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Is The National Parks: America's Best Idea coming back?

The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009–2009) — history on PBS

The answer: Concluded October 2, 2009.
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Genre
History
Network / streamer
PBS
Premiered
September 27, 2009
Ended
October 2, 2009
Runtime
~120 min per episode
1season
6episodes

About The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales – from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - The National Parks: America's Best Idea is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people 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.

The National Parks: America's Best Idea episode schedule

6 aired

Aired · 6

DateEp.Title
October 2, 2009 S1·E6 The Morning of Creation (1946-1980)
October 1, 2009 S1·E5 Great Nature (1933-1945)
September 30, 2009 S1·E4 Going Home (1920-1933)
September 29, 2009 S1·E3 The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919)
September 28, 2009 S1·E2 The Last Refuge (1890-1915)
September 27, 2009 S1·E1 The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890)

The National Parks: America's Best Idea cast