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By Kurt Repanshek - April 25th, 2022

National Parks Traveler Founder and Editor-in-Chief Kurt Repanshek

What intrigues me the most about covering national parks and protected areas on a daily basis is you never know what the day will bring.

At the National Parks Traveler, we take the time necessary to develop story packages that delve into a single topic and its impact on the National Park System. You saw that most recently with our nearly year-long series on invasive species in the parks, our work on how the drought in the Southwest has been impacting units of the park system there, and how the health, or lack of health, of the Colorado River impacts parks along its corridor.

But daily news stories and regular feature coverage are just as, if not more, important when it comes to keeping you apprised of how the parks are faring and how the National Park Service is managing them.

Whether the topic is overfishing the marine waters surrounding Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Everglades national parks, the plight of underfunded parks, whether the Park Service can quickly respond to the demand for electric vehicle chargers, or the ongoing saga of oil exploration at Big Cypress National Preserve, at the Traveler we strive to keep you informed with stories that matter when it comes to maintaining the world’s best park system.

And we’re adding monthly webinars to provide you with another medium that provides parks coverage.

We also offer op-eds and editorials to spur discussion around how the parks are being managed, because only through constructive dialogue can differing points of view be fairly considered and debated. Some of those pieces can be provocative, because at times we need to be reminded that the parks will struggle without adequate stewardship and support.

No other news organization provides such in-depth and thought-provoking coverage of what’s occurring across the National Park System.

If you read our coverage, look forward to our weekly newsletter, or listen to our podcasts, I hope you’ll support our work with a donation that will enable us to not just continue this coverage, but expand it. -- Kurt Repanshek

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Comments

Submitted by A .johnson on April 26, 2022 - 9:24am.

I applaud the existence of this forum and podcast.  I enjoy having other perspectives on our parks and the NPS.  While I cannot visit every place, it's nice to have this site that discusses many of these other places.

 

Thank you.


Submitted by Rick B. on April 27, 2022 - 2:10am.

I like the freshness and relevance of the old Morning Report, and I'll look to this for similar.


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