Three programs on the natural wonders of Australia, covering the Great Barrier Reef, the Australian Alps, Daintree, Lord Howe Island, Shark Bay, King's Canyon, Flinders Ranges, Lake Eyres, Kakadu, the Blue Mountains, and Lamington's primeval rainforest. From ancient, misty forests to canyons that conceal secrets from the age of dinosaurs, from pristine lakes to majestic peaks, and from sophisticated cities to some of the world's greatest wilderness...

Portrays the wetlands food chain, showing how all forms of life, from the mud at the bottom of the marsh to the birds in the sky, are directly connected to their marsh home.

The history of the Everglades is a dramatic yet little known story of humanity's attempt to conquer nature. This program, told through the lives of a handful of colorful and resolute characters, explores the repeated efforts to reclaim, control and transform what was seen as a vast wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, and, ultimately, the drive to preserve America's greatest wetland.

A lonely girl finds a friend when she and her grandfather rescue a wounded crane.

Master of the moor: As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. Stephen finds no refuge when D.I. Manciple--a rude outsider, unwelcome in the village of Vangmoor--targets him as the prime suspect. Vanity dies hard: In the town of Salstead, the lives of two friends seem to take different trajectories....

Documented are the natural resources of an 18-square mile section of the coastal wetlands and dunes in southern San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties. Also identified are the uses those resources receive, the problems affecting them, and recommendations for their conservation. The report is intended as a guide for planners, administrators, and all others concerned with the conservation of the area.