Bryan talks with Dayton Duncan who, along with his creative partner Ken Burns, wrote and produced The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. How has our majestic national park system faired in the decade since PBS first aired that multi-episode documentary?  The prolific author offers some insight and takes us on an emotional tour of his favorite park. Also listen to the Everybody’s National Park’s Ken Burns podcast episode 13 in your podcast app or click here.

Discussion Includes the Following:

0:02 - Introduction to Dayton Duncan: The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, Out West: A Journey Through Lewis And Clark's America, ENP #13 - Ken Burns Interview

2.27 - Ken Burns films Baseball and Country Music, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980; Yosemite National Park

5:56 - Citizen Activism, Part I: Adina Emilia de Zavala, the Alamo

9:34 - The American Antiquities Act, National Park Service Centennial, national lands protected under the Obama administration

13:24 - Citizen Activism, Part II: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, John Muir

17:32 - Preservation And Shrinking Public Lands: Bears Ears National Monument, Yellowstone National Park

18:39 - Continuing land management challenges, Grand Canyon National Park

21:37 - Transcendence, Part I: The open space of democracy, Old Faithful, TerryTempest Williams

24:21 - Parks Promote Relationships

25:15 - Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon National Park

27:00 - Badlands National Park, Dinosaur National Monument

28:24 - Transcendence, Part II: A multi-generation connection to the parks and keeping memories safe

33:54 - The National Parks: America’s Best Idea companion book, John Muir

34:55 - Ken Burns’ Mark Twain biography

36:00 - Revisiting an old favorite: Glacier National Park

38:30 - Bearing Witness To Climate Change And The Call To Act: Joshua Tree National Park, Many Glacier Hotel, Grinnell Glacier

42:51 - ENP 2020 plans and preparations

45:07 - Dayton Duncan, Honorary Park Ranger

For complete show notes and archive, visit everybodysnationalparks.com.

We have covered parks including: Biscayne, Crater Lake, Everglades, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Olympic, Rock Creek, Saguaro, Shenandoah, Virgin Islands, Yellowstone, Yosemite and Zion.

We also have special conversations with a diverse group of national park champions.

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• (Ep. 13) Acclaimed documentarian Ken Burns took time out of his busy schedule to discuss the creation and legacy of the National Park Service and celebrate the tenth anniversary of his series The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.
  
• (Ep. 14) Author Becky Lomax chatted with Danielle and Bryan about her guidebook and offered travel tips to lesser-known parks.
  
• (Ep. 19.5) Ranger Shelton Johnson introduced listeners to the Buffalo Soldiers of Yosemite National Park
  

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