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SPECIAL EDITION |
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National Park Documentary
Will Bring Untold Stories to Light |
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The National Park Foundation is proud to sponsor the new Ken Burns documentary
series, The National Parks: America's Best Idea. Premiering September 27th on PBS, the film tells the story of how America's national parks came to be—focusing on people from every conceivable background who were inspired by these landscapes and in turn devoted their lives to ensuring that the most special places in our country would be preserved for future generations.
The film's community outreach includes bringing stories to light which showcase
the roles diverse Americans have played in the creation and protection of the
national parks. This outreach also hopes to engage new and traditionally
underserved audiences in the parks' educational riches. We invite you this month to experience
these
untold stories. >> |
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Mulholland Becomes NPF President and CEO |
| On July 22, the National Park Foundation announced that Neil J. Mulholland has been selected by the Foundation's board of directors to serve as President and CEO. Mulholland, a Denver-area business executive, entrepreneur and community advocate, will provide the vision, leadership and overall direction of the Foundation and advance its strategic mission – to strengthen the connection between the American people and their national parks. "Neil Mulholland brings vast experience and expertise to the Foundation that will allow it to continue to be a strong partner with the National Park Service as we near the 100th anniversary of the National Park System in 2016," said Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, who serves as chairman of the Foundation's board. Learn More >> |
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| The National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, works to strengthen the enduring connection between the American people and their parks and to provide support to the National Park Service by raising private funds, making strategic grants, creating innovative partnerships and increasing public awareness. NPF is proud to be a major funder of the new Ken Burns documentary series, The National Parks: America's Best Idea and congratulates Florentine Films, WETA and PBS for producing this historic film. |
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Share Your Park Adventure |
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| "I had a spectacular time floating the Grand Canyon. I brought my daughter, Sarah, who had just been engaged a month before and this became a hugely important trip for us. We lived for days in the backcountry, where you bring everything in and you take everything — and I mean everything — out. There's a different sense of time out there. Those moments are indelibly etched in my memory. My hope is that the film footage that we brought back was informed not just by my job — which is to go and get these images — but by the larger spirit of the experience." |
—Ken Burns on making The
National Parks: America's Best Idea |
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What have you brought back from your last national park visit? Hopefully, like Ken Burns, you've been moved by the experience of exploring America's most special places. And hopefully you captured it on your camera.
The National Park Foundation and Olympus invite you to film your summer experiences in our national parks and share them in the "Your Parks" Video Challenge. What do national parks mean to you? Why do you want to protect them? A winning entry could win you an exclusive, all-expense paid trip for two to the national park of your choice, an Olympus PEN camera kit, a Merrell gift card and more! Enter Today >> |
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Explore Your Parks: Download the National Park Owner's Guide |
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The National Park Foundation's Owner's Guide is designed to make your national park experience better than ever. Full of advice about what to see and do including maps of every state and links to each national park website, the Owner's Manual offers an insider's view of the special places we love and the opportunity to experience them to their fullest. Download an Owner's Manual for free, and explore your parks as you never have before. |
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| Bank of America's Student Leaders Pitch In |
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Answering a national call to service, 230 Bank of America Student
Leaders across the country and London rolled up their sleeves last month to
participate in a large-scale service project with the National Park Foundation to revitalize and preserve the beautiful and historic Rock Creek Park in Washington D.C., which is one of the oldest national parks in the National Park Service. Learn about their service >> |
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| 2009 Junior Ranger Essay Contest Winners Announced |
| "I love American Idol and I think
the national parks should get Ryan Seacrest to announce National Parks Day and inform the audience (which is millions) about the beauty of national parks and remind them to help parks by donating money or volunteering with repairing or cleaning trails or even just by visiting them." |
| —Skyler Baldwin in her first-prize-winning essay |
| Read all the winning essays >> |
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| Owner's Guide 2009 >> | |
| The ultimate resource for exploring your national parks |
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In the 1980s paleonto-logists discovered
"Gertie," a 225 million-
year-old dinosaur, at which national park?
Submit your answer here |
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And congratulations to our latest quiz question winner, Susan Deardon of
Mansfield, Texas, who correctly answered that Kobuk Valley National Park lies
entirely north of the Arctic Circle and contains evidence of more than 10,000
years of human civilization. |
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SHARE AMERICA'S BEST IDEA |
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Join our online
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| Send a Parks E-Postcard >> |
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PBS will donate 5% of the proceeds from DVD pre-sales of Ken Burns
The National Parks:
America's Best Idea
to the National Park Foundation. |
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Official Federal
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