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The National Parks: America's Best Idea
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Verde Views
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Issue 10, September 2009
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Celebrate National
Public Lands Day in Mesa
Verde
Park entrance fees will be waived all day on Saturday,
September 26, 2009 for National Public Lands Day (NPLD). User fees, such as for
ranger-guided cliff dwelling tours, remain in effect.
National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer
effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy.
In 2008,
120,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants,
and planted over 1.6 million trees.
While no specific Mesa Verde National Park volunteer
projects have been scheduled for this year's NPLD, this special day is an
excellent opportunity to pack up your car or your daypack and spend some time
reconnecting with the extraordinary cultural and natural resources that Mesa
Verde has to offer.
Visit one of your
national parks for the 16th annual National Public Lands Day!
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Welcome to "Verde Views," the e-newsletter for Mesa Verde Association
members and friends. This periodic publication will keep you informed about
Association news and events, park happenings, new products and special
sales.
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Join Us for a Free Preview of The National Parks: America's Best Idea!
 The National Parks: America's Best
Idea, the latest
documentary collaboration between award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns and writer
Dayton Duncan will premiere on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) on Sunday,
September 27, 2009. The twelve-hour series will be broadcast two hours at a time
over six consecutive nights.
Mesa Verde
National Park, in partnership with the Mesa
Verde Museum Association and ARAMARK, will show a one-hour sneak preview of the
series at a special free program on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
at the Morefield Campground Amphitheater.
Join us
for ARAMARK's complimentary hot chocolate and cookies, and prepare to be swept
up in a compelling retrospective of the special places that we hold most dear.
Park entrance fees will be waived after 5:00 p.m., so come early, bring a
picnic dinner and enjoy twilight at Morefield!
The National Parks: America's Best
Idea is the story of an idea as uniquely
American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most
special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich,
but for everyone. As such, it follows in the tradition of Burns' exploration of
other American inventions, such as baseball and jazz.
The narrative traces the birth of
the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly
150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical
characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and
what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films'
history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the
stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction. It
is simultaneously a biography of compelling characters and a biography of the
American landscape. Learn more at http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/about/
We hope to see you, your family and friends to this special free
preview! MVMA will be on hand to sell copies of the stunning hardcover companion
book for the series, the stirring soundtrack CD, and to accept preorders for
the complete DVD box set that features "making of" footage,
interviews, and many extras, which will be released in early October.
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New Products: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Relive the awe and majesty you
felt on your first national park experiences with the DVD version of Ken Burns'
landmark series, treat yourself to the moving soundtrack CD, and immerse
yourself in a comprehensive history of the national park idea by reading the
lavishly-illustrated companion book (or audiobook!).
As always, Mesa Verde
Association members save 20% when you place your orders by phone to
1-800-305-6053 or 970-529-4445. Proceeds from the sale of this and all our
merchandise support Mesa
Verde National
Park.
Click here to
view the full range of America's Best
Idea publications and order yours today! |
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The Mesa Verde Association is a joint
membership program of the Mesa Verde Museum Association and the Mesa Verde
Foundation. Your MVA membership supports both of these 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organizations.
The Mesa Verde Museum Association (tax ID 84-1404606) provides educational and
interpretive material to visitors of Mesa Verde National Park through an active
publishing program and the operation of retail bookstores online, in the park,
and in Cortez, CO. Our services enhance the visitor experience and promote
stewardship of Mesa Verde's world-renowned archeological resources and natural
landscapes. Proceeds from all Association operations are donated to the park's
interpretive, research, and education programs.
The Mesa Verde Foundation (tax ID 84-046967) funds capital improvements,
projects, and educational endeavors for Mesa Verde National Park. Our projects
include construction of a new Visitor and Research Center near the park's
entrance and remodeling the existing Far View Visitor Center into a Tribal
Cultures Center to enhance understanding of the connection between the Ancestral
Puebloans and contemporary Native American tribes.
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