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CBS Sunday Morning – Patagonia: How Doug and Kristine Tompkins gathered 14 million acres to open 12 national parks
Located in the southern tip of Chile, Patagonia National Park is more than half-a-million acres of mountains and valleys, glaciers and grasslands, winding rivers and wild guanacos – and it is part of the largest private land donation in history. Conor Knighton trekked the wilds of the park with Kristine Tompkins, former CEO of the clothing company Patagonia, whose non-profit, Tompkins Conservation, handed over this park to the Chilean government to preserve its wild-ness for generations to come. It’s a dream that has been two-and-a-half decades in the making, and the culmination of a remarkable love story.
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How Americans Are Saving Their Great Plains, One Montana Blade of Grass at a Time
The American Prairie Reserve (APR) is turning this overlooked share of wild, wind-tousled Great Plains into the largest nature reserve in the contiguous United States.
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