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The National Parks: America’s Best Idea

America’s Best Idea

The National Park Foundation is proud to be a major funder of the new Ken Burns documentary series, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. The film chronicles a century of giving that created and endowed this uniquely American innovation. Learn more »

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Electronic Field Trip (EFT) The National Park Foundation is welcoming more than 3 million students to explore the biodiversity of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in its latest Electronic Field Trip (EFT). The program, which includes two live webcasts as well as interactive lesson plans and games, gives students a creative platform to learn more about the environment using technology. Learn more here »

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Aramark logoARAMARK, a professional services organization and leading concessionaire of parks, resorts and hospitality services, has helped secure a $1 million grant through the Yawkey Foundation to the National Park Foundation as the initial and lead sponsor of First Bloom.

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Rina Swentzell A Native American artist and scholar helps envision our national lands—through the eyes of native people

The Next 100 Years To celebrate nearly a century of America’s public parklands, the National Park Foundation convened hundreds of thought leaders to prepare for challenges in the years ahead

PARKS MAGAZINE EDITORIAL CORRECTION

To our many contributors and friends who received the most recent issue of Parks magazine, please note that the photo identified on page 11 was taken of the Roosevelt Arch at the north entrance of YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, not at Yosemite, as noted in the photo caption. We sincerely apologize for this error.

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