# 247. America’s Best Idea: How the U.S. Invented the National Park

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Podcast: [A Climate Change with Matt Matern](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-climate-change-with-matt-matern-7134409)
Published: 2026-06-24T17:16:55+00:00
Episode link: https://aclimatechange.podbean.com/e/247-america-s-best-idea-how-the-us-invented-the-national-park/
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Duration seconds: 734

## Resource

In this solo episode, Matt Matern tells the story of how the U.S. invented the national park - from Yellowstone in 1872 to John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and 230 million protected acres - and why “America’s best idea” is now a live fight over keeping public land public.

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