The new national parks documentary from Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan is an inspiring film about the creation of the National Park System. Unfortunately, America’s Best Idea is challenged by threats such as the effects of climate change, air pollution, chronic funding shortfalls, and incompatible development adjacent to parks. These and other threats risk national parks nationwide; Petrified Forest and the National Mall are depicted in the National Parks Conservation Association's new public service advertisements.
Our national parks are national treasures in urgent need of care and repair in preparation for the National Park Service’s centennial in 2016. Please join the National Parks Conservation Association and send a message to President Obama and Congress that our national parks matter. It's a simple action, and one that can have a lasting effect on the future of our national parks.
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Dear [elected official]:
I care about our national parks. National treasures like Yosemite, the National Mall, and Gettysburg are some of our most beautiful places and represent defining moments in our country's history.
I urge you to work with our other elected leaders to help protect our national parks.
We must protect places like Shenandoah National Park from pollution. We must take action to address global warming which is harming places like Glacier and Joshua Tree National Parks. We must reinvest in our historic and cultural sites like the National Mall. We must preserve places like the Everglades, which is home to endangered species and natural wonders. And we need your help to restore the entire National Park System by providing the funding and protections necessary to preserve these special places for our children and grandchildren.
The National Park System is one of the best ideas America ever had. That vision for the national parks must live on, if we are to preserve these special places well into their second century. The time to work together is now.
Thank you for considering my views.
Signed by:
[Your name]
[Your address]
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