This week Doug Smith, who heads Yellowstone National Park’s Wolf Project, discusses how successful the wolf recovery program has been. We also visit with the executive director of the National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation to discuss the five national park units the foundation works with, and end with a look at fall and winter migrations across the National Park System.
By Kurt Repanshek - November 10th, 2019
:02 Welcome to National Parks Traveler
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
1:10 Introduction to Yellowstone wolves discussion with Doug Smith
1:38 Interview with Doug Smith, Yellowstone Wolf Project leader
11:11 National Parks Traveler promotion
11:27 Friends of Acadia promotion
11:59 North Cascades Institute promotion
12:19 Interview with Doug Smith continues
32:51 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation promotion
33:16 Washington's National Park Fund promotion
33:55 Interview with Kim Schneider, executive director of National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation
44:23 Yankee Freedom promotion
45:04 Grand Teton National Park Foundation promotion
45:45 Seasonal wildlife migrations in the National Park System
54:49 Episode closing
55:38 Orange Tree Productions
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Wolverines, the largest land-dwelling members of the weasel family, once roamed across the northern tier of the United States, and as far south as New Mexico in the Rockies and southern California in the Sierra Nevada range. But after more than a century of trapping and habitat loss, wolverines in the lower 48 today exist only as small, fragmented populations in Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, and northeast Oregon.
Spur a discussion about traveling to a national park for a vacation and odds are that it will revolve around getting out into nature, looking for wildlife, perhaps honing your photography skills, or marveling at incredible vistas.
Will the discussion include destinations that portray aspects of the country’s history, or cultural melting pot?
Tens of millions of people in the United States will be able to witness a Total Solar Eclipse on Monday as the rare astronomical event cuts a path from Texas to Maine, up to 122 miles wide in some spots. This is a great opportunity to see the exact moment when the moon fully blocks the sun, creating a blazing corona visible to those observing from the center line of totality.
With March madness down to the Sweet 16, and Opening Day of Major League Baseball having arrived, we’re going to take a break this week and dive into our podcast archives for this week’s show.
This is Kurt Repanshek, your host at the National Parks Traveler. My NCAA bracket was busted the very first day, and while the Yankees won their opening day game against the Houston Astros, I don’t think they’ll go undefeated this year.
One of the most popular public events in the National Park System was the release of sea turtle hatchlings, shuffling off into the Gulf of Mexico at Padre Island National Seashore. I say was, because the number of those public events has been drastically scaled back in recent years.
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although I have not visited Yellowstone yet, overjoyed regarding wolves within part and look forward to listening to podcast
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/opinion/is-the-wolf-a-real-american-h... How about having the author of this article on the podcast?