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Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales, the film is a story of people from every conceivable background—rich and poor, soldiers and scientists, natives and newcomers—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.

Learn about the changes to the national parks during the Great Depression and WW II.
Investigate the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and others to protect the land.
Encounter the growing numbers of visitors to the parks.
Major funding is provided by General Motors, Evelyn & Walter Haas,Jr. Fund, CPB; Bank of America; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; Park Foundation, Inc; PBS; National Park Foundation; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Learn about the changes to the national parks during the Great Depression and WWII.
Encounter the growing numbers of visitors to the parks.
Learn about the federal agency created to protect the parks.
Investigate the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and others to protect the land.
Examine the radical idea of creating national parks for the enjoyment of everyone.
Examine the proliferation of protected lands and the protection of predatory animals.
Extras
Discover efforts to protect the parks and the fight over the Grand Canyon.
Examine the radical idea of creating national parks for the enjoyment of everyone.
Investigate the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt and others to preserve pristine lands.
Examine the proliferation of protected lands and the protection of predatory animals.
The story of an idea as American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical.
George Melendez Wright changed how the Park Service preserved wildlife.
Ranger Gerard Baker talks about the parks being real America.
Dayton Duncan talks about seeing the lava flow in Hawaii.
President Theodore Roosevelt travels to the Grand Canyon.
Terry Tempest Williams talks about what the Grand Tetons mean to her.
Specials
A Navajo family balances modern life with tradition. Credit: National Park Experience.
At the heart of this film is the annual pilgrimage to Manzanar & the words of Sue Embrey.
Explore efforts to bring inner city kids into the parks.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is a hub for the city's Latino community.
Find out about the work of ranger Shelton Johnson.
Discover the new interpretive program at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
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