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You can stream The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel with a subscription.

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.

Stunning vistas from the Grand Canyon to the Alaskan wilderness provide a breathtaking backdrop for this sweeping human chronicle. It shifts the focus from mere scenery to the eccentric, driven individuals who fought to preserve these wild frontiers.