This extensive travel-planner covers not just the 58 official National Parks but also the nearly 350 additional properties in the Park Service's domain. From Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty, this catalog provides advice on when to see each park and what to do when there.

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
   
2. The Bureau of Land Management : enduring tensions of public lands management -- Born into controversy -- The new BLM -- BLM enters the environmental decade -- Political inertia under a new statutory mandate -- BLM in the 1990s : bureau of landscapes and monuments? -- Neosagebrush politics.
   

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War. America's national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation's most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres. The authors recount the adventures, mythmaking, and intense political battles behind the evolution of the park system, and the enduring ideals that fostered its growth. They capture the importance and splendors of the individual parks: from Haleakala in Hawaii to Acadia in Maine, from Denali in Alaska to the Everglades in Florida, from Glacier in Montana to Big Bend in Texas. And they introduce us to a diverse cast of compelling characters, both unsung heroes and famous figures such as John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ansel Adams who have been transformed by these special places and committed themselves to saving them from destruction so that the rest of us could be transformed as well. The National Parks is a glorious celebration of an essential expression of American democracy.

1. DVD, widescreen.
   
2. In English with optional Spanish dubbing and optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned.
   
3. Includes optional audio description for the visually impaired.
   
4. Narrated by Peter Coyote.
   
5. Videodisc release of an episode of the television documentary series, originally aired in 2009.
   
6. Series about the history of the United States national parks system. This episode covers the years 1851-1890 and describes the early days leading up to the creation of Yosemite and Yellowstone parks.
   

The largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land. THE BIG BURN tells an epic story, paints a moving portrait of the people who lived it, and offers a critical cautionary tale for our time.

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War. America's national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation's most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres. The authors recount the adventures, mythmaking, and intense political battles behind the evolution of the park system, and the enduring ideals that fostered its growth. They capture the importance and splendors of the individual parks: from Haleakala in Hawaii to Acadia in Maine, from Denali in Alaska to the Everglades in Florida, from Glacier in Montana to Big Bend in Texas. And they introduce us to a diverse cast of compelling characters, both unsung heroes and famous figures such as John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ansel Adams who have been transformed by these special places and committed themselves to saving them from destruction so that the rest of us could be transformed as well. The National Parks is a glorious celebration of an essential expression of American democracy.