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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
The Rice Kingdom
Season 1
Episode 105
It was rice that built wealth in South Carolina - vast project of converting swamps to fields that was abandoned in the early 20th century. These fields have reverted to one of the most spectacular natural treasures in the South - havens for wildlife and wildflowers. Sometimes man's alterations can have positive consequences.
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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.