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National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 291 | Campaign for the Parks

By Jess Repanshek - September 8th, 2024
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An image of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. By Thomas Moran, public domain.

It was back in 1967 when the Congress chartered the National Park Foundation to serve as the official charity of the National Park Service, and over the decades it has raised millions of dollars for the parks.
 
The Foundation is in the midst of its Campaign for National Parks, a billion-dollar campaign that has already raised $815 million. A big chunk of that total came from a recent $100 million grant that greatly moved the foundation closer to its billion-dollar goal.
 
To discuss the campaign, how the money is raised and where it’s being spent, we’re joined today by Will Shafroth, the president and CEO of the National Park Foundation.

0:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
0:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
0:49 Flamingo - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of the Everglades
1:05 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
1:25 Smokies Life
1:48 Friends of Acadia
2:13 NPT Promo
2:29 Episode 291 - Campaign for the Parks
47:37 The Offering - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Great Smoky Mountains
48:24 Episode Closing
48:42 Orange Tree Productions
49:14 Splitbeard Productions
49:25 National Parks Traveler footer

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An image of the face of a wolf, from Voyageurs Wolf Project. Photo by Thomas Gable.

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National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 291 | Campaign for the Parks

An image of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. By Thomas Moran, public domain.

It was back in 1967 when the Congress chartered the National Park Foundation to serve as the official charity of the National Park Service, and over the decades it has raised millions of dollars for the parks.
 
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An underground waterfall at Mammoth Cave National Park. NPS photo by Ashley Decker
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Sunrise over the coastline at Acadia National Park in Maine. Interior Department photo.

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Photo: 1914 eruption, from William Holmes Spaulding Photograph Collection: Photographic postcard of Lassen Peak in eruption.

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