the man on the left is the first national park service superintendent. his name is james mcconaughey. james mcconaughey is a harvard graduate. he has a degree in landscape architecture. so when mcconaughey comes to gettysburg, his management philosophy is to manage the park, preserve the battlefield as a beautiful landscape. he would read through the gettysburg times newspapers in the 1930's. the park is encouraging visitors to come to gettysburg to look at flowers. come visit devils den and look at the beautiful spring foliage. come visit little round top and look at the beautiful fall foliage. mcconaughey thinks that the monuments are an impediment to these beautiful flowers. today in the 21st century, that makes us cringe, but that is standard park service procedure . the national park service takes over. it is the great depression and all those new deal agencies you had to memorize in high school -- you remember your teacher giving you the long list -- it's the tva, the ccc, the wpa. this is coming back, right? ironically, gettysburg in the great depr

national park service commemorated its centennial , the national park service has been in existence since 1916 but they have not managed to historic sites . >> now, the park service comes in and manages historic sites including gettysburg and they get control of over 2000 acres of gettysburg at this time. unlike today, the national park service does not have a uniform management philosophy, so much of our parkway gettysburg was managed, depended on the local superintendent. the man on the left is the first national park service superintendent, his name is james mcconaughey. james mcconaughey is a harvard graduate, he has a degree in landscape architecture, so, when mcconaughey comes to gettysburg, his management philosophy is to manage the park , preserve the battlefield as a beautiful landscape, so if you could read through the gettysburg time newspaper in the 1930s, the park is encouraging visitors to come to gettysburg to look at flowers come visit devils den and look at the beautiful spring foliage. come visit little round top and look at the beautiful fall foliage. mcconaughey t

if you look to the right, find the circle object, that's the building which the national park service debuts in march of 1962. and you can see all those little white specks are cars, thousands. we always gripe about parking. i can't get a good place to park by the visitor center. see, it's the same. it's the same. gettysburg is going to see over two million people, two million people com to celebrate, reenact 789, but it's also an occasion where governors and dignitaries can talk about the kimp air civil rights movement. so here, the governor of new jersey, who's laying a wreath at one of the new jersey monuments on cemetery ridge, ses this occasion, his oration, to talk about the unfulfilled promises of the american civil war. in 1963, he's telling, reminding listeners that the civil war was not fought to presembt union white or jim crow, but it was fought for liberty and justice for all, lay a wreath and zpwf like deliver an oration is george wallace. george wallace comes to gettysburg in early july, and he will lay a wreath at the alabama memorial, and he also gives a short speech

chip and his team hope for lasting peace in order to save the national park. vigil accordion city since 1906 this region has gone through a lot of unrest to produce those before that there were the looting wars from 1902 onwards is here and then came the 1st liberation more than 1906 that forced many to flee if she's all that had an impact on the environment but this went on for them. in goma the number of residents has nearly doubled in the last 7 years. especially due to the many refugees who have come. only 11 kilometers separate the city from the national park so it's no wonder that 80 percent of the charcoal used here is illegally sourced from virunga. like in most places in africa the charcoal business here is also a shadow market. that dealers buy their charcoal in villages and then sell it here. for enough that i've got a good price range depends on how old the tree was that used to make the charcoal you know what i was told from young trees cost $20.00 u.s. dollars so. the older the trade the more energy it supplies and the higher the price like you a

national park lies in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo. the charcoal produced here isn't exploited 97 percent of the people in the region use it for cooking and heating the areas surrounding the national park have already been cleared. according to the world wildlife fund 90 percent of the trees fell here are used to produce charcoal. over 4 years ago this whole area was full of trees and now 4 years later all the trees have been cut down and not only that even the roots have been pulled out of the ground these from. the world wildlife fund foresters are shocked. the demand for charcoal is so high in this region that even digging up and charming tree roots is worth the effort. 3000000000 people on the planet cook with wood and it's not just cooking used for heating to it's essential to them and there's no way of replacing it that's not. producing wood sustainably requires space space they don't have them and the population in africa will quadruple by the end of the century capacity limits are often exceeded now. one big problem is the lack

visiting the grand canyon, teton national park, yellowstone, joshua tree and glacier national park andtional park. >> hey, grandma, where are we? >> we're in the middle of a redwood forest. >> how do you feel when you look up at these trees? >> they make you feel very small. >> does it make you feel very young? >> not me. i've walked too many miles. >> reporter: and she's still walking. texas and new mexico next. tonight, we're cheering for grandma joy. oh, we are. 32 more parks to go. she turns 90 next year. grandma joy rocks. i'm david muir. we'll see you tomorrow. good night. grandma joy rocks. i'm david muir. we'll see you tomorrow. good night. >>> a woman was attacked as she tried to go home. tonight we're live in san francisco with answers from the city about why and how this happened. >>> new at 6:00, the first update to santa clara county voting machines in over a decade. it's supposed to be faster, more secure and ready in time for next year's proesidentialspence. the heat wave is underway and fire danger is upon us. details coming up. >>> does this work of art belong in a up

national park. the nature conservation organization operates across the globe and has a major program in peru. dr christoph shank one study jain authors here today he has the organization but over the past 30 years he's always found time to come back. over but these are i'm here to gauge the state the park is in and the size of the threat to the surrounding area and of course i want to see how the otters are do and he's not a hero and. the men travel by boat and there aren't any roads they keep a sharp lookout for fallen trees or any other obstacles they want to make sure to avoid any accidents not least because the waters are teeming with caymans and promise. to cover hundreds of kilometers this way and keep making astonishing encounters along the way. to take. this prehistoric looking creature is rarely spotted around here. south america is rich in pristine habitats and peru is particularly diverse the manu national park in the southeast of the country covers a good 17000 square kilometers. it str

i didn't take the decision lightly, two months ago, to leave the national parks and become a ministerack african country. i believe i can do a lot of good for the country, for its parks and wildlife, but more importantly, in a way, i'm the minister of forests, of the environment, as you said, of the oceans, and of climate change. and the difficult part of myjob, really, is the climate change and the oceans, ocean pollution and so on. because there little gabon has to try and move the entire international community towards taking action. dealing with corruption in the forestry sector of gabon with full support from the president shouldn't take more than 3—6 months. we have to when there. but, lee white, it's been a pleasure having you on hardtalk. thank you very much indeed. you're welcome. thank you. hi there. temperature still made the mid 20 celsius across the south—east of the country on wednesday but as these weather fronts move through they have introduced fresher conditions off the atlantic. low pressure is now in charge of the weather as we head on into the end of the week. in

lives in a small village on the edge of her own gun national park he still clearly remembers when the rwandan rebels came into his village and turned everything upside down avar. they invaded the park and cut down all the trees. since then the environment has been out of balance. we don't have any rivers or streams and then the dry periods of become longer. in the pool engine well that's when we decided we need to plant trees and some dickey for like a minute and restarted looking for partners who would help us in the city it's an easy for. you to give us a parisian. became their trusted world wildlife fund partner he's a forester and knows what it takes to create a plantation. but letitia in footloose you certainly sleeve you need to keep a close eye on the seedlings live plants so they reproduce at the right time. to plant the end you full mystery must be planted at the beginning of the rainy season or did be the last as would be proved. that you missed your window even by just a few days of the plug your plantation might not survive in the vicinity of. the w w f support plantations

visiting the grand canyon, teton national park, yellotone, joshua tree and glacier national park andd national park. >> hey, grandma, where are we? >> we're in the middle of a redwood forest. >> how do you feel when you look up at these trees? >> they make you feel very small. >> does it make you feel very young? >> not me. i've walked too many miles. >> reporter: and she's still walking. texas and new mexico next. tonight, we're cheering for grandma joy. 32 parks to go. she turns 90 next year. i'm david muir. we'll see you tomorrow. good night. now news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> it was scary. this should never happen to anyone. and we -- i was trying to get flow my own house. >> this is scary stuff. a san francisco woman overcome with emotion recalling the violent attack by a homeless man as she tried to enter her building is located south of i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. we're going to have more on that scary attack coming up. first, we want to turn to the weather because we are starting to heat up now. >> we're going to get into the triple digits pretty soon. li

manager for the civil war defenses of washington, and that is a long title or what encircles the national park service number which manages 18 of the forts, as well as battleground national cemetery. at this time, we will present the colors. today, representing the 54th regiment of massachusetts and the united colored troops from connecticut. we are going to open now with the presentation of colors. forward march. ♪ ♪ ♪ [national anthem] ♪u ♪ [applause] >> please be seated. for those who are wondering, that was the hymn from the 1861 verse written by oliver weldon, sung by harold hartford. at this time, we at this time, we will have greetings from our part superintendent at this time, julia washburn. [applause] julia: good morning, everybody. what a beautiful day we have. we really lucked out on the weather and it feels like it may be hot but not too humid we are lucky. on behalf of the acting director of the national park service, i bring you greetings from the nps, as well as welcome each of you to rock creek park and historic fort stevens. for those of you who do not know, rock creek park a

the national park service works closely with the first family to give them what they need, whether it be a long-term project or short-term event or projects, the park service works with them to make sure the needs are met. in 2009 after the obama administration started, mrs. obama came to the national park service and said, i would like to put in a kitchen garden and can i do this? she was told yes, she can do this, this is her grounds. in 2009, mrs. obama started the white house kitchen garden because she really wanted to start a conversation, a national conversation on nutrition and children's health. this garden was started a year before, it was the basis of her signature let's move program. i will tell you a little bit about my experience in the garden and how the previous first lady would work and have events in the garden. the gardening started every year in the spring, where she would come out with schoolkids and they would plant spring vegetables. here is a school group that came out and she really wanted the kids to do the work. park service staff, first ladies office staff,

well come to komodo island part of the comodo national park and home of the world's largest lizard the komodo dragon. welcome for now because the island could be off limits to tourists from the start of next year to get the dragon and the honest ecosystem some much needed time to recover. komodo dragons must be saved and preserved because there's only one komodo dragon in the world and i always joke that even in heaven there are no komodo dragons you know they exist only here in komodo national park for the main principle is how can we preserve the komodo dragon in its natural habitat with. the komodo dragon is the 1st brushes predator it grows up to 3 metres long and can bring down a water buffalo with its strong limbs and separated teeth which deliver a venomous bite it's the perfect tourist attraction every month $10000.00 visitors make the long journey to this remote part of indonesia to lay their eyes on the red reptile it's the only place in the world where the komodo dragon is found in the wild. the conservationist that's too many people they say mass tourism interferes with the

i didn't take the decision lightly, two months ago, to leave the national parks and become a ministera black african country. i believe i can do a lot of good for the country, for its parks and wildlife, but more importantly, in a way, i'm the minister of forests, of the environment, as you said, of the oceans, and of climate change. and the difficult part of myjob, really, is the climate change temperatures still made the mid—20s celsius across the south—east of the country on wednesday, but as these weather fronts move through, they've introduced much fresher conditions off the atlantic. it's low pressure now in charge of the weather as we head on into the end of the week. in fact, there'll be a fair amount of rain in the forecast for some northern and western areas. thursday is looking fairly unsettled again across scotland and northern ireland thanks to this area of low pressure. it's going to be pretty windy here — gusts 30—a0mph in exposure. few showers or barely any showers the further south and east you go, and again, a fairly warm afternoon with temperatures reaching the mid—

chip reid, cbs news, shenandoah national park. >> quijano: an amazing journey.ekend news" for this sunday. "60 minutes" is coming up. i'm elaine quijano reporting in new york for all of us at >>> now it's 6, adding fuel to the fire, protesters say this violent attack outside a san francisco condo is proof that the city needs a better approach to its homeless problem. some residents say a plan to add taller buildings and potentially high density housing to downtown pleasanton is anything but pleasant. we will explain the controversy coming up. >> students at one bay area school nearly went back to this, the rush to clean up the classrooms and the search for the vandals who trashed them. good evening.>> we begin with a new push to expand downtown pleasanton vertically. >> the city council will take up a proposal this week to raise height restrictions near main street and that's where we find kpix 5's katie nielsen. >> reporter: this area of main street is historic, it's about 125 years old, something that would make frank capra or norman rockwell proud but a new p

there are 13 national parks in gabon.o—thirds or more of the country is covered in forest. you have a big territory... it was a big job, yes. you have talked about the pressures, that the balance between man and nature, how, in thatjob, did you preserve the forest, even that one of the key industries in gabon is derived from logging and timber trade? you have to go back a little bit in the story. in 2002 i met omar bongo who had been president of the country for a long time. for over 40 years. yes. an african dictator, i don't know if you will quarrel with that. i would quarrel with that. i will call him an african chief. dictator isa call him an african chief. dictator is a very hard and negative word. he was president in a 1—party system for 20 years and then he was the president in a multi—party system with elections and he won the elections and when he died, i was actually in a climate change negotiation when he died and i headed back to gabon. when i got to gabon, the queue to pay respects in front of his coffin went

perhaps that is something that the national park service can take into consideration more. money into new museums that have reinterpreted their core sites. the national parks have had a boom at the same time some of the historical sites have suffered a little bit. but, the question of access is a very important one. having some sort of reliable and inexpensive transportation would certainly help. host: let's talk to chris who lives in scottsdale, arizona. chris has also visited a historical site. where did you go? caller: i went -- i took my son to concho peak. i think it is a historical site. they had a civil war reenactment and it was beautiful, but i don't know, maybe it was accurate and maybe it wasn't, but it was sterilized in the sense, there was an african-american woman there, but there were no african-americans in this reenactment. i don't know if that is accurate or not, but i think part of the problem is that a lot of it has been sterilized. [indiscernible] and honors that suffering, if we did that, that would pull more people in, because again, nowadays, people

national park system.ill recognize -- [applause] we recognize the important responsibility we have as stewards of fort monroe national monument and its role in so many facets of our history. since the creation of the national park service in 1916, dutyears ago tomorrow, our has been to care for america's extraordinary places and the stories they harbor. certainly, many of our parks are beautiful landscapes. they are also places where challenging events took place. national parks provide spaces anddiscussion, reflection, our shared american narrative. as we are doing here at fort monroe today, tomorrow, and into the future. anniversary is a year-long commemoration and conservation conversation. to recognize the highlight of 400 years of african-american history and a competence. of thek of the 400 years african-american history commission established by congress and signed into law by president trump last year is administered by the national park service. it will extend through july of 2020. civic, historic

several 1000 elephants live here too they move back and forth between national parks in the west and the east of the country and traversed massai lands along the way there are no fences barring their path. purity car and the rest of her team travel long distances on foot. between 20 and 40 kilometers a day the same as the male rangers. among their most important duties is talking to people who live here the messiah or semi-nomadic pastoralist who cover a lot of ground with their flocks and encounter wild animals along the way sometimes lions kill cattle elephants rampage in villages the rangers need to hear about problems and be informed if poachers are in the area. they charge animals movement patterns and register their g.p.s. coordinates rangers are on patrol 7 days a week it's a way for these women to break out of strict traditional gender roles but the job is far from easy. because the little i mostly like and funds. and they can do so. good because a little. like want to live so that then so their wishes can because you know. you might be not going to do that they can kill you.

yellowstone national park was the world's first national park, company -- encompassing land from three states. the park is an economic driver for towns that surround it. 75 milesmontana sits to the north, we spoke with former park historian about his career and the impact on the region. >> tell us about your first yell at -- your first yellowstone experience. , my first experience reaches way back. americans itany was a vacation. my parents brought us, my yellowstoneme to from norman, oklahoma, and continued bringing us for many years. in not always interested just yellowstone but the whole american west. we fell into that trap of never going east, except always going west. mostly dad wanted to fish in yellowstone. love with the region early. very early experience. was 16 and my brother 14, we vacationed here, and we saw the employees. one of them invited us to the dance. dancee too young for the and saw all the fun they were having. as soon as we both hit 18 we applied and got jobs with a concessioner. i should correct that, the job didn't come until a little bit later. our father, be

and i'm coming to you from johannesburg and south africa if you want to find out what's a national park into for the people who live in it stay tuned and of course to meet my lovely colleague in nigeria hi this is the yes i'm now outside we're here in lagos nigeria are you ready for new episodes here's what's coming up on the show. starts up in looking at fossil that's combining our pop culture with better go farming. a woman from south africa who's fighting against food waste and how solar energy is changing life for farmers in the mountains of morocco. now rwanda is of the most densely populated countries in africa and that can trigger conflicts over resources when entire areas are declared to be national parks in many ways and worry about their livelihoods the solution is to involve them more in wildlife protection one example they endangered mountain gorillas in rwanda is volcanoes national park the tourism they generate can benefit the local communities as well as the environment. that you think every damn placid includes in zack takes tourists around the volcanoes national park it

congress, yellowstone national park was the world's first national park, encompassing land from threetates -- idaho, montana and wyoming. it is an economic driver for towns that surrounded. 75le in bozeman, montana, miles north of the park, we spoke with a former historian about his career and the impact the park had on the region. >> tell us about your first yellowstone experience. >> reaches the way back. for so many americans it was a vacation. i was four. my parents brought my brother and me to yellowstone from norman, oklahoma, and continued bringing us for many years. in not always interested just yellowstone, but the whole american west. that trap of never going east, just always going dad wantedse mostly to fish at yellowstone. we fell in love with the region, had relatives in montana, which added to it. very early experience. and my brother 14, we vacationed here and we saw the employees. one of them invited us to a dance. that sort of did it. young for the dance, but we got in and saw all the fun they were having. as soon as we turned 18 we applied and got jobs with a conces

pretty much have to take a car or a bus to these places. >> guest: perhaps that's something the national parks service can take into consideration, they've been putting money into new museums that have reinterpreted some of their core sites . they also because they were all part of men national arts that had aboom at the same time some of the historical sites have suffered a little bit , but the question of access is a very important one and having some of reliable inexpensive transportation would certainly help. >> let's talk to chris who lives in south bill arizona, chris is visited a historical site,where do you go ? >> caller: i took my son to picasso beach on the way to tucson. i think it's a historical site. they had a civil war reenactment and it was beautiful but i don't know, maybe it was accurate, maybe it wasn't but it was sterilized in the sense there was an african-american woman there but there were no african americans in this reenactment. i don't know if that's accurate or not but i think part of the problem is a lot of it has been sterilized. having an upbringing that goes alo

but the needs of the nature here also have a priority would be especially in a national park. in that's enough we've had to watch and see is a protected nature reserves how can cope with the hordes of summer tourists coming to the area i think for this will stay here and i feel inside to see it who's most beautiful. tourism has to be controlled to. use them to be. soon and also to is to somehow lost some. of those we have huge beaches huge coast. areas where. tourists can really relax where gun is not real we see that in the numbers. but we also have to make sure that we keep enough blazes just for nature to you know to a home have one house among what makes the one see so special to you personally. the alternation between land and water. between high and low tide on the huge amount of birds and then the raging sea it's spectacular to see when everything's underwater when you see the road signs in the waves of course because . i'll take another look around when else am i going to get the chance to meet this many wanton sea creatures. from tiny organisms. all the way to big fis

the north sea coastal bite cost goes all around the water and see from one national park to the next. and if you meet a ranger you can definitely awesome any questions they'll be happy to help. when it's high tide the birds have to find a place to rest because they can only feed from the mud flats that are not covered in water. now that it's high tide at lunch time we have a huge amount of birds. there mainly singles but there are also some oystercatchers and big curlers. unesco's world natural heritage accolade is read only awarded to sites which are unique. special here is that the landscape changes 1st of unless. you believe. the geometry of the wants and see as special in that not shoulder logical processes can still take place some of the launch surface. there is a row with areas disappearing and sedimentation that means new areas and much of these natural geological processes on the coast on this scale are really unique in the world. the biodiversity here is a unique and very sensitive to change caused by the climate pollution for instance . it is vital that they be put into. th

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national parks. >> reporter: one of their most memorable, great sand dunes national park in colorado.ss the sandy landscape and up a sand dune, and then she got down on the ground and i said, what are you doing? and she said, i want to roll down, it looks fun. i think it just tapped into some inner sense of childhood wonder in her. she said, how can you get hurt on the sand? you've got to give it a whirl, you're only going to be here once, right? >> you lived! have fun getting back up. >> reporter: she did and kept going. visiting grand canyon, yellowstone, joshua tree, glacier national park. there was redwood national park too. >> hey, grandma, where are we? >> in the middle of a redwood forest. >> how do you feel when you look up at these trees? sml.y ke you fl very >> does it make you feel very young? >> not me. i've walked too many miles. >> reporter: and she's still walking. texas and new mexico next. we're cheering for grandma joy. >> grandma joy and mr. ryan there, they're going to cherish those memories forever. >> really, and grandma is going to turn 90 years old next week. s