The National Parks Americas Best Idea

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Tell Your Senators to Protect Our National Parks From Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

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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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Reflections on The National Parks Series and Reform

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

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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

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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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Best Government Dollar Spent: The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

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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

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"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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Best Idea: See for Yourself What's Worth Saving

Susan Smartt | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

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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

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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

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

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Burns, Baby, Burns

Kathryn McGarr | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

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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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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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