The Prairie Killers
This episode focuses on the ranchers of the Great Plains who continue their systematic destruction of wildlife, though such killing is considered by ecologists to be no longer necessary for the protection of livestock.
Will The Gator Glades Survive?
A visit to the Florida Everglades reveals how that famed wildlife region is now threatened with destruction because of man’s tampering with the natural water system.
The Chain of Life
This, the final episode in the series was more of major issues. Is the public outcry against environmental abuses bringing any results? And a look at some trends toward more intelligent use of natural resources.
Santa Barbara–
Everybody’s
Mistake
This program examines the controversial 1969 off-shore oil leak near Santa Barbara and demonstrates how the blame belongs not only to the oil companies, but to government, scientific, and civic parties as well.
The Slow Death of the Desert Water
This episode is an exploration of Anaho Island in Pyramid Lake, Nevada, where man's interference with nature has had disastrous effects on pelicans, trout, and a rare primitive desert fish known as cui-ui.
Of Broccoli and Pelicans and Celery and Seals
Tragic effects can result when pesticides creep into nature's food chain. Concerns the demise of a major brown pelican flock and the unnatural behavior of seals on the channel islands near Santa Barbara, CA.
Prudhoe Bay — Or Bust!
Covers the (then-)proposed Alaskan oil pipeline (completed in 1977) and its possible effects on the teeming life of the frozen tundra.
The Water Is So Clear, That A Blind Man Could See
The title refers to Blue Lake near Taos, NM, where Taos Indians won a long battle to have their sacred land returned to them by the U.S. Aired just weeks before Congress acted to restore the land to the Indians, this examines the relationship of the Taos people to their land.
