Grand Canyon to Hearst Ranch is the true story of the charismatic and dynamic conservationist, Harriet Hunt Burgess.  Inspired by her first breathtaking trip in the Grand Canyon, Burgess dedicated her life to saving land for future generations.  Her story focuses attention on two critical issues:  (1) the fight to save the environment from the growing threats of climate change and the uncertainty of government protection and (2) women’s roles and rights in society.

Beginning in the 1970s, Harriet Burgess persevered through four decades—overcoming daunting obstacles and taking extraordinary risks—to conserve hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the American West.  Without Burgess, iconic and irreplaceable landscapes like the Lake Tahoe region and the California coast would be much different today.  As Harriet Burgess once explained, “The land we save is our legacy.  It’s what we give to our children.”