National Parks Traveler Episode 76: Great Smoky Mountains Institute At Tremont

By Kurt Repanshek - July 26th, 2020

We continue our look at residential environmental learning centers in this week's podcast. These nonprofit facilities connect people to nature. But they are tasked with serving a greater good -- to foster the development of better global citizens.

Lynn Riddick speaks with Catey McClary of the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont to better understand this organization whose roots in outdoor learning go back some 50 years. Throughout those years, the institute has always looked for ways to expand to a broader audience through partnerships with the park, the community, schools and colleges.

We leave you this week with a short glimpse of visiting Crater Lake National Park during these days of Covid-19. Traveler’s Becky Latson visited the park this past week, and talks about what she saw … including the comet Neowise.

02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
1:24 Amaranth - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Great Smoky Mountains
2:09 Lynn Riddick interviews the CEO of the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
31:00 Shenandoah - Randy Petersen - The Sounds of Shenandoah
31:12 National Parks Traveler promotion
31:24 Washington’s National Park Fund promotion
31:59 Friends of Acadia promotion
32:32 The interview with the CEO of Great Smoky Mountains at Tremont continues
40:06 The Offering - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Great Smoky Mountains
40:25 North Cascades Institute promotion
40:44 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation promotion
41:08 Grand Teton National Park Foundation promotion
41:45 Traveler's Becky Latson discusses her recent visit to Crater Lake National Park
49:48 Escalante - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of Peaks, Plateaus and Canyons
50:02 Episode Closing
50:24 Orange Tree Productions promotion
50:58 National Parks Traveler footer

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