Traveler Housekeeping: Fundraising, Travel, Canada

By Kurt Repanshek - January 27th, 2021

Fundraising

Many thanks to the more than 200 individuals who "invested" in National Parks Traveler during our 2020 year-end fundraising campaign. We came within $700 of our $35,000 goal, which put us in good shape entering 2021.

Building ongoing community support for our coverage of national parks and protected areas is key to expanding that coverage. We are not backed by a large (or even a small) corporation, have no multi-year grants from foundations, and are not a government-supported operation. The bulk of our support comes in the form of $25 and $50 donations.

Our inaugural Traveler water bottle in 2020 featured a Rebecca Latson photo of Grand Teton National Park. We plan to offer another water bottle to readers and listeners this spring, with a new iconic image from the park system. What image would you like to see on the bottle?

What we are is a group of writers, photographers, and broadcasters passionate about national parks and protected areas and determined to bring their stories to you.

We don't plan to have intensive fundraising campaigns throughout the year, but hope that when you come upon a particular story or series of stories that appeal to you that you'll contribute to the cause.

Signing up for monthly donations is a great way to support Traveler a little bit at a time. Traveler is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media organization, so your support might be tax-deductible.

Later this spring we'll be offering a new reusable Traveler water bottle. Last year's bottle, which featured a Rebecca Latson photo of Grand Teton National Park, proved popular, and we'll be coming up with another iconic image to put on this year's bottles. If you have any suggestions, here's the place to make them.

Travel

To make it easier for you to find travel-related stories on the Traveler, we've added a "Travel" page to the drop-down menu under Topics on the top menu bar. Click on it and you'll be able to more easily find stories that explore the parks or are specific to lodging news without having to navigate the daily news coverage. With 15 years' worth of travel stories, we can't promise to connect all of those dating back to 2005 to this page, but we'll try to whittle away at that task.

Canada

Jennifer Bain, our editor for Canadian parks news, has smoothly and quickly made the transition, figured out our underlying software architecture, and begun to generate a steady flow of news and features.

Maureen Littlejohn's feature on Sable Island National Park Reserve is just the first of many features we'll bring to you from Parks Canada's park system.

Features from Canada's park system in the months to come will span the continent, from Banff National Park in the south to Ivvavik National Park in the north and from coast to coast.

Traveler's vision has always been to provide regular editorial coverage from national parks and protected areas around the world, and with your support we'll steadily expand our coverage with that goal in mind.

Support National Parks Traveler

Your support for the National Parks Traveler comes at a time when news organizations are finding it hard, if not impossible, to stay in business. Traveler's work is vital. For nearly two decades we've provided essential coverage of national parks and protected areas. With the Trump administration’s determination to downsize the federal government, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s approach to public lands focused on energy exploration, it’s clear the Traveler will have much to cover in the months and years ahead. We know of no other news organization that provides such broad coverage of national parks and protected areas on a daily basis. Your support is greatly appreciated.

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A copy of National Parks Traveler's financial statements may be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: National Parks Traveler, P.O. Box 980452, Park City, Utah 84098. National Parks Traveler was formed in the state of Utah for the purpose of informing and educating about national parks and protected areas.

Residents of the following states may obtain a copy of our financial and additional information as stated below:

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