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Critically acclaimed children’s author Jonah Winter reimagines a true story from 1987. The small Long Island town of Islip has a big problem - 3,168 tons of garbage and no place to put it! So workers pile the smelly refuse on a large barge, hire a tug boat, and send the stuff south to find a final resting place. But as the barge travels from North Carolina to New Orleans and from Mexico to Belize - nobody wants Islip’s rotting mountain of garbage.

Zoe, Harvey and Lassie try to stop Samantha and Nick exploring an old gold mine whose access has been re-opened following an earthquake. Zoe and Lassie end up trapped with Samantha at the bottom of the mine. Here Samantha confesses that she had come in search of a stolen statue to save her father's honor.

Harvey enters a science competition and comes up against Samantha whose project has as its centerpiece a family diamond. When the diamond disappears, Lassie becomes the suspect. Fortunately her friends, and Harvey's ingenious invention, save the day!

Zoe's beloved aunt Kim is passing through the valley and surprises Zoe by taking her camping with Harvey and Lassie. On the way, Zoe insists they set up camp higher in the mountains to be closer to the stars. Kim acquiesces on the condition that the children take great care because the trail to the new destination can be perilous. After a night under the stars, Kim is bitten by a snake.

Graham has to take the helicopter out to search for a reckless snowboarder in danger and, because Graham has promised to spend the afternoon with his daughter, Zoe and Lassie set out with him. While the rescue mission is not what she expected of the afternoon, Zoe discovers her inner sense of duty, like a true ranger, when, alongside Lassie, they pull off the rescue together.

Zoe and Harvey are amazed to discover a rare baby white buffalo in the park. The animal's presence has to be kept secret to protect it, but when they realize they have accidentally put two poachers on the buffalo's trail, Zoe and Harvey set out to make amends by preventing the scoundrels from capturing it. And to do this, they can always count on their closest ally: Lassie!

When a mysterious epidemic breaks out in the park, Zoe is determined to find out as fast as possible what has caused it so that Lassie and other animals don't fall ill. Zoe soon loses patience with Harvey's scientific approach and his insistence on seeking out proof.

Zoe, Harvey, Graham, Beth and Lassie are forced to interrupt their hike on the valley glacier when they notice that its peak is in danger of collapsing. Later, when Lassie notices Beth's car parked at the foot of the glacier, Harvey realizes that his mother has been hiding something from him. Despite the danger, he sets out to look for her with Zoe and Lassie.

While helping establish a new nature preserve on the edge of the Park, Zoe, Harvey and Lassie meet the scientist, Doctor Dudley, an eccentric recluse who has recently moved to the valley. Convinced the whole scheme is a fraud, the doctor is reticent about the project and refuses to sell his land to the environmental organization behind the nature preserve.

When Lassie spectacularly rescues a herd of escaped zebras, a circus director is so impressed by her performance that he insists that Lassie join his troupe. Naturally, he comes up against Zoe's refusal: Lassie is not a circus animal; she is a member of the family. When her beloved Lassie disappears, Zoe is convinced that the circus director is behind the disappearance.

Zoe and Harvey set out to investigate theft from the park archaeological site. The pair soon finds themselves in big danger and Lassie is faced with a huge dilemma when she finds she cannot save both of them. Lassie has to use great cunning and aplomb to save the kids from their predicament while also putting a stop to the thefts.

While Harvey is on vacation in the Caribbean for the winter, Zoe has to help her father to secure the park before the arrival of a blizzard. When Zoe leaves the rangers' station to save a wolf-cub, she becomes trapped in the snow storm. Fortunately, Harvey is never far away and Lassie, as ever, is there to help.

After Lassie wards off a dangerous wolf attack, Graham asks the kids to take care and avoid the park for the time being. But when Zoe, Harvey and Lassie discover an injured fox in her yard, she understands the fox has come seeking help. Zoe decides to follow the fox despite the danger.

Today is Halloween! Zoe seizes on the opportunity to prove to her mother how grown-up and responsible she is by chaperoning Mrs. Lee's niece on her trick-or-treat trip to the neighboring town alongside Harvey and Lassie. Zoe and Harvey are soon overwhelmed by the little girl's unpredictable behavior and soon lose track of her! Fortunately, Lassie is on hand to save the day.

After Lassie helps a young horse-rider to control her unruly mustang, Zoe and Sarah take her in as the horse rests up. But when two brothers turn up in the valley in search of their stolen mustang -presumed culprit: a young girl- Zoe realizes it's her new-found friend, who has now suddenly disappeared. Lassie encourages Zoe to listen to her heart and our heroic trio sets off in search of the girl.

Now that Zoe and Harvey are old enough to take part in the Grand Mountain treasure hunt to celebrate the founding of the park, they are determined to win the race with Lassie's help. While Zoe shows her headstrong nature by turning down her mother's help, doubt soon sets in when her big rival, Samantha, somehow manages to stay one step ahead of our heroes on each challenge.

Olive and her father listen as Zoe relates how she and Lassie were trapped by a forest fire after Harvey had left them to seek help. While young Lassie demonstrated her extraordinary devotion to help the young Zoe from her predicament, our heroine once more demonstrates her mettle when Olive's puppy gets lost in the park and Zoe is called upon to find it.

It's Harvey's birthday and his mother offers him his maiden flight in a hot-air balloon. Of course, Harvey instantly thinks to invite Zoe along to share his dream-come-true! While Harvey is over the moon, Zoe is afraid and she shares her fear of flying with Lassie. She cannot however bring herself to confess her fear to Harvey and runs away just before take-off.