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National Parks Traveler: Colorado River Economics, Rebranding Bandelier National Monument
Season 2 Episode 54
In recent years there has been a movement of sorts to rebrand units of the National Park System as "national parks," a movement motivated in large pa…
6 years, 1 month ago
National Parks Traveler: Special Report On The Colorado River, Grand Portage NM
Season 2 Episode 53
This week's show kicks off our coverage of the Colorado River and how its health, or lack of health, impacts Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyo…
6 years, 1 month ago
National Parks Traveler: Accessible National Parks, Dismantling Utah's Monuments
Season 2 Episode 52
Candy Harrington, a journalist who traveled the National Park System to see how accessible lodges and trails in the parks really are, discusses her n…
6 years, 1 month ago
National Parks Traveler: Scenic Science In The National Parks, And Bison Management Planning
Season 2 Episode 51
Emily Hoff and Maygen Keller discuss their upcoming book, Scenic Science of the National Parks, an Explorers Guide to Wildlife, Geology, and Botany. …
6 years, 1 month ago
National Parks Traveler: New Allosaurus From Dinosaur NM, And Saratoga National Historical Park
Season 2 Episode 50
This week's show, our 50th, looks at a Jurassic Period carnivore dubbed "AJ," a new species of allosaurus, found in Dinosaur National Monument in Ut…
6 years, 2 months ago
National Parks Traveler: Public Lands, Federal Regulatory Changes
Season 2 Episode 49
John Freemuth, who holds the Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands at Boise State University, and Nada Culver, the vice pre…
6 years, 2 months ago
National Parks Traveler: Institute for Parks, People and Biodiversity, Visiting Tumacácori National Historical Park
Season 2 Episode 48
Former National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis discusses the Institute for People, Parks, and Biodiversity that he launched at the University of Ca…
6 years, 2 months ago
National Parks Traveler: Expanding The National Park System and Winter Park Destinations
Season 2 Episode 47
Michael Kellett, the executive director of RESTORE: The North Woods, discusses a campaign to see the size of the National Park System roughly tripled…
6 years, 2 months ago
National Parks Traveler: Looking Back At The National Parks In 2019
Season 1 Episode 46
The past year brought many news-making events to the National Park System. It started, of course, with the partial government shutdown that created m…
6 years, 3 months ago
National Parks Traveler: Threatened and Endangered National Parks
Season 1 Episode 45
With many national parks across the country in trouble from such myriad threats as climate change, overcrowding, energy exploration, invasive species…
6 years, 3 months ago