and status of our natural preserved landscapes. It was one of the most popular documentary films aired on public television. One segment included a conversation with Shelton Johnson, a park ranger of African and Indigenous American ancestry who grew up in Detroit, a city far removed from these wild parklands. Johnson made a strong call to expand the visitor base to the ...