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Hudson Valley's parks deserve to shine

Ken Burns' documentary, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea", came as the National Park System approaches its centennial in 2016 and is transforming its role from saving natural wonders like Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and Yosemite to becoming... Full Article at Albany Times-Union

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  1. RNPS YEAR 2009 - Passengers stand on the wings of a U.S. Airways plane as a ferry pulls up to it after it landed in the Hudson River in New York, January 15, 2009.
  2. Documentary fil maker Ken Burns, makes remarks on September 28, 2009 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Burns' most recent film, 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea', a 6-part, 12-hour series about the creation and evolving idea of US National Parks, premiered on PBS last night.
  3. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23:  Director Ken Burns attends a National Parks celebration hosted by the National Parks Conservation Association and PBS at Central Park on September 23, 2009 in New York City.
  4. A documentary video directed by Academy Award winning film director Ken Burns is shown behind the casket of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy during a "Celebration of Life Memorial Service" for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts August 28, 2009.
  5. NEW YORK - AUGUST 24:  Filmmaker Ken Burns attends a press conference to promote National Parks Week NYC at the  Central Park Arsenal on August 24, 2009 in New York, New York.
  6. WASHINGTON - APRIL 1:  Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns (L) speaks as Dorothy Cross (C), great niece of the first African American heavyweight boxing champion John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson, and Cross' daughter Constance Hines (R) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill April 1, 2009 in Washin...
  7. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02:  Actress Uma Thurman and filmmaker Ken Burns attend the Room to Grow 10th Anniversary benefit gala at Christie's on December 2, 2008 in New York City.

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