for over five years, the port, national park services and golden gate national parks conservancy haveeen collaborating -- collaborating to develop division and solidify the business terms that will enable the long-term alcatraz island embarkation sight with benefits for all stakeholders and 1.7 million visitors. these visitors bring in nearly $200 million to the city and total annual spending power. almost half of which is estimated to be spent in the vicinity of the embarkation si site. camille's, shopping and attractions. th.the conservancy has been a valuable partner to us and are making critical investments in this project along with their future concessionaire. we appreciate the rigourous approach the port commission and staff have taken to addressing issues that have arisen during the course of this multiyear process. site-mac site-mac -- the project team and port staff have continued to meet and work through the vessel and interpretive park cruise questions. regarding vessel size, both at the current and previous concessionaire used two borage passenger vessels for alcatraz ser

yeah yeah we usually patrols the national park in his car for reasons safety. the park which spans eight thousand hectors is home to a desert head sharks desert monitors is that of an extremely poisonous egyptian cobra famous for its alleged role in cleopatra's suicide. and despite the arid conditions there is also a wide range of vegetation. and it's very fertile it has a rich variety of trees and if the wildlife is suffering from any kind of shortage we can always make up for it. the ranger has been working with the local wildlife for so long that he react instinctively to their needs. i love all the animals here . especially the ones i've helped to rear in the last sixteen years. of. being aggressive. but i still like. they have died out here by the late nineteenth century. but now they're back. when. one threat to the positive developments is the water shortage that occurs in two may in the summer months i thought yeah yeah we and his team have to collect their water supply from the neighboring district. proposed building a deep water well. close to the shut

the raw materials come from the national park. samantha: these are tiny beads that they make from tree resin. and we help them extract the resin without destroying the trees. reporter: back in the delta, biologist zeine el abidine is out on the water almost every day taking a look at the nesting sites. zeine: i love these birds, they're my favorite animals. they're beautiful, and they're also proof that the environment is in good shape. if they're here, then we know there's no environmental damage. and they don't make anything dirty. i love them. reporter: the diawling national park is home to the greatest concentration of birds in west africa. and in addition to rescuing animal habitats in the region, the conservation zone has also helped to secure human livelihoods. host: now it's time to meet the berlin globals -- people from around the world who've made the german capital their home. >> live in blin five yrs w. host: ty make bern the vibrant metropolis that it is. we tell their stories, every wednesday on our facebook page, dw

but in terms of the other specifics, i defer to the national park service. >> okay. i do want to reiterate, as i mentioned at our last meeting, the park service is required by regulation and policy to adhere to a very tough standard for the concession contract and golden gate follows that closely. is a very rigourous process. this is a large contract for the national park service. it -- all components of it go through the competitive process. it is overseen by the washington office because of its size. and with that, i will turn it over to you. >> i would jus will just speak a moment to the criteria in which the perspective offers will be evaluated. we actually do have -- sorry i do not have the full prospectus with meat right now, but we do have two criteria that they will be evaluated on regarding their vessels. does certainly cover things like the vessel size, minimum requirements which we have discussed at length here. as well as amenities for comfo comfort, excess ability, other components. there's a really rigourous element related to environmental performance a

yosemite national park ranger jamie richards says closures throughout the park were sparked by safetyctive fire and fire operations impact all three roads that access the valley floor.some areas haven't burned in decades. jamie richards/park ranger: "so, there's a lot of dead and down fuel in there, there. we have a lot of trees other grasses and fuels that are helping to fuel this fire."though there are portions that remain open including trails and recreation areas along tioga road from the pass to white wolf ... it's yosemite valley that sees the bulk of the parks four-million plus visitors.jamie richards/park ranger: "this is normally a busy time for yosemite national park. we usually have visitors from across the world coming to enjoy the park in july and august."the ferguson fire started july 13th and has since charred more than 140 square miles.crews continue to face steep nearly inaccessible terrain and the summer heat. jim mackensen/public information officer: "we've buttoned this side up. what's going to continue now is that this fire is going to be continue to move into var

national park. the watershed is 459 square miles and controlled and managed by yosemite national park. by way of background, the act of 1913 authorized the city of san francisco to construct the water project in yosemite national park. under the raker act, san francisco is required to reimburse the national park service for the cost of inspection necessary to secure compliance with the sanitary regulations that are cited in the act. as well as the cost of roads and trail maintenance and expenses incurred to the park service. they also have an exemption for filtration of water delivered from the project to the customers. and these activities are things like stock management, waste water treatment. the park service developed a memorandum of understanding to cover the costs of the requirements in addition to funding, to enhance water quality in concert with the filtration exemption. in 2016, the board of supervisors approved a resolution authorizing a memorandum of agreement between the puc and the par

that is to national parks and state parks. you probably know, we have five national parks. what is not as well-known is we have 43 state parks. we put a lot of money into conservation efforts. the nation,irst in thank you for mentioning that, john, to have an outdoor recreation office. out of that office now we have regional summits on outdoor recreation at the local communities. we now are putting millions of dollars of grant money into local communities to help conservation easements. we work with hunters and fishermen. herds up, the sheep, the elk, fisheries are up. hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, it is extraordinarily good now, probably the best it has ever been in utah's history. here is my question, kind of leading up to, not all states are created equal. i know, rick, i don't know what your percentage of public lands are, but it is probably 5 million acres, a lot of forest you are working on. you look at colorado, they've got 18 million acres in public land. a little bit of disparity. utah is 36 million, twice as much as colorado. we are second only to brian, who h

to our national parks and our state parks, as you probably know, we have five national parks. s well known is we have 43 state parks. and we've put a lot of money into conservation efforts. we have -- we're in the first in the nation, thank you for mentioning that, john, but to have an outdoor recreation office. out of that office now, we have regional summits on outdoor recreation with the local communities. we now are putting millions of dollars of grant money into local communities to help augment conservation easements. and working with our hunters and fishermen and those organizations, we in fact have our deer herds are up. our big horned sheep is up. elk is up. our fisheries are up. the outdoor recreation experience particularly for hunting, fishing, camping, hiking is extraordinarily good now, probably the best it's ever been in utah's history. here's my question really, kind of leading up to, not all states are created equal. i know, rick, your state i don't know what your percentage of public lands are, but it is probably 5 million acres and you have a lot of forest th

and yet construction is still going on inside the national park new buildings are going up all around this homeowner claims he did everything by the book which appears to be doubtful. the state seems to be turning a blind eye while corruption among local officials is rampant says a pizza and his comrades old war veterans they are spearheading the opposition to the illegal construction. the building permits the liberty is rather dubious they say though and. all that was allowed here was the renovation a big system buildings and i'm certain that nothing more than a little house was standing here with the ability to see what. now there are eight buildings that can accommodate up to two hundred seventy tourists is the edge and if you're there you can either but. there's a pleasure. that the owner disagrees he maintains the whole village was here we've been working here for five years our quality is acknowledged we are the only ones with two five star lodgings. it's a luxury resort in the middle of a national park and with no connection to the water mains but the construction was actually

are always looking for new travel destinations so what about the legendary please visit so lakes national park in central croatia the only problem is the park isn't quite what it used to be activists say some spoiled beauty is being put at risk by tourism traffic pollution and construction and as a result unesco is threatening to remove it from its global heritage list all reports are met up with one activist who is determined to prevent that from happening. i. think it's a legs park is one of the oldest national parks in southeast europe it's so does a location for popular german westerns each a young rich lives in the area and comes here often he loves the countryside and the waterfalls. or neither of the mere thought of this is one of the most beautiful spots on this planet. a natural wonder protected by unesco brought about you know everywhere that night if you will until recently the water here was among the cleanest in the world right now the illegal building has caused so much pollution that you can't drink it or even swim in it anymore. the mikes are critically endangered as a conseque

or were supposed to hear during the introduction, the legislation that created gettysburg national military park also had an amendment a 1986, that allowed it and other places such as chickamauga and chattanooga to be used as training grounds in cases of a national emergency. these caps, however, were of short duration. with the declaration of war against germany, the chance of comfort gettysburg national military park to host a long-term and perhaps permanent military post. the town fathers would not wait for the army to come to them. they would solicit the federal government to bring the army back to gettysburg. a group of prominent citizens, including the mayor, president of the seminary and college, sent a petition to president wilson and secretary of war newton d baker, requesting that a training camp be established at gettysburg military park, citing the ample moving space and the satisfactory railroad facilities. baker and his staff are great. how many of you wondered why it is called gettysburg national military park instead of gettysburg national battlefield? now you know why. the war d

. >>> back now with the scary standoff with a wild animal in yellowstone national park. man who is lucky he wasn't injured when the animal charged, now facing charges in court. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: this bison-baiting video, the latest example of a wildlife encounter gone wrong. >> oh, no, no, no, no, no. >> reporter: the man in the road taunting this giant yellowstone bison, soon found himself in handcuffs. 55-year-old raymond reinke, arrested last night 900 miles away at glacier national park in montana. this now-viral video, joining a long list of legal trouble for reinke. his multiple run-ins with rangers started july 28th at grand national park, busted for allegedly being drunk and disorderly. then in yellowstone tuesday, reinke was cited for intoxication and harassing wildlife. then he was on to glacier, but when authorities saw this video, a warrant was issued for his arrest. >> oh, god. >> reporter: wild animals are of course, wild, and experts warn getting too close could kill you. >> these are not elsie the cow. this is a wild animal that f

service is for help finding a man who went missing inside yosemite national park. the man was last seen on july 25 at the bridgeport ranger station. that is the same day the ferguson fire started. he had planned to backpack from robinson creek to crown lake between july 25 and august 5. he is an experienced hiker. anyone who is in the area during that time should call the national park. >>> cooler temperatures will be helping fire crews over the last few days. taking a look at some of the fire zones right now and some of the current conditions, we have the carr fire temperature around 97. the ferguson fire is 93. the mendocino complex in the low to mid 90s. in temperatures but we are not talking about extreme heat. take a look at the highs cifica 59. the hotspot was antioch at 96. this looks like a summertime weather pattern. the fog is hugging our coastline south of the golden gate bridge. for half moon bay out towards pacifica, we are tracking some lingering fog. current numbers, 89 in concorde. san jose checking in at 80. you will definitely need a coat and swea

: moriguchi has come to make a case that the stories of bomb survivors-should be part of a new national park created in 2015. the manhattan project national historical park preserves three world war ii sites where the united states developed the first atomic weapons. the park service is working on new content that will be l presented atos alamos, new mexico, oak ridge tennessee and hanford. >> yese learned that it was going to become a national park and we in nagasaki are quited. worrie was it going to become a national park to express pride?> eporter: moriguchi's visit was organized by two japanese-er an professors, and joined by a college student and a film crew from nagasaki.? moriguchi, himself a teacher for 4o years-was eager to tell students at richland high school what it was ke to survive a adly bomb. >> that makes us realize that you guys are real people and that you existed. >> reporter: he tried to explain to students why he was offended by their mascot painted on the gym floor. >> people walk oit! but under the mushroom cloud people died, so it is like stepping on the graves. i c

>> it is a national park? >> it is a national park. during the gulf war, george h.w.is guy here said he was one of them. they had a tom-tom. they would beat him 24 hours a day. it drove bush to distraction inside the white house. he tried to -- i want to get rid of that nigh guy. andent all the way to court he said, what is the point of the first amendment? to get the attention of your leaders. he was so proud of the fact that he was pounding on the drum. i remember the pounding when i was going over there to cover the white house. who else? >> you remember that chapter of history that is a bit forgotten in 2011 when people were camping out in farragut square? do you think knowing the irony 1% throughoutst the city lived in lafayette square. >> at the time, the 1% weren't living there anymore. it is all office now and hotels. there's no more private houses. >> if it is a national park, does it have anything in terms of rangers or historians? >> occasionally, you will see a ranger over there. i bet that if you set up a camera, you will find one very quickly, i am told.

. >>> the national park service asking for help to find a man who disappeared inside yosemite national park. 48-year-old scott tends gar of san jose was last seen july 25 at the bridgeport ranger station the same day the ferguson fire started. he had planned to backpack from robinson creek to several other locations within the park between july 25 and august 5. you can see his photo. authorities say he is an experienced hiker. if you have any information call the national park service. >>> today is the first big commute day for the new salesforce transit center. it replace the old trans bay center the new transit center is designed to hold up in a magnitude 8 earthquake. the first buses are scheduled to arrive in fewer than two hours. the public had a chance to look at the center on saturday. the finished terminal is getting rave reviews. it is beautiful. i'm glad that the city was able to pull it together and it is a beautiful space. >> it is nice it's centered downtown. it seems really family oriented and incorporates the arts. >> the transit center offers more than just a place to g

farms that were in cuyahoga valley. >> reporter: pamela barnes is a ranger at cuyahoga valley national parkbecame a park it was farmed by generations of ohioans. but eventually the small family farms here fell into disrepair. >> the story of farming in this valley, it's part of what we're charged to pctve. and so that was the story that we needed to figure out how are we going to bring that back to life. >> reporter: today these farms are thriving again. the park developed a plan to lease the property to entrepreneurs who submitted applications. 11 are currently up and running. locals can come and fill up on baskets of produce. ♪ and a weekly farmer's market has become a gathering point for families. >> we're going to go this way. we're going to go to the fig tunnel first. then we'll go up to -- >> reporter: for many visitors this is their first time on a farm. bibbenroth requires every member of his restaurant staff to come out and see the place for themselves. >> first course is the beets. the super wide peeled slice of beet along the base of the plate. >> reporter: farming inside of a na

welcome to nairobi national park the only national park in the world that directly borders the city. if you're lucky you'll spot will debase giraffes and even there every loose of pride of lions. but looking at the land from the you notice a different kind of creature the standard gauge railway authorities say out of seven possible routes this was the best option. what we established was that all those other possible route one were going to have a lot more impact on the park because we're going to acquire more land from the national park in excess of one hundred fifty thousand. but what the option that we took was an option of building a bridge across the national we're building a bridge one hundred meter to pass for a bridge or five point eight kilometers the amount of land that bridge on the national park is zero point one zero point five one of a nickel that is half an acre of land. but environmentalist accuse the kenyan government of not following due process before construction began. well it's really a sequence of very unfortunate events starting off really very poorly planned

connor barton paid a visit to great basin national park. >> reporter: great basin national park isn'tthe way to anywhere. head to this remote stretch of nevada desert, and you could easily spend the entire day wandering the pines by yourself. but if you go home when the sun goes down, you'll have missed one of great basin's greatest attractions. as they're fond of saying, half of this park is after dark. this is what great basin looks like at night. the stars shine so brightly here because this place is so unbelievably dark. >> we're pretty rare. this is one of if not the darkest place in the lower 48. >> reporter: amy gilland iland part of a special team. >> we're the dark rangers, yes, i do love telling people i'm a dark ranger. >> reporter: the dark rangers lead nighttime programs, setting up telescopes and showing off distant galaxies to people who may be seeing them for the very first time. what's it like seeing something like this? >> it makes me think our world is so small and the galaxy out there is so big, our minds can't even imagine. >> reporter: great basin is less than 30

sunday afternoon, we sit down with national park service chief historian, to talk about her career, job and priorities for telling the nation story. she's the first woman in african-american to hold the post. the interview took place at the carter woodson home national historic site in washington, d.c. what's that at 7 pm eastern only on american history tv. >>> this weekend, c-span takes you to flashback arizona. with the help of the cabling partner, we will explore the literary live in history of flagstaff. located 80 miles south of the grand canyon. saturday at 7 pm eastern on book tv. author don lego discusses his book, grand canyon, a history of the national wonder a national park. >> a quarter of the way to the grand canyon this start about 70 miles up here at the comes another 200 miles to the west. [ audio interrupted ]

have his national park a booklet to go means for thirty hills it's one of just remaining lowland rain forests and one of the last remaining centuries for orangutans. you. can survive here then tigers elephants and all the other animals will be automatically protected to you that's why it's so important to preserve what we have here. and and continue to observe the orangutans they release into the wild for at least two years the project will only be considered a success if the animals have offspring. our hope is that the population here will become so large that can survive on their own and reproduce so that there will be a new population. long term. perhaps when she's a few years older also have a baby to show off. helping to ensure that the orangutan population in samarra continues to grow. this trace the knack comes from every gene of gemini known for its strong tradition . when you think of eating out in munich and southern germany you're most likely to think of traditional but they're in meat dishes sausages meat loaf or roast pork but here too more and more people are turning awa

new home in the bucket to go pull national park where she's now living in the wild. all the orangutans in this nature reserve were born in captivity each one with its own story. bonnie has lived in the wild for years right now she is coming back to the center regularly to show off her young son raja. when you observe an orangutan behaviors that are typical of human beings you can really see that we're closely related each animal is an individual with a different face a different character and a different speed at which they learn new things they're like one big family. veterinarian and honey how tante is going to check dora over. not only has she been losing weight she's also been having difficulties climbing. probably because she was in a fight with another orangutan and is injured. one of our staff phoned her already on the ground and. for our problem. has been open for you know. yet. the name of this national park a bookie to go to means thirty hills it's one of largest remaining lowland rain forests and one of the last remaining sanctuaries for orangutans. you. c

in his address general parks remarked quote here at gettysburg national military park we're at the very heart of military traditions. i can think of no more appropriate spot in america to plant this pine tree which will commemorate the birthplace of the tank war and which will be a testimonial to the esteem held by the tank core veterans for their former commander president eisenhower, unquote. parks also mentioned that the living memorial is located on the site of the camp headquarters. in reality the headquarters was located about a block closer to town and on the other side of the road. unfortunately a date on the plaque also was wrong. eisenhower's inauguration is on january 20th not january 2nd. the reunion came to a close that night with a banquet at hotel gettysburg and they all went home. but how did the camp come to be located on the revered gettysburg battlefield in the first place? on april 6, 1917 congress declared war on imperial germany. friday april 6th edition were the words state of war declared. the gettysburg compiler like wise announced the declaration on the front p

the bear catch at the cat my national park and preserve recorded the incident. getting in the river. then he walks to the bears. while bears remained calm, a park superintendent said they are lucky to be alive. >> they could easily have ended up as bear lunch. >> absolutely. >> bad idea. all right. the weekend is upon us. >> finally. >> it's going to get hotter than it did today. it's not going to be a widespread heat eemt. that's because the fog is sitting right near the coast so that will keep the temperatures in check. right now they're in the 50s to 70s craning range. don't expect it to last in places like antioch. i want to show you the hour by hour friend. 63 tomorrow morning. notice how quickly it heats up into theup 90, 99 degrees. it was warmer across the bay area with the exception of the coast. with the heat building, air quality is declining. heir alert in effect for tomorrow. haze because of the hot weather and smoke from the wildfires are the cause. i want to show you some of the 1340ek from our camera. watch here as the sun was getting ready to set

wolf trap national park for the performing arts is one of 417 ubts of the national park system. we are the only national parkte dedi shrivel to the performing arts. one of the visions behind this park from the very beginni is that this would be a place where people could enjoy world-class performance on stage and experience it in the beauty of nature. we showcase severals apeke aspe atural world. we have several native plant gardens that people can experience. we have 2 miles of walking eails. we h a very active friends group on the first sunday of every month. pele are able to take a guided trails.ough our native we do picnics, fall foliage. it's a great place to visit year-round. please come out and see us. >> i have to say driving here today from our station in northwest washington, it was just such a quick trip out of the city. got from our station to here in just over 20 minutes. it was really nice. as we take a look at the weather cast, that's also really nice. thpecially after all of the rain atweesvet wye.ar h on recoadrd. we're looking at some gorgeous weather tomorrow t

overallart of the all ofl park service -- the circles are also national park service properties. entity from the park service portion that takes care of the mall. to you have anything there about hush money being paid in lafayette park? is someoneest fear is going to come up and say, you mean, you didn't know about the hush money? i don't know the hush money story. wires oney found bernard's bench. that led to some speculation that he was being wiretapped. other people thought it was part of the anti-gay thing to collect evidence. >> apparently, cash was paid off during watergate -- >> oh. shew. the next book, next edition -- >> you sure you weren't paid off to not put that in there? [laughter] >> i wish i had known that. it would have been front and center. something,lse has just don't tell me. i spent 36 years. [laughter] >> forward to this book is written by john kelly, the great washington post local columnist, central columnist. he has a thing about squirrels. he spends a lot of time in the forward to the book talking about squirrels in the park. it is fabulous. it is worth b

of the 61st infantry do not molest in any ways the monuments, trees, et cetera, of gettysburg national park. i personally hold this park to be sacred and through the battalion and company commanders to see that this nuisance is abated. this regiment already has four noncommissioned officers on duty in the park to assist the park police in regulating the conduct of the soldiers, unquote. now, what nuisance was he talk willing about? well, i want you to picture tens of thousands of young men. how young were soldiers? 18, 19, 20, 21. away from home. farm boys, a lot of them, some cities boys. away from home for the first time. alcohol is not permitted in camp but it's permitted in town, even though the camp commanders put prohibition on officers drinking in uniform, but they still got it. the nuisance is you've got the devil's den, go up the towers and you'll see beer bottles, liquor bottles everywhere. what else do young men like? this is being broadcast on c-span but that's a capable-e cable network so i can say this. they want to have their personal needs fulfilled. since gettysburg is a to

with the closure they've had to find i have to work for national park workers while others decided thee gateway communities around the parks are also taking a hit. hotels in mariposa are barely seeing guests. >> we're seeing a drop in occupancy by at least 60 to 70%. we're generally full this time of the year. and we're seeing occupancies in 30% range if not lower during our peak season. >> the cost of fighting this peyer is continuing the rise. fire officials say it's now more at $90 million. firefighters are back burning and restoring old fire lines to prevent the fire from spreading further into the park. >> we're working as best we can with the resources that we have to manage this. but mother nature has taken its course, and we've needed to adapt to it. >> park rangers are evaluating the roads every day they say they want to make sure the roads are safe from fire and falling trees before they reopen to visitors. in fish camp, natalie granda, abc 7 news. >>> i want to show you some stunning video from italy. at least one person was killed and 70 injured. watch now in an accident on