National Parks Traveler Episode 160: Cape Hatteras's Crowds And Collapsing Houses

By Kurt Repanshek - March 6th, 2022

We’re all aware of the rush to the outdoors that the covid pandemic has spawned. From coast to coast, national parks, national forests, and state parks are being crowded, if not overrun at times, by visitors. Whether it continues now that the pandemic seems to be easing will be interesting to watch.

One part of the country that has seen record-breaking visitation has been the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and the Wright Brothers National Memorial combined welcomed nearly 4 million visitors last year.

To discuss that record visitation, and to discuss risks to ocean-front homes at Rodanthe, we’ve invited National Parks of Eastern North Carolina Superintendent Dave Hallec to join us.

:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode Introduction with Kurt Repanshek
:49 Flamingo - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of the Everglades
1:04 Wild Tribute
1:24 The Everglades Foundation
1:35 Washington’s National Park Fund
2:09 Cape Hatteras Superintendent Dave Hallec discusses record visitation and risks to ocean-front homes.
14:17 Whispering Winds - Grant Geissman - Sounds of the Caribbean
14:32 Yosemite Conservancy
14:53 Interior Federal Credit Union
15:19 Potrero Group
15:45 Nova Scotia Tourism
16:17 Superintendent Dave Hallec and Kurt Repanshek continue their discussion around visitation to Cape Hatteras, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial.
28:52 Caribbean Song - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of the Everglades
29:09 Friends of Acadia
29:33 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
30:00 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
30:23 Superintendent Hallec discusses the risk ocean-front homes are facing at the national seashore.
42:14 Torch - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Everglades
42:50 Episode Closing
43:17 Orange Tree Productions
43:49 Splitbeard Productions
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