{"id":8864,"date":"2016-04-23T12:33:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T17:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=8864"},"modified":"2016-04-23T12:33:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T17:33:32","slug":"ken-burns-national-park-series-returns-to-pbs-this-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2016\/04\/23\/ken-burns-national-park-series-returns-to-pbs-this-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Burns’ National Park Series Returns to PBS This April"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dayton Duncan in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Al GOLUB\/Golub Photography (2009).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dayton Duncan thinks he has the greatest job in America. The author of 12 books, Duncan is also Ken Burns\u2019 longtime collaborator on numerous documentary series, including The National Parks: America\u2019s Best Idea,<\/strong><\/a> a celebration of the 59 large natural spaces protected and preserved by the National Park Service.<\/a><\/p>\n

Duncan discussed The National Parks<\/strong> and other projects during a visit to NPT for a screening and reception earlier this week. The event was part of a celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service and the nationwide PBS rebroadcast of the 12-hour 2009 series in two-hour blocks April 25 through 30, beginning at 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday on NPT.<\/p>\n

Addressing an audience of NPT viewers, Duncan shared stories from the creation of The National Parks<\/strong> and answered questioned about it and other projects, including Burns\u2019 upcoming country music series. He also showed three clips from The National Parks, <\/strong>among them the introduction segment with sweeping views of parks and narration by Peter Coyote and a clip of a Park Ranger reminiscing poetically about seeing a herd of bison in the snow.<\/p>\n