Our Parks in Peril

grist.org — America’s national parks are making news — and it isn’t all so good. On the heels of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, filmmaker Ken Burns’ new six-part love letter, comes a sobering report: that the 25 most endangered parks are being threatened by dramatic declines in snow and water, by rising seas, extreme weather, the disappearance of native plants and wildlife, and by the onslaught of nonstop, human-generated pollution. The changes have already begun.

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