Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns has created a sweeping documentary film about our national parks. The National Parks: America's Best Idea, a six-episode series, will re-air January 27th, 2010 on PBS stations.
Celebrate this beautiful film and our national parks by joining us in preserving our nation’s natural, historic, and cultural heritage for generations to come.
BURNS FILM EPISODES
BURNS FILM PREVIEW
Watch a preview of filmmaker Ken Burns's The National Parks: America's Best Idea.
View the preview
INVESTING IN PARKS
Investing in our national parks will improve safety and public access, restore our national heritage, and benefit our struggling economy.
Learn more
IT DOESN'T END THERE
This story picks up where the film leaves off, carrying the baton into the last 3 decades.
Read the story
TAKE ACTION
As seen in the film, the Everglades has a star advocate in Juanita Greene. You, too, can be an advocate; help NPCA stop rock mining at the Everglades.
Take action
SEND AN ECARD
To help you spread the word about the re-air of Ken Burns's important film, we hope you will enjoy these free ecards.
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BURNS INTERVIEW
Learn more about the making of the film in an interview with Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan in the spring issue of National Parks magazine.
In their own words
PARK CHAMPIONS
The story doesn't end with Burns's film. The story continues today, as individual Americans continue the fight to protect parks big and small around the country.
Meet Park Champions

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