Kevin Costner Opens Up About His New Docuseries

Kevin Costner has opened up about the mission behind his new docuseries.

It’s called “Yellowstone to Yosemite,” and it’s airing on Fox Nation. “Kevin Costner retraces Roosevelt and Muir’s historic 1903 journey through Yosemite, uncovering Native American heritage and the expedition’s role in preserving America’s natural treasures,”“Part of what I wanted to get across in the documentary was that at that time you could declare that something was protected, like Yellowstone, but we didn’t have in place anything that was designed to protect it,” Costner explained in the interview with Garden & Gun.

“Those early parks were still being overrun because they could not be watched carefully, and the nature of man is to take what he can, even if there’s a fence or a sign.”

“Yosemite is worthy of talking about because at the time these places were not being protected. It was a time where America wasn’t thinking environmentally. We were thinking more and more and more of everything. America was like the Garden of Eden,” Costner added in the interview.What’s disturbing is there are probably more environmentally aware people now than ever on the planet, yet we’re still on the brink with everything,” he said.

“We never thought an ocean could be exhausted, but they’re not fishing for salmon off the coast of California for the first time in 15,000 years. I mean, what’s going on? We’re fighting each other, debating things that are right in front of our eyes,” he told Garden & Gun.“I take my boys hunting, I take them fishing and diving. I don’t get as much of it as I want, but I take all I can get,” he told Garden & Gun. “I’m leaving at midnight on a flight to Cuba and I’m going to be diving for eight days on a historical ship I’ve been researching. I want to resurrect the story of what may have happened here.”

He noted: “When you go camping, the first thing you realize is that you have to do things yourself. The second is that what happens is the environment starts to tell you what to do. If it’s cold, you put a jacket on. If it’s hot, you take it off. If you want a fire, you have to build it.”