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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

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Ken Burns six-episode series covers some of the most spectacular national parks.
View the episode list

BURNS FILM PREVIEW

episodes
Watch a preview of filmmaker Ken Burns' The National Parks: America's Best Idea.
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FEEL FREE

Feel Free
The Feel Free concert and film premiere drew 10,000 to Central Park.
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IT DOESN'T END THERE

finishing the story
This story picks up where the film leaves off, carrying the baton into the last 3 decades.
Read the story

TAKE ACTION

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Ask your senators to vote "Yes" on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. By supporting this bill, your Senators will be protecting park wildlife.
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SEND AN ECARD

ecard
To help you spread the word about the re-air of Ken Burns' important film, we hope you will enjoy these free ecards.
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BURNS INTERVIEW

Burns
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

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The story doesn't end with Burns' film. The story continues today, as individual Americans continue the fight to protect parks big and small around the country.
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