California's Golden Coast
Huell Howser takes viewers up and down California's 1,100 miles of coastline, looking at its breathtaking beauty, the challenges it faces, and some of the people and organizations working hard to protect and preserve it.
- 2003-2004
- 1 season
- PBS
- Documentary
Huell Howser takes viewers up and down California's 1,100 miles of coastline, looking at its breathtaking beauty, the challenges it faces, and some of the people and organizations working hard to protect and preserve it.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2003 - 2004
Episode 1
Crissy Field
Wed, Jan 15, 2003 28 mins
Huell learns about Crissy Field at Presidio of San Francisco. Once an Army airfield and site of important aviation advances, it's now part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area and has been transformed into a magnificent shoreline park.
Episode 2
Paradise Creek
Wed, Feb 5, 2003 25 mins
Huell travels inland from Sweetwater Marsh on San Diego Bay to go to Paradise Creek Educational Park in National City. Thanks to local grade-schoolers this once-polluted creek is now a beautiful public park and outdoor science classroom.
Episode 3
Ocean Institute
Wed, Mar 5, 2003
Huell goes to Dana Point's Ocean Institute, a non-profit founded in 1977 dedicated to ocean preservation through education used as a hands-on laboratory for schoolchildren to learn about marine science and maritime history.
Episode 4
Guadalupe Dunes
Wed, Apr 2, 2003 27 mins
Huell explores the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, the state's second largest coastal dune complex. He goes to both Oso Flaco Natural Area State Park and the National Wildlife Refuge with representatives from Dunes Center and US Fish and Wildlife.
Episode 5
Anacapa
Wed, Apr 23, 2003 26 mins
Huell explores a special part of the state's coast on Anacapa Island in Channel Islands National Park. Ringed by steep cliffs, it has unique wildflowers and protected breeding areas for marine mammals, brown pelicans and western gulls.
Episode 6
Moss Landing
Wed, Apr 30, 2003 27 mins
After an overnight stay in Moss Landing at Monterey Bay, Huell takes a safari boat tour of the harbor and Elkhorn Slough. This large tidal salt marsh is teeming with life including otters, seals, sea lions, and nearly 300 bird species.
Episode 7
Mendocino Botanical Gardens
Wed, Sep 24, 2003 27 mins
Huell tours Fort Bragg's Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, the only public gardens in the continental US directly on the coast. Its 47 acres of botanical bliss set within coastal pines have diverse flora, a retail nursery and garden shop.
Episode 8
Coastwalk
Wed, Oct 15, 2003 27 mins
Huell meets members of Coastwalk and learns about their goal to create the California Coastal Trail, a single 1,200-mile trail along the state's entire coast from Oregon to Mexico. He gets a firsthand look at portions of existing trails.
Episode 9
Lanphere Dunes
Wed, Jan 28, 2004 27 mins
Huell tours Lanphere Dunes in Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge on the north coast by Arcata. The refuge protects wetlands and migratory bird habitats. The dunes are one of the few pristine dune ecosystems remaining on the West Coast.