Podcast Episodes

National Parks Traveler Podcast | Government Shutdown Blues

Season 7 Episode 340

We’ve made it past Labor Day. Which means fall colors in some parts of the country aren’t too far off, seasonal wildlife migrations are getting under way, and summertime crowds in the national park s…

Published on 1 day, 3 hours ago

National Parks Traveler Podcast | Bison Benefits

Season 7 Episode 339

Once upon a time, there were tens of millions of bison on the North American continent. Today, there are somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000. Most are in commercial herds, with a relative few in pr…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

National Parks Traveler Podcast | Rare Phenomena in the Parks

Season 7 Episode 338

It’s been said that the night skies are the other half of the National Park System. And it only makes sense, for when you’re in a park and the sun goes down you tend to look into the night sky to spo…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

National Parks Traveler Podcast | Keeping Glacier Bay's Whales Safe

Season 7 Episode 337

Vessel-whale collisions are a significant concern in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, where nutrient-rich waters support a seasonal influx of humpback whales and other marine mammals. As one o…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

National Parks Traveler Podcast | Nature is Nonpartisan

Season 7 Episode 336

Is nature nonpartisan? Earlier this year we had an interview with Dr. Caleb Scoville from Tufts University, who received an Andrew Carnegie fellowship to explore whether environmental issues are high…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

National Parks Traveler Podcast | El Camino Real de los Tejas

Season 7 Episode 335

El Camino Real de Los Tejas is a network of trails that connected Spanish missions, settlements, and military outposts from Mexico through Texas and into Louisiana. Now a national historic trail, thi…

Published on 1 month ago

National Parks Traveler Podcast | Theresa Pierno

Season 7 Episode 334

The National Parks Conservation Association is almost as old as the National Park Service. The Service, as you probably know, was established in 1916, and NPCA came along three years later.

Through t…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

National Parks Traveler Podcast | The Future of Grizzly Bears

Season 7 Episode 333

Grizzly bears. They define charismatic megafauna. Huge animals that draw both human admiration and fear. Once they roamed the entire country, though that was a long time ago. Today there are pockets …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

National Parks Traveler Podcast | Appalachian Trail Crowds

Season 7 Episode 332

Running nearly 2,200 miles along the spine of the Appalachian Range from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail arguably is the world's most famous long-distance trail.

Some think it…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

National Parks Traveler Podcast | Intrepid Travel

Season 7 Episode 331

Heading into the National Park System this summer? Going it alone, or have you booked a tour company? What do you think about how the Trump Administration and Congress are treating the National Parks…

Published on 2 months ago