Every day, news releases pour into our inboxes, and Google alerts bring word of other potential stories in the National Park System for our coverage. But with 418 units out there, we can't be everywhere. With that understood, we could use your help in pointing out stories in the parks that deserve coverage.
Wildlife issues? Management issues? Great destinations or trails? Lodging concerns? Unique interpretation programs? Park staff who go above and beyond what is required and deserve to be profiled?
While we can't promise we can tackle all your suggestions, we would like to hear from you about news or feature ideas that merit coverage so others across the country can learn about them.
You can reach us with a comment below, or use the contact button on the menu bar above. We look forward to your ideas!
Comments
I'd love to see more features on trails, especially in lesser known parks.
As I live close to the Smokey Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway, I need to see any information about these areas. I travel all over these mountains to capture images that I post on FB as Sunchaser Photography.
Thank You
How about more coverage on the east coast parks. There's more to the park system than Yellowstone .
Are you signed up for our weekly e-letter, Beached Paws? There's tremendous variety of coverage beyond Yellowstone. Indeed, among the top six features on the home page is one on Cape Cod National Seashore and the dune shacks there, another on the super colonies of wading birds at Everglades National Park, and one on Dry Tortugas National Park.
Recent news coverage has touched on Isle Royale, Delaware Water Gap NRA, Everglades, Great Smoky Mountains, Buffalo National River, the new Camp Nelson National Monument, Alaska's national preserves, Grand Canyon and Sequoia.
That said, our goal is definitely to increase coverage throughout the country, and we're working to raise funds to pay the writers and photographers who can provide that content.
I am somewhat hesitant to bring this up as I don't want to contribute to more crowding but I'd like to see some stories on the backcountry. Hikes, sights and the work of the rangers. Perhaps some of the various studies that are always taking place would be of interest too. I also find SAR stories of interest as there are often good lessons to be learned.
I have encountered so many great and interesting NPS folks, it woud seem a good regular feature would be a quick biographical sketch on rank and file Rangers would be good.
Mark, a contributor and I were discussing those types of stories just the other day. They're something we hope we can produce more of. Stories such as those we ran recently on an interpretive project at Grand Canyon using a manual typewriter to encourage hikers to record their thoughts are great to know about.
Wild, definitely want to provide more stories about hiking, backpacking and paddling in the parks. SARs can be tough to cover, as many parks don't notify the media until after the fact. What sorts of "studies" are you referring to?
I too would enjoy profiles of those working in the parks. The studies I was referring to are things like the wolf/moose study on Isle Royale, Wolf program in Yellowstone, Wild fire flora/fauna recovery etc. Perhaps I am mistaken but I have the impression that many of the parks are used as living laboratories for various government and university projects.