A variety of performers and musicians gathered in New York's Central Park in Sept. 2009 in celebration of the Ken Burns documentary series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA.

Shelton Johnson, park ranger for Yosemite National Park talks about the importance of visiting national parks.

Adam Duritz of Counting Crows talks about his friend and hero Ken Burns

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