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Sources/Further Reading:
Robert W. Righter - The Battle over Hetch Hetchy: tinyurl.com/5hf86r2r
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn: tinyurl.com/3c6c8cbn
Yellowstone Act: tinyurl.com/598e5h9p
Yosemite Grant: tinyurl.com/5n5bjte9
NPS - Hutchings: tinyurl.com/2s59ybad
Hutchings' Journal: tinyurl.com/5n96tsdb
Hutchings - Yosemite: tinyurl.com/bprpdn2
Hutchings' Magazine: tinyurl.com/m2w2uxx7
tinyurl.com/3yc8vx7s
NPS - Muir: tinyurl.com/25569n5h
Muir - The Yosemite: tinyurl.com/54am2xys
NEH - Muir/Pinchot: tinyurl.com/4pktae3z
Forest History Society - Pinchot: tinyurl.com/ye9ju8hn
NMFSH - Forest Reserves: tinyurl.com/ycy8th3k
Muir - Hetch Hetchy: tinyurl.com/ystvtjsp
NPS - Hetch Hetchy Timeline: tinyurl.com/2uxckr7j
SF Earthquake: tinyurl.com/yck26ake
Freeman Report: tinyurl.com/e2yz9hu4
Raker Act: tinyurl.com/5bh2ha4h
NPS Organic Act: tinyurl.com/27p95ww5
NPS - Olympic: tinyurl.com/yc77c97z
NPS - Glacier: tinyurl.com/5n8suvd6
JSTOR Daily - Grand Canyon: tinyurl.com/3c2s298a
Great Smoky Mountains: jstor.org/stable/41445620
tinyurl.com/43uyzexn
Richard Preston - The Wild Trees: tinyurl.com/3zmvf2rr

Illustrations:
JR Browne: tinyurl.com/2uztajet
LOC: tinyurl.com/4e73v8y7
USF: tinyurl.com/2m3bvpfz
Harper's Magazine: tinyurl.com/255mxwch
Muir's Sketches: tinyurl.com/mvrr84x5
tinyurl.com/39mtxcjs
Yosemite Collection: tinyurl.com/57mv6k3c
tinyurl.com/ecyfcerp
Bierstadt - Looking Down Yosemite Valley
Bierstadt - Study for The Hetch Hetchy Valley
Bierstadt - Hetch Hetchy Canyon
William Keith - Hetch Hetchy Side Canyon
James Baker Pyne - The Aqueduct at Arricia, Near Rome
Muir Cartoon: tinyurl.com/mttk4nxh

Maps:
David Rumsey: tinyurl.com/yc328289
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LOC: tinyurl.com/yr8xjexb
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Lake Eleanor: tinyurl.com/3ceyypyc

Photos:
Sierra Club: tinyurl.com/3j5b227w
LOC: tinyurl.com/55vy6f94
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USFS: tinyurl.com/4bxsef8d
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NPS: tinyurl.com/3etkvmy9
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UOP: tinyurl.com/yzxh6mj9
National Archives: tinyurl.com/yck26ake
UC: tinyurl.com/5fwtx5px
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Documents:
Sierra Club: loc.gov/item/03022601
Earthquake Report: tinyurl.com/4yt2phat
Pamphlets: tinyurl.com/6339fmyv
tinyurl.com/2sj7389j
catalog.archives.gov/id/7268060
catalog.archives.gov/id/7268075
catalog.archives.gov/id/7268069
tinyurl.com/mpzr64sp
loc.gov/item/tmp93000846
Hearing: tinyurl.com/y45z7vds

Articles:
Gold: tinyurl.com/4ux6mbvy
Muir: tinyurl.com/bch7yj2v
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Spring Valley: tinyurl.com/4cwb4m7t
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Legal Battle: tinyurl.com/5ek6az9p
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Construction: tinyurl.com/ycxt3evh
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Elwha: tinyurl.com/5abt7cty
Restoration: tinyurl.com/y9x4w986
tinyurl.com/23jw8baz
tinyurl.com/yufanufn
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0:00 Intro
0:30 1. GOLD
1:47 Yosemite
4:05 sponsor
6:06 Muir
9:05 Pinchot
11:19 San Francisco
13:44 Hetch Hetchy
15:32 2. WATER
16:24 The Disaster
17:09 The Legal Battle
20:07 The Big Red Book
21:26 The Desision
22:58 Muir/Pinchot - reprise
23:27 San Francisco - reprise
26:57 3. SPECIAL PLACES
30:41 Water - reprise
32:06 Hetch Hetchy - reprise