Ken Burns' acclaimed documentary, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," is being credited with the House's increasing the budget of the National Park Service by $218 million--$47 million more than the administration has asked for. The documentary was shown on PBS in September and October and showed spectacular footage of Yosemite, Yellowstone, and others in our National Parks system.
In addition to highlighting the best features of the parks, it also illustrated how the park service has always ended up shortchanged by Congress, requiring more money than Congress was willing to give it. But as the documentary pointed out, the parks had 275 million visitors last year, and could go over 300 million next year.
The additional money it receives in 2010 will go toward expanding educational programs and facilities, and 45 construction projects. Read the entire article, published in the Federal Times, here.
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