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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 reade... Read more

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National Parks Traveler: Refugia At Acadia, Fall Park Destinations, And eBikes

National Parks Traveler: Refugia At Acadia, Fall Park Destinations, And eBikes

How will climate change impact plants and animals at Acadia National Park? This week we talk with Dr. Jennifer Smetzer, ... Read more

1 Sep 2019

48mins

Ranked #2

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National Parks Traveler: Expanding The National Park System And Winter Park Destinations

National Parks Traveler: Expanding The National Park System And Winter Park Destinations

Michael Kellett, the executive director of RESTORE: The North Woods, discusses a campaign to see the size of the Nationa... Read more

5 Jan 2020

58mins

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National Parks Traveler: Yellowstone wolves, National Parks of Lake Superior, Winter Migrations

National Parks Traveler: Yellowstone wolves, National Parks of Lake Superior, Winter Migrations

This week Doug Smith, who heads Yellowstone National Park’s Wolf Project, discusses how successful the park’s wolf recov... Read more

10 Nov 2019

57mins

Ranked #4

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National Parks Traveler: Invasive Species Plague Parks, And Photogenic Parks

National Parks Traveler: Invasive Species Plague Parks, And Photogenic Parks

How big of a problem are invasive animal species in the National Park System? This week we examine the topic of invasive... Read more

15 Dec 2019

44mins

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National Parks Traveler: Counting Saguaros, Off-Season At Cumberland Island

National Parks Traveler: Counting Saguaros, Off-Season At Cumberland Island

While there's concern that one day Joshua trees might no longer grow in Joshua Tree National Park, or that Glacier Natio... Read more

17 Nov 2019

45mins

Ranked #6

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

National Parks Traveler: 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 c... Read more

27 Oct 2019

53mins

Ranked #7

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National Parks Traveler: Photography in the Parks, Schoodic, and Arizona Monuments

National Parks Traveler: Photography in the Parks, Schoodic, and Arizona Monuments

In this week's episode, we talk with Gemina Garland-Lewis, a photographer, EcoHealth researcher, and National Geographic... Read more

21 Jul 2019

41mins

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National Parks Traveler: What Do You Know About Capitol Reef National Park

National Parks Traveler: What Do You Know About Capitol Reef National Park

The Capitol Reef Reader is not your typical national park guidebook. No trail, dining, or lodging information. Rather, T... Read more

14 Jul 2019

41mins

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National Parks Traveler: Yellowstone's Photographer And Badlands Parks

National Parks Traveler: Yellowstone's Photographer And Badlands Parks

Jacob W. Frank is one of the photographers who frames Yellowstone National Park's wildlife, geysers, lakes and forests f... Read more

26 May 2019

43mins

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National Parks Traveler: Threatened and Endangered National Parks

National Parks Traveler: Threatened and Endangered National Parks

With many national parks across the country in trouble from such myriad threats as climate change, overcrowding, energy ... Read more

22 Dec 2019

38mins

Ranked #11

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

National Parks Traveler: 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 ... Read more

20 Oct 2019

46mins

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National Parks Traveler: Bear Safety, Thomas Moran And The Parks

National Parks Traveler: Bear Safety, Thomas Moran And The Parks

Kim Titchener, the founder of bearsafety.com, discusses how humans can stay safe in bear habitat, while Erika Zambello v... Read more

16 Jun 2019

43mins

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National Parks Traveler: Accessible Parks, Utah's Dismantled Monuments

National Parks Traveler: Accessible Parks, Utah's Dismantled Monuments

Candy Harrington, a journalist who traveled the National Park System to see how accessible lodges and trails in the park... Read more

9 Feb 2020

41mins

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National Parks Traveler: Addressing The Backlog, Out In The Parks, Spaceport Secrecy

National Parks Traveler: Addressing The Backlog, Out In The Parks, Spaceport Secrecy

John Garder, senior director of budget and appropriations for the National Parks Conservation Association, discusses con... Read more

24 Nov 2019

54mins

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National Parks Traveler: Longest Terrestrial Migrations, Jean LaFitte National Historical Park

National Parks Traveler: Longest Terrestrial Migrations, Jean LaFitte National Historical Park

Kyle Joly, a National Park Service wildlife biologist who long has studied terrestrial migrations in national park units... Read more

8 Dec 2019

41mins

Ranked #16

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National Parks Traveler: Seven Months in the National Parks, Visiting Joshua Tree

National Parks Traveler: Seven Months in the National Parks, Visiting Joshua Tree

Lauren and Steven Keys wanted to see national parks, so they took seven months off from the daily routine and headed out... Read more

25 Aug 2019

46mins

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National Parks Traveler: 21st Century Campgrounds In The National Parks

National Parks Traveler: 21st Century Campgrounds In The National Parks

What will the 21st century national park campground look like? What amenities are you interested in finding when you pul... Read more

12 Apr 2020

49mins

Ranked #18

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National Parks Traveler: Scenic Science In The National Parks, And Bison Management Planning

National Parks Traveler: Scenic Science In The National Parks, And Bison Management Planning

Emily Hoff and Maygen Keller discuss their upcoming book, Scenic Science of the National Parks, an Explorers Guide to Wi... Read more

2 Feb 2020

51mins

Ranked #19

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

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

Erika Zambello and Dr. Alex Deghan, the CEO and co-founder of Conservation X Labs, an organization working to end human-... Read more

3 Nov 2019

48mins

Ranked #20

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National Parks Traveler: Everglades' Python Problem

National Parks Traveler: Everglades' Python Problem

Burmese pythons long have presented a significant problem for native wildlife in Everglades National Park. Erika Zambell... Read more

30 Jun 2019

39mins

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