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National Parks Traveler Episode 81: Yosemite Turns Into Assateague, And Species Extinction

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In this week’s show, we question whether national parks can serve as a barrier to slow the sixth mass extinction. 

Certainly, the large landscape parks such as Yellowstone and Yosemite and Grand Canyon offer the habitat many species require. But parks are slowly being hemmed in by development, making it harder and harder for species to follow their natural paths across the landscape. 

So can they slow the sixth mass extinction? We’re going to be taking a look at that in the coming weeks and months, and today we’ll lay out that proposal in an essay.

National Parks' Dependency On Friends Groups Can Be Risky

It's been more than a half-century since the Beatles let the world know they get by with a little help from their friends. Certainly, that's true for national parks from coast to coast, which have been able to accomplish much with philanthropic dollars raised by friends groups. But what happens if those dollars vanish?

Will Coronavirus Spur Changes To How We Visit National Parks?

Leading up to the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service back in 2016, there was much discussion about the future of the parks. Perhaps the hallmark was the Second Century Commission's report, prepared following a year of listening sessions, professional input, and discussion. Within its outline for strengthening the Park Service and the national parks in the 21st century were recommendations for better conservation of park resources, both natural and cultural. A decade later, the Park Service remains strapped for funds, overworked, and struggling in some places to manage crowds that impact natural resources and stress staff.

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