Talking about landscapes and preservation and sort of how preservation unexpectedly changes the places that we set aside as parks or other protected. The intention here is really not only to sort of understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces, but then also to make the process of preservation more visible, to make easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but sort of more importantly, why they changed over time. Because most of us, when we think about preservation, we think about some things staying the same, and yet preservation actually things. So thats really kind of the focus were going to aim at today. And im going to manage this. So there we go. So in the context of of open space lands here in the u. S. , were often there sort of this presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect the landscape. And we even see, you know, the the mini series by ken burns from a ways back on National Parks that was called am
Talking about landscapes and preservation and sort of how preservation unexpectedly changes the places that we set aside as parks or other protected. The intention here is really not only to sort of understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces, but then also to make the process of preservation more visible, to make easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but sort of more importantly, why they changed over time. Because most of us, when we think about preservation, we think about some things staying the same, and yet preservation actually things. So thats really kind of the focus were going to aim at today. And im going to manage this. So there we go. So in the context of of open space lands here in the u. S. , were often there sort of this presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect the landscape. And we even see, you know, the the mini series by ken burns from a ways back on National Parks that was called am
Celebrate its centennial in 2016. And the ideas of people like theodore roosevelt, john muir, george catlin, carter watkins, which is some of the names recognized for their contributions to creating americas best idea. National park service. Yet its the name olmstead that is often left off the despite the positive generational impacts of the olmsteds. And more recently we have been reminded of their contributions. The necessary of role necessary role of parks in public spaces during a devastating pandemic with a need to spotlight olmstead legacy. The commissioned a comprehensive study led ethan and ralph and laura meier three incredible authors to better understand these remarkable spanning from the monumental of the yosemite report and the organic act, which helped to create the National Park service to enduring conservation efforts to the expanse of design work within park service itself. This report produced a robust of research on the design and planning work of frederick olmsted,
Protected. The intention here is really not only to sort of understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces, but then also to make the process of preservation more visible, to make easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but sort of more importantly, why they changed over time. Because most of us, when we think about preservation, we think about some things staying the same, and yet preservation actually things. So thats really kind of the focus were going to aim at today. And im going to manage this. So there we go. So in the context of of open space lands here in the u. S. , were often there sort of this presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect the landscape. And we even see, you know, the the mini series by ken burns from a ways back on National Parks that was called americas best idea, which is actually taken from a quote from wall stegner that, you know, natural spaces that have trails and sort of height
Truly informed, every public fries. Get informed straight from the source on cspan unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Because the opinion that matters most is your own. This is what democracy looks like there cspan, powered by cable. I am delighted to move us to our second panel, olmsted junior, the Conservation Movement in state and National Parks and we are lucky to have lauren meier, history and Landscape Architect serving as both moderator and kickoff speaker for this event. Lorren has a longstanding relationship with the olmsteds, having edited the master list of Design Projects which i just mentioned as well as parts of the papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, a mere 12 volumes, thousands and thousands of pages. Of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic site as well. And with that, welcome, lauren. Thank you, deedee. And if i can figure out the technology here, im going to pull up the next. My. I might need i made the someone. I mi