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Theodore Roosevelt and Parks with Clay Jenkinson

October 6, 2015 by Jody Maberry

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Clay Jenkinson Humanities Scholar
Clay Jenkinson, Humanities Scholar

After a tremendous performance as Theodore Roosevelt, Clay Jenkinson returns to the  Park Leaders Show to talk about Theodore Roosevelt and parks.

If you haven’t yet listened to the episode with Clay in character as Theodore Roosevelt, Click here to listen. You will want to hear that episode first.

In this episode, Clay discusses Theodore Roosevelt’s role in National Parks and the impact he still has today on our park system. We also discuss Ken Burn’s National Park and Roosevelt films, the upcoming National Parks Centennial, the threat of vanishing viewsheds

Clay urges everyone to do two things to reconnect with parks;

  1. Spend at least 4 days in a National Park with as few amenities as possible.
  2. Read Walden and Mountains without Handrail

Clay Jenkinson is the creator of the Thomas Jefferson Hour and author of The Character of Meriwether Lewis.

 

 

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