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National Parks Traveler Episode 145: Exploring Night Skies With Tyler Nordgren

Exploring the night sky over national parks.
It’s been said that the night sky represents the other half of the National Park System. It’s in the national parks where you can experience some of the darkest skies you’ll find anywhere. Our guest this week knows all about that. Artist, author, astronomer and Night Sky Ambassador Dr. Tyler Nordgren talks with the Traveler’s Lynn Riddick about the cosmic opportunity that the parks offer to teach the public about astronomy.

Traveler's Audio Postcards From The Parks: Hog Wild

Feral hogs are a growing problem for the National Park Service.
Feral hogs are just one of several species of invasive mammals that are posing immense challenges for national park managers. Unlike invasive insects or reptiles, invasive mammals are often larger and more “charismatic” animals, difficult for parks to eradicate from a logistical, financial, and emotional perspective. Contributing writer Kim O'Connell goes in search of wild hogs at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

National Parks Traveler Episode 141: Is Charles Sams The Next National Park Service Director?

Charles Sams, National Park Service director.
We are on the cusp of having the first Senate-confirmed director of the National Park Service since Jonathan Jarvis retired at the end of the Obama administration in January 2017. Since then there’s been a revolving cast of individuals serving as acting director. But now the Biden Administration has nominated Charles F. Sams III to be the next director of the venerable agency.

National Parks Traveler Postcard From The Parks: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

Follow in Daniel Boone's footsteps at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park/Harold Jerrell
Why visit Cumberland Gap National Historical Park? The gap was the gateway to the heart of the country, as Daniel Boone discovered in the 1700s. And it's the one unit of the National Park System where you can take turns standing in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. The Traveler's Lynn Riddick gives you a brief preview of the historical park with this audio postcard.

National Parks Traveler Episode 138: The Florida Wildlife Corridor

Exploring the Florida Wildlife Corridor

Federal wildlife officials announced this past week that 22 animals and one plant should be declared extinct and removed from the endangered species list.  Though searched for and sought after for years, many of these species, some experts say, were probably already extinct or extremely close to extinction when the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973.  And though it’s too late to save the 11 birds, eight freshwater mussels, two fish and one bat now classified as extinct, much work is being done to save other species on the very brink,

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