National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 266 | Polluting the Parks

By Jess Repanshek - March 17th, 2024

Air pollution and climate change impacts can have outsized effects on the National Park System, as well as lesser noticed but just as concerning effects. But are those impacts spread across the entire park system, or clustered around a few?

Back in 2019 the National Parks Conservation Association looked at how air pollution and climate change were impacting parks. They have updated that study with the latest data from the National Park Service, and the current state of affairs remains concerning.

To discuss NPCA’s findings, we’ve asked Ulla Reeves, the interim director of NPCA’s Clean Air Program to join us.

0:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
0:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
0:44 Flamingo - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of the Everglades
0:58 Interior Federal Credit Union
1:24 Smokies Life
1:49 Episode 266 - Polluting the Parks
24:11 Black Woods - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
24:29 NPT Promo
24:41 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
25:02 Episode 266 - Polluting the Parks Continues
40:15 No’Easter - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
40:51 Episode Closing
41:13 Orange Tree Productions
41:46 Splitbeard Productions
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