National Parks Traveler Podcast

National Parks Traveler is the world's top-rated, editorially independent, nonprofit media organization dedicated to covering national parks and protected areas on a daily basis. Traveler offers readers and listeners a unique multimedia blend of news, feature content, debate, and discussion all tied to national parks and protected areas.

National Parks Traveler Episode 39: Yellowstone's Wolves, National Parks of Lake Superior, Seasonal Migrations

This week Doug Smith, who heads Yellowstone National Park’s Wolf Project, discusses how successful the wolf recovery program has been. We also visit with the executive director of the National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation to discuss the five national park units the foundation works with, and end with a look at fall and winter migrations across the National Park System.

November 10th, 2019 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 38: Afghan Snow Leopards, Protecting Nature, Virgin Islands National Park

Dr. Alex Deghan, the CEO and co-founder of Conservation X Labs, discusses the challenges to preserve Afghanistan national parks in a war zone. We also outline a Senate resolution to protect a much larger slice of nature in the United States than is currently being done, and highlight a winter’s visit to Virgin Islands National Park.

November 3rd, 2019 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 37: NPS's Fiscal Fitness, Rockets Over Cumberland Island, Death Valley Winter

Two professors, one from Harvard, the other from Colorado State University, studied the National Park Service's fiscal condition and came up with some suggestions for improving it. Professor Linda Bilmes discusses those opportunities with Traveler this week. We also look at possible impacts to Cumberland Island National Seashore from a proposed spaceport, and end this week's podcast with thoughts of visiting Death Valley National Park this winter.

October 27th, 2019 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 36: The Elephant Queen, WNPA Honors, Bryce Canyon In Winter

Filmmakers Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone discuss their documentary, The Elephant Queen, which follows the matriarch of an elephant herd as she leads them from the “kingdom,” a lush landscape during the rainy season, to “the refuge,” where a reliable water hole slakes their thirst, came together. National Parks Traveler is honored by the Western National Parks Association, and we close with a look at a winter visit to Bryce Canyon National Park.

October 20th, 2019 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 35: Florida Panther Genes, Big Bend In Winter, Campground Improvements

How did the infusion of Texas puma genes into the small population of Florida panthers in Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve benefit the panthers? Alexander Ochoa, a postdoctoral researcher at The Ohio State University, explains in this week's show. We also look at Big Bend National Park as a winter destination, and question a proposal to let for-profit businesses operate more national park campgrounds.

October 13th, 2019 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 34: Tribal Priorities For Everglades, Questionable Park Management

Erika Zambello talks with Houston Cypress of the “Love the Everglades Movement” about priorities for the tribes that have connections to the Everglades and using art to connect people to the River of Grass and Big Cypress. Professor John Freemuth, who holds the Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands at Boise State University, discusses some of the seemingly unprecedented actions and decisions being taken by the Interior Department and National Park Service.

Love the Everglades

October 6th, 2019 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 33: Washington's National Park Fund, Point Reyes Cattle, Fall Wildlife

In this week's episode, Laurie Ward, executive director of Washington’s National Park Fund, discusses how her organization manages to support not just one, but three national parks. Ken Brower, son of the late David Brower, offers his take on whether ranching should be allowed at Point Reyes National Seashore, and we point out where in the National Park System you can find wildlife this fall.

September 29th, 2019 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 32: Breaching Cape Lookout, Glacier's Shrinking Glaciers, Wintering Voyageurs

Hurricane Dorian literally sliced up Cape Lookout National Seashore, creating more than 50 breaches in the park's barrier islands. At Western Carolina University, Professor Rob Young says the hurricane's damage was astonishing. How that damage will impact recreation on the seashore remains to be seen. Traveler also discusses this summer's uproar over glacial predictions at Glacier National Park, and invites a winter visit to Voyageurs National Park.

September 22nd, 2019 Read More

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