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What have you heard lately from national parks in the Caribbean regarding their recovery efforts after hurricanes Irma and Maria? 

The other day a member of the national parks community told me that “there has definitely been a gap in reporting on Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands overall. We have a hard time finding current status reports and news. It seems that most media outlets move on to other news topics rather quickly.”

That’s why the Traveler’s role is so important. It's the only media outlet dedicated strictly to coverage of national parks and protected areas.

We've worked to keep you abreast of recovery operations at parks in the Caribbean, with stories posted on November 16, November 14, November 6, October 29, October 22, October 19, October 12, and earlier. We finally have been able to line up help to produce an in-depth update from Virgin Islands National Park with on-the-ground reporting and photography. It's coming to these pages soon.

All the while, we've tried to keep our finger on the pulse of the entire National Park System. In the past two weeks alone, we've had stories from Death Valley National Park, Cape Cod National Seashore, the John Muir Trail (and many other long-distance trails), Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, Mount Rainier National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Grand Teton National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Minute Man National Historical Park, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Grand Canyon National Park, Channel Islands National Park, as well as articles on the surge pricing proposal from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, the ongoing monument review, book reviews, and features on winter recreation in the parks.

You get it.

With 417 units in the National Park System, there are countless other stories to be pursued, many in the form of such in-depth projects as our recent series on Bison in the West that deserve your attention. Stories that point out great experiences in the park system, stories that alert you to threats to the parks, stories that entertain you.

But ... we need your help to produce this content. A free press is not "free." We get billed for Internet servers, phone calls, equipment costs, travel costs, and then there are payments to writers and photographers.

Please, before Congress overhauls the tax code, make a tax-deductible donation today to help defray these costs so we can not only continue but expand our parks coverage. For all those who have already made their donation, our heartfelt thanks and appreciation. For those who haven't yet, where else would you find editorially independent news coverage on national parks and protected areas every day of the year? 

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