National Parks and Ken Burns

Beginning Sunday, September 27 at 8 PM on PBS, Ken Burns will present his new six part series on the National Parks. Fabulous photos, Dayton Duncan waxing philosophical about all thing Americana, the famous Ken Burns fade in/fade out photo effect, great folk and bluegrass music, and ultimately, little discussion about the conflicts.

Reviewers suggest Burns does not address the museum/preservation versus tourist conflicts with the National Parks that still consume Park advocates today. We have written about several of these conflicts, including recently the Stehekin road washout and the fish stocking in North Cascades National Park.

But that does not detract from the magnificent television tribute to "Americas finest legacy," our National Parks.

How can you resist?