Celebrating National Park Week

by David E Shaw

National parks in the United States have been called “America’s best idea”, with annual visits exceeding 300 million people to a system of more than 400 park sites.

In celebration of National Park Week I am happy to share several videos that speak to the importance of these parks and our responsibility to be wise stewards of these special places:

National park centennial, Teddy Roosevelt Society:

Second Century Stewardship program for science in national parks:

Inspirational day at Acadia National Park: