Clemson Forest (Pt.1) - The Value of Suburban Woodland

How important is your suburban woodland, even your backyard to the ecology of the continent and the globe? The Clemson Experimental Forest is over 17,000 acres of woodland and pastoral agricultural land surrounded by a suburban and agricultural landscape in the piedmont of South Carolina. It doesn't boast lofty summits, towering waterfalls or rushing rivers but it does contain a world-class diversity of plants and animals that is difficult to surpass in the highly modified piedmont landscape. Join Patrick as he explores this remarkable working forest to in search of vibrant neo-tropical migrant songbirds, shorebirds, rare woodland plants and other strange and seldom seen inhabitants of a forest ecosystem that is not that different from your own backyard