Last week, three young hikers were fatally swept over a Yosemite waterfall after ignoring posted warnings, and national parks were propelled into the news. To get his views on how these lands have shaped the American psyche and what we should learn from the accident, TIME spoke to documentarian Ken Burns (whose allegiance is made [...]
Three hikers were swept over Yosemite’s Vernal Fall this week, after bypassing signs and climbing over a metal guardrail to get into the park’s swollen waters.
On October 1, 1890, Congress paved the way one of America’s natural treasures.
