The National Parks: America's Best Idea

A six-episode series featuring the journey of America as the first nation to invent the idea of a National Park, and how that affected the pride of the nation, and the reverence to Nature. Features: Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska.

 " ...is a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy."





http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/

(ON NETFLIX) ✌️