National Parks

Christmas Gifts 2009: The Most Beautiful Books Of The Year

Lena Tabori | Posted 12.08.2009 | Books

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Lena Tabori

All of these books are exquisitely made -- designed and produced with passion and creativity. None are boring, nothing to pick up and put down. Each will leave you different than you were before.

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Pine Beetles Diverting Money From Camp Sites In National Forests

The Aspen Times | Matt Joyce | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Shoshone, Rocky Mountains, White River, Pine Beetle, Wyoming, Roosevelt, National Parks, Routt, Forest Service, Colorado, Arapahoe, Denver News

CHEYENNE, Wyo. Some national forests in Wyoming are trimming their budgets, including possible campground closures, as the regional U.S. Forest Servic...

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Do We Really Know How Much It Costs to Shoe a Horse?

Gov. Dick Lamm | Posted 11.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Immigration, Economic Growth, Environment, Sustainability, Immigration Reform, Population Growth, National Parks, Denver News
Gov. Dick Lamm

Does immigration help our health care system? Will doubling our population help us build a more fair and just America? Do you want an America of one billion people?

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The Obama Family's Best Nature Moments (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Grand Canyon, Obama Martha's Vineyard, Michelle Obama, Yellowstone, Slidepoll, Nature, One Year Later, Obama Family, Hawaii, Obama One Year Later, Barack Obama, National Parks, Martha's Vineyard, Green News

As part of HuffPost's One Year Later series where we take stock of what's happened since Obama was elected, we've complied this fun slideshow of the O...

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Single-Eyed Vision

Robert Koehler | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Peace Circles, Environmentalism, Cooperation, Power, Indigenous People, National Parks, Chicago, Politics News
Robert Koehler

For all our material progress, for all our ability to dominate just about anything or anyone we encounter -- this is our history, our manifest destiny -- things are falling apart in every sector of society.

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America's Best Idea

Edward J. Murray | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: God in Nature, PBS Documentaries, Finding Inspiration in Nature, Ken Burns, National Parks, Entertainment News
Edward J. Murray

Few things attract people to move to a new community like beautiful parks. If there is such a thing as "secular religion" in America, our parks are its chapels.

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Tell Your Senators to Save Our National Parks From Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Wyoming, Saguaro, Wildlands, Biogems, Wildlife, Cap and Trade, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Teddy Roosevelt, Rocky Mountains, Grand Tetons, Sudden Aspen Decline, Western Us, John Muir, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey, Glacier National Park, Climate Legislation, Joshua Tree, Ken Burns, Global Warming, National Parks, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Glacier National Park could lose all its glaciers, Joshua Tree National Park all its Joshua trees and Saguaro National Park all its saguaros, according to a new report on climate change from NRDC.

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Tell Your Senators to Protect Our National Parks From Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Grand Tetons, Ken Burns, Joshua Tree, Climate Change, Glacier National Park, National Parks, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Ken Burns National Parks, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, National Park Service Organic Act, Green News
Frances Beinecke

But despite our country's valiant efforts to protect these iconic lands, the national parks are now facing the most powerful threat in their history -- global warming.

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9 National Parks In Danger (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Denali, Rocky Mountains, Glaciers, Yellowstone, Acadia National Park, Melting Glaciers, Ken Burns National Parks, Habitat-Distruction, Sustainability, Everglades, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Zion National Park, Ken Burns, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Joshua Tree, Global Warming, National Parks, Ellis Island, Slideshow, Slidepoll, Green News

In light of Ken Burns' documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea and a recent report that lists "National Parks in Peril," we're featuring 9...

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Ken Burns' National Parks: What's Your Favorite Rocky Mountain Park? (PHOTOS, VOTE)

Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Great Sand Dunes National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Slidepoll, Ken Burns National Parks, Arizona, Wyoming, Yosemite National Park, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado, Utah, Rocky Mountain National Park, Ken Burns National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Ken Burns, Us National Parks, National Parks, Arches National Park, Denver, Denver News

Ken Burns has created yet another cinematic masterpiece with "National Parks: America's Best Idea" which chronicles the history of the United States n...

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Reflections on The National Parks Series and Reform

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Cruelty, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Ken Burns, Pbs, National Parks, Factory Farms, Humane Society of the United States, Animals, Green News
Wayne Pacelle

Over time, I am confident that most of the people who stand in the way of moral progress will be forgotten, just like most of the individuals who stood in the way of John Muir and Steven Mather.

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A Desperate Need for Nature

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Pennsylvania, National Parks, Nature, Crickets, Living News
Maria Rodale

Snuggled under all my soft and comfy organic bedding, I am feeling all warm and wonderful, while the air in the room is sweet, cool, and so refreshing. It's an elixir that is priceless.

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Green News Report: September 29, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green

Read More: United Nations Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Ken Burns, Climate Change, Green News, Green News Report, Chamber of Commerce, National Parks, Global Warming, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In today's audio report: The long, long road to Copenhagen; An end to government support for fossil fuels; your national parks, 'America's Best Idea.'

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Vilsack Indicates Openness To Colorado Exception To Roadless Rule

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 11.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Clinton, Colorado Roadless, Hayman Fire, Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, Wildfires, George W. Bush, National Parks, Denver News

DENVER -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday gave the strongest indication to date that the draft of Colorado's roadless rule, which all...

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Best Government Dollar Spent: The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hawaii, White House, President Obama, Old Faithful, Washington, Interstate Highway System, Park, Olympic, Colorado, Obama, Denver, Capitol Reef, Dc, Mountains, Montana, National Monument, Joshua Tree, West, Nps, Colorado River, Death Valley, National Park System, Flyover Country, National Parks, Great Sand Dunes, America's Best Idea, Badwater Basin, Alaska, Burns, Pbs, Grand Tetons, Geyser, White Sands, The National Parks America's Best Idea, National Park Service, Barack Obama, Idaho, Denali, National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon, Chris Weigant, Hot Springs, Ken Burns, Wyoming, Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Documentary, Utah, Volcano, National Park, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I encourage everyone, no matter what part of these United States you live in (or even if you live elsewhere), to take a "trip out West" at some point in your life. Get in a car, and go explore everything west of Denver.

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Q&A: Ken Burns on Climate Change, Wolf Hunting and Why Yellowstone Isn't "Geyser World"

Scott Dodd | Posted 11.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Grizzly Bears, Pbs, Ken Burns, Yellowstone, Wolves, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Wilderness, National Parks, Wildlife, Bison, Pine Beetle, Climate Change, Green News
Scott Dodd

"The national parks are the first time in human history that land has been set aside -- not for kings or noblemen or the very rich -- but for everybody, and for all time," Burns said.

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What a Wonderful Week!

Carl Pope | Posted 11.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Pbs, Sierra Club, John Muir, Ken Burns, National Parks, Green News
Carl Pope

The Sierra Club is devoting this entire week to helping use America's Best Idea to build a new generation of activists for the national parks.

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Best Idea: See for Yourself What's Worth Saving

Susan Smartt | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Education, Conservation, Second Century Commission, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, National Parks, Green News
Susan Smartt

Instilling in our children a strong personal connection to our National Parks can be a catalyst for life-long conservation and stewardship.

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Burns' PBS National Parks: Wonders For All to Behold

Bill Mann | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Yosemite, Yellowstone, Peter Coyote, John Muir, Ken Burns, Pbs, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, National Parks, Entertainment News
Bill Mann

Burns' 12-hour, 6-part series, aptly named, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, starts Sunday night on PBS and runs all next week. You should try to watch it in hi-def, but do watch it.

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National Parks: America's Best Idea

Allison Rockefeller | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Pbs, Grand-Tetons, Dayton Duncan, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Documentaries, The Civil War, Ken Burns, National Parks, Movies, New York News
Allison Rockefeller

Welcome to your American inheritance: 84 million acres comprising 58 national parks, with 333 historic monuments, seashores, and battlefields.

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Ken Burns' "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" Documentary For PBS

nytimes.com | MIKE HALE | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

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Ken Burns's new opus for public television, a six-night history of America's national parks, contains quite a bit of contemporary footage -- more than...

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Burns, Baby, Burns

Kathryn McGarr | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Ken-Burns-Documentary, Central Park, National Parks, Ken Burns, Mary Travers, Carole King, Alison Krauss, Peter Paul and Mary, New York News
Kathryn McGarr

At the concert in Central Park Wednesday night, Ken Burns was inspiring -- and used words like "apotheosis" and "inexorable," just to see if we were paying attention -- and was his usual energetic, charming self.

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Ken Burns' New National Parks Documentary Starts Slowly, But Gets Better

Levi Novey | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

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Levi Novey

I suspect those who only watch the first few episodes will be teetering on the edge of boredom. Those who stay around longer, or just cherry-pick an episode to watch among the later ones will end up much more excited and satisfied.

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Unfinished Business in Our National Parks

Will Rogers | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Pbs, National Park Service, Inholdings, Ken Burns, National Parks, Acadia-National-Park, Golden Gate National Park, Point Reyes, Wallace Stegner, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Green News
Will Rogers

"America's best idea" still isn't complete. If we don't grow the system, we risk loving to death the parks that we have.

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America's Best Idea

Carl Pope | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Public Land, National Parks, Ken Burns, Shelton Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt, Sierra Club, Yellowstone, Barack Obama, Gloryland, Green News
Carl Pope

How cool is it to be watching a special one-hour excerpt from Ken Burns's 12-hour PBS special on the National Parks in the White House screening room with President Obama?

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