on lectures in history, sonoma state university professor laura watt teaches a class on the national park system and the effort to preserve pristine wilderness. she offers that this approach often obscures the way humans interact with the land and talks about her research on the point reyes national seashore, which was designated as a natural park in the 1960's. today we are going to be talking about landscapes and reservation and how preservation unexpectedly changes places we set aside as parks or protected areas. the

next on lectures of history, sonoma state university professor laura watt teaches a , class on the national park system and the effort to preserve pristine wilderness. she argues that this approach often obscures the way humans interacted with the land. she also talks about her research on the point reyes national seashore, which was designated as a natural park in the 1960's. her classes about one hour and 10 minutes.

eastern on lectures in history, sonoma state university professor laura watt discusses the evolution of the park system. >> this was not a case of setting aside an already natural landscape and leaving it alone which is what we tend to think of when we think of park protection. what he was doing was making nature out of what at the time was mostly old sheeps meadows. there actually is a big grassy area in

. >> next on lectures in history, sonoma state university professor laura watt teaches a class on the national park system and the effort to preserve pristine wilderness. she offers that this approach often obscures the way humans interact with the land and talks about her research on the point reyes national seashore, which was designated as a natural park in the 1960's. prof. watt: today we are going to be talking about landscapes and reservation and how preservation unexpectedly changes places we set aside as parks or protected areas. the intention is not only to

[applause] americaneekend on history tv on c-span3, tonight at 8:00, on lectures in history, laura watt discusses the evolution of the national park system. >> this was not just a case of setting aside and already natural landscape and leaving it alone, which is what we tend to think of when we think of heart protection. what he was doing was making nature out of whatever time was mostly old sheep's meadows. sunday at 6:00 p.m., a historic preservationist on saving slave houses. ,> we want to do this documentation is a type of preservation. slave houses are buildings that are disappearing from the landscape. by documenting them, that is one way of reserving them. documenting them, and through my database, it's a way to share information and learn from them. >> been at 7:00 p.m., we continue with an interview. a woman ended up on the front page of the post. frenchmanlling at with chins tucked in. that photograph ran everywhere in the world. i am convinced that story held me get a job at the post. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >> we are at the south

professor laura watt discusses the evolution of the national park system. >> this was not just a case of setting aside an already natural landscape and leebing it alone. which is what we ten to think of when we think of park protection. what he was doing was making nature out of what at the time was mostly old sheep's meadows. there actually is a big grassy area in central park called the sheep's meadow. that's why, because there were sheep on it. >> sunday at 6:00 p.m. on american artifacts joby hill on saving slave houses. >> it's important to do this because one documentation is a type of preservation. slave houses are buildings that are disappearing from the landscape. and so by documenting them, that's one way of preserving them. documenting them and through my database is also a way to share information and get it out there and learn from them. >> then at 7:00 p.m. on oral histories, we continue our series on photojournalists with an interview with lukian perkins. >> following a woman named sandy irvin who ended up on the front page of the post and the photo is of her yelling at

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eastern on lectures in history, sonoma state university professor laura watt discusses the evolution of the national park system. >> this was not just a case of setting aside an already natural landscape and leaving it alone, which is, again, what we tend to think of when we think of park protection. what he wassing to was making nature out of what at a time was mostly old sheeps meadows. there actually is a big grassy area in central park called the sheep's meadow, and that's why, because there were sheep on it. >> sunday at 6:00 p.m. on american artifacts, architect and historic preservationist julie hill on saving slave houses. >> important do this because one is perezer vags. slave houses are buildings that are disappearing from the landscape and so by documenting them, that's one way of preserving them. documenting them and through my database is also a way to share information and get it out there and learn from them. >> then at 7:00 p.m. on oral myste mystery histories, we continue our series on photojournalists with an interview with lucian perkins p. >> followed sandy irwin,

next on lectures of history, sonoma state university professor laura watt teaches a , class on the national park system and the effort to preserve pristine wilderness. she argues that this approach often obscures the way humans interacted with the land. she also talks about her research on the point reyes national seashore, which was designated as a natural park in the 1960's. her classes about one hour and 10 minutes. prof. watt: today we are going to be talking about landscapes and reservation and how preservation unexpectedly changes places we set aside as parks or protected areas. the intention is not only to understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces but also to make the process of preservation more visible, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but more importantly, why they have changed over time. most of us when we think about preservation, we think about something staying the same, and yet preservation actually changes things. that is the focus we will aim at today. there we go. in the context of open space

smoem state university professor laura watt discusses the evolution of the national park system. >> thisas not just a case of setting aside an already natural landscape and leaving it alone which is what we think of when we think of park protection. what he was doing was making nature out of what at the time was mostly old sheeps meadows. there actually is a big grassy area in central park called the sheep's meadow and that's why because there were sheep on it. >> announcer: sunday at 6:00 p.m., architect and historic joby hill on saving slave houses. >> important to do this because one documentation is a type of preservation. slave houses are buildings that are disappearing from the landscape and so by documenting them that's one way of preserving them. documenting them and through my database is also a way to share information and get it out there and learn from them. >> announcer: then at 7:00 p.m. on oral histories, we continue our series on photojournalists with an interview of lusion perkins. >> who ended up on the front page of the post and the photos her yelling at these freshman

weekend on american history tv on c-span three, tonight at 8:00 on lectures in history, professor laura watts describe the evolution of the national park system. >> it is not a case of setting aside a natural landscape and leaving it alone which is what we tend to think of. what he was doing was making nature out of what out of the time was old sheep and metals and a big grassy area and central part cause of the sheep meadow's because of their where she on it. announcer: american artifacts, restoreth preservationist on saving slate houses. it is a type of preservation, that houses are buildings are disappearing from the landscape and by documenting them, that is one way of preserving them. documenting them and through my andbase is one way to share get it and learn from them. announcer: on oral history, continue our series on photojournalism with an interview with mr. perkins. who ended up on the front page of "the post," and yelling at the freshman, please, you are lined up against the wall with your chins tucked like this. that photograph was everywhere in the world. and i am convinced that

eastern on lectures and history, sonoma state university professor laura watts discusses the evolution of the national park system. >> this was not just a case of setting aside an already natural landscape and leaving it alone, which is again what we tend to think of when we think of park protection. what he was doing was, making nature out of what at the time was mostly old sheep med dose. there is a big grassy area in central park called sheep's meadow and that's why, because there was sheep on it. >> sunday at 6:00 p.m., architect and historic preservationist julie hill on saving slave houses. >> slave houses are buildings that are disappearing from the landscape. and so by documenting them, that's one way of preserving them. documenting them and through my database is also a way to share information and get it out there and learn from them. >> then at 7:00 p.m. on "oral histories," to continue our series on photojournalists with an interview. >> end up following a woman named sandy herman who ended up on the front page of "the post," yelling at these freshman who were lined up agai

. >> this weekend, saturday at 8:00 eastern on lectures in laura watt discusses the evolution of theational park system. >> this was not just setting aside a natural landscape and leaving it alone which is what we tend to think of. what he was doing was making nature out of what was mostly old sheep meadows. area is a big grassy called the sheep meadow. sunday, saving slate houses. >> documentation is a type of preservation. they are buildings that are disappearing from the landscape. by documenting them that is one way of preserving them. share information and get it out there to learn from them. >> then we continue our series on photo journalists. >> a woman named sandy, who ended up on the front page of the post, yelling at these freshmen who were lined up theirt the wall with chins tucked in. that photo array everywhere in the world. i'm convinced that story helped me get my job at the post. >> washington journal continues. host: the tech savvy of the onience can reach out twitter. you can post on our facebook page. on the phones, -- to show you some headlines, from sunday's even

here in the studio — stella creasey — labour mp for walthamstow and the daily telegraph's laura hughes. and nick wattchael fallon has admitted in improperly touching a female journalist, the radio presenter julia hartley brewer. this happened 15 years ago it is important to say and they both considered the matter closed. a spokesman for michael fallon said he had apologised when the incident happened 15 years ago and both he and julia now consider it close. a friend of michael fallon says there are good friends, he overstepped the mark putting his hand on her knee and she made clear it was unwelcome and he immediately apologised 15 years ago. this came about becausejulia put out a lengthy statement today and mentioned the incident, did not mention who the minister was. she did not think it was serious enough. she said i regarded it as mildly amusing. before getting into the generalities, let's ask about reaction to that particular story. bernard, we've heard some of the context. what do you think? having read the comment from julia, making a distinction between what might be proper harassment, she do