Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild poster

Basic Info

First Air: September 03, 2013

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 2

Last Episode

Name: We Live with the Land

Season: 1, Episode: 2

Air Date: 2013-09-03

Runtime: 56 min

The second segment includes locations in Montana, Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa.

Videos

The Great Plains - America's Lingering Wild (YouTube)

Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild

2013 1 seasons 2 episodes

Overview

Nature photographer Michael Forsberg examines the remaining “wildness” in the Great Plains of North America. Featuring stunning imagery, the program is based on Forsberg’s book of the same name. Less than 200 years ago, the Great Plains was one of the greatest grassland ecosystems on Earth, stretching nearly a million square miles down the heart of the continent. The prairie was a place of constant motion, shaped by an unforgiving cycle of the seasons. Huge numbers of bison, elk, pronghorn, deer, prairie dogs, prairie wolves and even grizzlies were common. There were massive migrations of birds and fish. But as America grew, and the land was settled and tamed, the wildness began disappearing. Today the Great Plains is a fragile and threatened ecosystem, home to a variety of wildlife and habitats. In this documentary, Forsberg examines the wildlife and native landscapes that remain, exploring the current condition of the plains.