National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 303 | Change Happens

By Jess Repanshek - December 1st, 2024

Change happens…and sometimes it doesn’t.

Change certainly is underway in Washington, where the incoming Trump administration is putting its players in position with promises of changing, or maybe upsetting, the status quo.

Against that, the National Park Service continues to face long-standing problems with not enough staff or funding, compounded by National Park System damage from hurricanes, tornadoes, sea level rise, wildfires, just about everything under the sun.

We’re going to explore those topics today with Phil Francis from the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks and John Garder and Chad Lord from the National Parks Conservation Association.

0:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
0:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
0:45 Shenandoah - Randy Petersen - The Sounds of Shenandoah
1:04 Friends of Acadia
1:33 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
2:01 Episode 303 - Change Happens
18:52 Otter Point - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
19:09 Smokies Life
19:32 NPT NewsMatch Drive
21:08 Episode 303 - Change Happens Continues
58:08 The Horsemen - Randy Petersen - The Spirit of South Dakota
58:45 Episode Closing
59:13 Orange Tree Productions
59:46 Splitbeard Productions
59:57 National Parks Traveler footer

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