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     America’s Tiniest National Park—With the Hugely Unpronounceable Name

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     Peter Coyote
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     1. The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890) Sep 27, 2009
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     • California's Yosemite Valley; first national park is Yellowstone.
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     2. The Last Refuge (1890-1915) Sep 28, 2009
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     • President Theodore Roosevelt champions the national parks.
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     3. The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919) Sep 29, 2009
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     • The National Park Service is established in 1916; Grand Canyon.

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3. www.pbs.org › kenburns › the-national-parksThe National Parks: America's Best Idea | Ken Burns - PBS

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   The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a 2009 television documentary miniseries by director/producer Ken Burns and producer/writer Dayton Duncan which features the United States National Park system and traces the system's history. [2] The series won two 2010 Emmy Awards; one for Outstanding Nonfiction Series and one for Outstanding Writing ...

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   The National Parks: America's Best Idea: With Peter Coyote, William Cronon, Dayton Duncan, Shelton Johnson. The history of the U.S. National Parks system, including the initial ideas which led to the world's first national parks and the expansion of the system over 150 years.

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   • Release Date: 2009-09-27

   • Genre: Documentary, History
   • Stars: Peter Coyote, William Cronon, Dayton Duncan

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   September 30, 2009. 1 h 53 min. 13+. Franklin D. Roosevelt enters battles to create national parks on the Olympic Peninsula, Florida’s Everglades, and California’s High Sierra. George Melendez Wright begins arguing that the parks are not doing enough to protect wildlife. Store Filled.

9. www.pbs.org › kenburns › the-national-parksEpisode Guide | The National Parks: America's Best Idea - PBS

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   The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a co-production of Florentine Films and WETA. Major funding is provided by General Motors, Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, CPB, Bank of America, The ...

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    America's Best Idea. 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 ...

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    • Nearly a decade in the making, The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a visual feast, featuring some of the most extensive, breathtaking images of the national parks system every captured on film.

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    When did National Parks America's best idea come out?

    • The first two-hour episode premiered at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College on April 17, 2009. Episodes debuted daily, airing from Sunday, September 27 to Friday, October 2, with full episodes online the following day. The National Parks: America's Best Idea has received generally positive reviews from television critics.

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    When did the National Parks 'America's best idea' premiere on PBS?

    • Premiered on PBS: September 27, 2009 Your purchase supports PBS and helps make our programming possible. The National Parks: America's Best Idea is story of an idea as American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical. Full documentary by Ken Burns now streaming.

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    Where was the National Parks filmed?

    • The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a six-episode series produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan and written by Dayton Duncan. 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.

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