This week we sit down with Becky Lomax, author of Moon’s USA National Parks, to discuss news stories that arose around the National Park System during May. And we bring you an interesting story about efforts to recover populations of endangered black-footed ferrets in the West. Two places where they’re working on that are Wind Cave and Badlands national parks in South Dakota.
:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
1:24 Big Country - Randy Petersen - The Sounds of Yellowstone
1:51 Kurt Repanshek and guidebook author Becky Lomax look back at May's news in the National Park System.
17:39 Big Country - Randy Petersen - The Sounds of Yellowstone
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18:26 Washington’s National Park Fund promotion
19:05 News roundup continues
32:16 Wonder Lake - Various Artists - The Spirit of Alaska
32:41 Friends of Acadia promotion
33:10 Grand Teton National Park Foundation promotion
33:42 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation promotion
34:13 Why Are Black-Footed Ferrets Are Still Endangered After 53 Years?
49:53 The Horseman - Randy Petersen - The Spirit of South Dakota
50:11 Episode Closing
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