http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks Starts Sunday, Sept. 27-Oct. 2, 2009. Ken Burns reveals the history and splendor of, and public passion for, our national parks.This six-part series by Ken Burns & Dayton Duncan tells the story of a radical idea: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved for everyone. From Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades to the Gates of the Arctic, the series explores the stories of the people who devoted themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved. Buy the DVD: http://www.shoppbs.org/entry.point?entry=3473255&source=PBSCS_YOUTUBE_NAPB600_KBNATPARKS:N:DGR:N:N:609:QPBS
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City Kids in National Parks explores National Park Service efforts to bring inner city kids into the parks, often for their first encounters with wilderness. The film tells the story through the lens of two programs — Biscayne National Park, a successful, well-established program working with fifth graders from greater Miami, and Death Valley National Park, a new program working with seventh grade students from Las Vegas — and is underpinned by the kids themselves: what they're learning about the earth, about teamwork, and about themselves. For more on Ken Burns's The National Parks, Americas Best Idea visit: http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks