The National Park Service, established just three years prior, was intended to unify and manage the country’s national parks. Its director, Stephen Tyng Mather, and his conservationist collaborator ...

The National Parks: America's Best Idea is the story of ... Accompanying the series is a companion book, written by Dayton Duncan, and introduced by Ken Burns, which has been published by Alfred ...

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15 life-changing experiences in North America’s national parks 15 life-changing experiences in North America’s national parks ...

(Photo used with the permission of Desirée Shelley Flores) The artist George Catlin proposed the idea of national parks in 1841, in his book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and ...

Here, The Wall Street Journal lays out an objective view of the best national parks from Acadia to Zion across four criteria: crowds, hiking trails, campsites and the availability of other ...