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The Making of a National Park
INTRODUCTION Complementing Ken Burns's new film, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, our feature story presents an overview of the National Park System and the creation of new national parks. The Introduction outlines the process by which new parks are created and identifies the governmental entities that make decisions about which land is suitable to save and which is not. READ MORE NEED TO KNOW Explores historical examples of the controversies that can surround the addition of new national parks. This section also offers a collection of reference entries—including national park profiles, biographies, documents—along with maps and images related to the national parks. READ MORE EXAMINE Guided activity encourages students to use critical thinking skills in considering a local natural area and assessing whether it would be a good candidate for protection as a national park, using National Park Service criteria. READ MORE

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United States Geography, Release 2.0	America's Natural Places	United States West Coast: An Environmental History
This dynamic, online resource helps students understand the geographic, political, cultural, and social landscape of the United States, providing a wide array of authoritative reference entries, primary sources, and critical-thinking lessons. More	The five volumes of America's Natural Places examine more than 200 of the most spectacular and important of these places, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it. More	This work explores the interplay of ecology, economy, and culture throughout the history of the North American region where the waters drain to the Pacific Ocean. More