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National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 218 | The National Parks Cookbook

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Travel extensively through the National Park System, and you’ll quickly come to realize that the park’s restaurants try to reflect the local culinary trends, or at least use local ingredients in crafting their menus. For instance, visit national parks in Alaska and you can pretty much count on salmon in the dinner offerings. Travel through the parks in the Rocky Mountains, and elk (and sometimes bison) will appear on the menus. Explore parks in the southwest, and you can almost predict that cacti will show up in some form.

National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 214 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack, Part 2

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How did America get hooked on skiing? In 1939, Hannes Schneider moved from Austria to North Conway, New Hampshire, to teach skiing. But before the sport really took off, World War II broke out. After the war, a gritty band of soldiers who fought in the U,S, Army’s 10th Mountain Division, returned home into the mountains they loved.

National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 212 | What's Going On At Big Bend?

Big Bend National Park is not simply a park that you pass along the way. Located in West Texas along the US/Mexico border, this 1,252-square-mile park is five hours from the closest commercial airport. In other words, you must make Big Bend your final destination if you’re going to visit. You’re not going to just happen upon it as you drive down the road.

National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 210 | Gauging Western Views

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For more than a decade, Colorado College has been sponsoring a poll to gauge conservation sentiments of residents in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Nevada. Over the years, the questions have ranged from whether the members of the public view themselves as conservationists, whether land conservation and protection can be paired with a strong economy, and even whether federal lands should be turned over to the states.

National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 209 | The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

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The US Geological Survey operates five different volcano observatories around the country. These observatories monitor real-time volcanic, hydrothermal, and earthquake activity in Alaska, the Cascade Mountains, California’s Long Valley Caldera, Yellowstone National Park, and the State of Hawaii. There are virtual partnerships between federal and state agencies, university-based researchers, and scientists.

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