National Parks Traveler Episode 51: Scenic Science In the Parks, Bison Management Plan

By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2020

In this week’s show, we sat down with Emily Hoff and Maygen Keller to discuss their upcoming book, Scenic Science of the National Parks, an Explorer's Guide to Wildlife, Geology, and Botany. The book, scheduled to be available March 31, is a wonderfully new guidebook to help you get the most out of your national park adventures.

We also talk with Tanya Shenk, a National Park Service scientist who helped develop a draft framework for bison stewardship in the Midwest Region of the park system. It’s a region where you can find bison at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas, Badlands National Park and Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.

:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
1:42 Interview with Emily Hoff and Maygen Keller, authors of Scenic Science In the National Parks
11:52 National Parks Traveler promotion
12:07 RVShare.com promotion
12:42 Grand Teton National Park Foundation promotion
13:14 North Cascades Institute promotion
13:32 Scenic Science inthe National Parks interview continues
28:00 Yankee Freedom promotion
28:36 Washington's National Park Fund promotion
29:11 Interview with Tanya Shenk on draft bison management plan for the Park Service's Midwest Region
38:08 Friends of Acadia promotion
38:37 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation promotion
39:05 Bison plan interview continues
49:34 Episode closing
49:59 Orange Tree Productions

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