THE NATIONAL PARKS:
AMERICA'S BEST IDEA
A six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan.
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Filmed over the course of more than six years at some
of nature's most spectacular locales -- from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska -- THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background rich
and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists;
natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs;
people who were willing to devote themselves to saving
some precious portion of the land they loved, and in
doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full
meaning of democracy.
It is a story full of struggle and conflict, high ideals
and crass opportunism, stirring adventure and enduring
inspiration set against the most breathtaking backdrops
imaginable.
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