National Parks Traveler Episode 84: Fall Lodging In The Parks And Migratory Acadia

By Kurt Repanshek - September 20th, 2020

We welcome you to fall with a conversation with lodging experts David and Kay Scott on where best to relax and enjoy the fall foliage in the National Park System. And Lynn Riddick catches up with Seth Benz, the bird ecology director at the Schoodic Institute, to talk fall migrations at Acadia National Park.

:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
:54 Shenandoah - Randy Petersen - The Sounds of Shenandoah
1:22 Friends of Acadia promotion
1:52 North Cascades Institute promotion
2:17 Fall lodging in the National Park System with David and Kay Scott
29:10 Wabanaki - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
29:38 National Parks Traveler promotion
29:51 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation promotion
30:16 Grand Teton National Park Foundation promotion
30:47 Washington’s National Park Fund promotion
31:27 Introduction to Acadia birdwatching
31:57 Lynn Riddick and Seth Benz discuss the fall bird migration at Acadia National Park
57:00 Schoodic - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
57:32 Episode Closing
58:02 Orange Tree Productions promotion
58:40 Splitbeard Productions
58:54 National Parks Traveler footer

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