Discovering Alabama
Discovering Alabama is an ongoing series of educational videos created and hosted by Doug Phillips which covers a range of topics related to Alabama's natural history. The series debuted in 1985 on Alabama Public Television and more than 65 episodes have been produced to date. The series is jointly produced by the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the University of Alabama in cooperation with the Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio. Additional sponsors have included the Alabama Wildlife Federation and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
While enjoyed by general audiences, the series is primarily aimed at supplementing K-12 education. To that end, many episodes are accompanied by lesson plans and other classroom materials. In addition to natural history and geography, the series promotes the appreciation of wilderness and natural systems as resources worthy of protection.
Phillips hosts each show in the role of tour guide, leading viewers on hikes, canoe trips and other excursions into Alabama's natural places. Often individuals working to conserve or manage those resources are interviewed on camera.
The program is regularly broadcast on Alabama Public Television and episodes are available on VHS and DVD by mail order, or on iTunes.
Programs
- Mobile-Tensaw Delta
- Mount Cheaha/Talladega National Forest
- Cahaba River
- Southeast Alabama/Wiregrass Region
- Talladega National Forest/Oakmulgee Division
- Guntersville State Park
- Coastal Alabama I: Natural Diversity
- Coastal Alabama II: Environmental Issues
- Tannehill Historical State Park
- Little River Canyon
- Caves of Alabama
- Oak Mountain State Park
- Locust Fork River
- Moundville
- Alabama Natural Diversity
- Geological History of Alabama
- Red-cockaded woodpecker
- Cahaba River watershed
- A Walk in the Woods
- Alabama Forests
- Dauphin Island
- Black Warrior River
- Sipsey Wilderness
- Village Creek
- Wildlife History
- Red Hills salamander
- Horse Pens 40
- Alabama Adventure
- Longleaf pine
- Longleaf ecosystem
- Wetumpka impact crater
- Alabama trees
- Native American Festival
- Arboretums
- Mobile River Basin
- Fort Morgan
- Fort Toulouse/Jackson
- Sipsey River Swamp
- Forever Wild
- Dugger Mountain Wilderness
- Earth Day
- Tuscaloosa County
- Alabama soils
- Forest history
- Forest issues
- Night hike
- Alabama wetlands
- Alabama rivers
- Bear Creek watershed
- Alabama Black Belt I
- Alabama Black Belt II
- Discovering our heritage
- Lee County
- Covington County
- Wildlife rescuers
- Tracks across time
- National Forests in Alabama
- Little River Canyon National Preserve
- Weeks Bay
- Project Community
- Invasive plants
- Alabama trails
- Flint River
- White-tailed deer
- Delta revisit
- Nature and the arts
- Alabama in space
- Alabama bats
External links
- Discovering Alabama website
- Discovering Alabama at iTunes