National Parks Traveler Honored By George Wright Society

April 3, 2015

Kurt Repanshek, founder and editor-in-chief of National Parks Traveler, the top-ranked website dedicated to daily editorial coverage of national parks, has been awarded the George Wright Society’s Communication Award for 2014.

The award recognizes outstanding efforts in communicating highly technical or controversial park-related subjects to the public in a clear and understandable manner. Repanshek received the award Thursday evening at the organization’s biennial conference in Oakland, Calif.

“I am absolutely humbled by this award because I share the values and goals of the George Wright Society,” said Repanshek. “It is imperative that we as a society continue to improve, nurture and learn from our national parks. On the one hand I am fortunate to be able to help tell the stories of the parks, but on the other I am like so many others who simply possess a profound love of our parks, monuments, historic sites and other places managed by the National Park Service.”

Founded in 1980, the George Wright Society states as its goal that “The Society strives to be the premier organization connecting people, places, knowledge, and ideas to foster excellence in natural and cultural resource management, research, protection, and interpretation in parks and equivalent reserves.”

Nominated for the award by retired National Park Service historian Richard Sellers, Repanshek founded National Parks Traveler in 2005. In the past 10 years the “Traveler” has grown into the leading park-focused consumer web magazine and discussion venue for park topics. Both Repanshek and the Traveler are quoted and referenced by other publications, blogs, web sites and broadcasts seeking park expertise.

Repanshek, whose journalism career began with The Associated Press in West Virginia and Wyoming, has been a freelance reporter and author whose articles have appeared in a wide variety of national and regional publications. He has authored a number of guidebooks, including National Parks With Kids.

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