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 ...

National parks do more than preserve our nation's natural and cultural heritage; they enrich lives, enhance learning and provide inspiration in an increasingly challenging and complex world.

The only compensation he asked for was a key lime pie. Meet some of the remarkable individuals who helped create America's national parks and the system that binds them together.

The park's name was changed to Denali, to reflect its deeper history. Explore historical images of the national parks and the people who played a role in preserving them for the future.

Despite a Park Service policy against the extermination of any animal species, wolves were systematically eliminated from many national parks. The death of two wolf pups in 1926 marked the end of ...

Meet some of the remarkable individuals who helped create America's national parks and the system that binds them together.

As president, Roosevelt created five national parks (doubling the previously existing number); signed the landmark Antiquities Act and used its special provisions to unilaterally create 18 ...

The National Parks ... richness of the national parks. Accompanying the series is a companion book, written by Dayton Duncan, and introduced by Ken Burns, which has been published by Alfred ...