About

Generations of Maryland families enjoy an expansive array of natural and historic public spaces close to home. In fact, there is a public park within 20 minutes drive of every citizen in Maryland. Many Marylanders grew up playing and learning first-hand about the outdoors in state, county, municipal parks and preserves, as well as national parks and historic sites around Maryland. The desire to expand upon and pass along these valuable personal experiences to future generations is a worthy aspiration.

The seminal work from PBS and Ken Burns, National Parks: America's Best Idea, has awakened an interest in the history and value of our national, state and municipal parklands and recreational areas; along with an appreciation of conservation issues.

Through this 12-hour, six-part series, MPT, along with our support partner, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, presented local and national content distributed across multiple platforms.

Features

		National Parks: America's Best Idea Shown on PBS for the first time on September 27, 2009, this Ken Burns program reveals the nation's most special places.
		Share Your Story Tell us your story about your experiences in the national parks.
		DNR Blog Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Nita Settina is writing the monthly "Love Our Parks" blog. Feel free to join in on the conservation celebrating Maryland's precious natural resources that belong to us all.
		Outdoors Maryland: Love Our Parks MPT's one-hour special offering viewers an armchair exploration of Maryland's wonderfully diverse national and state parks.
		Park Quest Park Quest takes you from the mountains of Western Maryland to the shores of the treasured Chesapeake Bay and beyond. Along the way you learn about the great state of Maryland!
		Flip-cam Video For Park Quest 2009, MPT supplied flip-cams and asked families to send footage as they travel to state parks all over Maryland. We hope this video will help you to plan your own trip to one of our parks!

Resources

• Interested in volunteering with the Maryland Park Service?
  E-mail Larry Martin at lmartin@dnr.state.md.us for more information.
  
• The latest news releases from the Department of Natural Resources:

Project Partners

• Maryland Public Television
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources

MPT Documentary Co-Production Partners

	Antietam National Battlefield
	Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
	Hampton National Historic Site

Project Sponsors