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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
California, an Ecological Island
Season 1
Episode 101
California is by far our most diverse state. It's a hotbed for diversity and relicts from the past. How do you generate such diversity, how has it been maintained and what can we learn from California's geologic history? Join Patrick for a look at the coasts, scrublands, deserts and mountains of San Diego County.
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Table Rock is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the southern Blue Ridge
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Join Patrick as he explores whether a collaboration of science and will can save the scrub
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Join Patrick as he explores the Florida Scrub.
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The ACE Basin offers one of the largest pieces of protected land on the Atlantic coast.
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The ACE Basin offers one of the largest pieces of protected land on the Atlantic coast.
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Join Patrick as he takes a unique look at a very familiar place, Grandfather Mountain.
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Join Patrick in western Kansas where a landowner is fighting to keep his prairie dogs.
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The web of life revolves around the biology of Bison.
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Join Patrick in a quest to find evidence of the “Lord God Bird."
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This is a very special bit of land; it is a destination for millions of visiting animals.
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Belize is the smallest country in Central America both in size and population.
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Join Patrick as he explores the Mayan Forest.