The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Spanning more than six years of filming across some of nature’s most breathtaking landscapes—from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, Florida’s Everglades to Alaska’s Gates of the Arctic—The National Parks: America's Best Idea unfolds as a human-centered chronicle. It profiles people from every walk of life—wealthy and humble, famous and unknown, soldiers and scientists, natives and newcomers, idealists, artists, and entrepreneurs—who dedicate themselves to preserving a precious corner of the land they love, and in doing so illuminate the deepest meaning of democracy for their fellow citizens.