National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 255 | 2023 Park System Year in Review Part 2

By Jess Repanshek - December 31st, 2023

We’re closing out the year with a look back at some of the top stories around the National Park System, and involving the National Park Service. We opened this look a week ago with Kristen Brengel from the National Parks Conservation Association and Mike Murray from the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, discussing issues involving the National Park Service and outside impacts affecting the National Park System.

Today, in the second half of this discussion, we’re focusing on natural resource issues in the parks.

0:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
0:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
0:40 Schoodic - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
0:53 Potrero Group
1:20 Interior Federal Credit Union
1:47 Xplorer Maps
2:11 Episode 255 - 2023 Park System Year in Review Part 2
22:15 Black Woods - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
22:38 NPT Promo
22:50 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
23:19 Friends of Acadia
23:45 Washington’s National Park Fund
24:19 Episode 255 - 2023 Park System Year in Review Part 2 Continues
43:15 Torch - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Everglades
43:38 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
44:00 Yosemite Conservancy
44:22 Great Smoky Mountains Association
44:43 The Everglades Foundation
44:58 Episode 255 - 2023 Park System Year in Review Part 2 Continues
1:04:39 Kenai Fjords - Various Artists - The Spirit of Alaska
1:05:26 Episode Closing
1:05:43 Orange Tree Productions
1:06:16 Splitbeard Productions
1:06:27 National Parks Traveler footer

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