National Parks Traveler Episode 49: Public Lands, Federal Regulatory Changes

By NPT Staff - January 19th, 2020 7:00am

John Freemuth, who holds the Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands at Boise State University, and Nada Culver, the vice president for public lands and senior policy counsel at the National Audubon Society, discuss efforts in Washington to tweak the National Environmental Policy Act as well as the Endangered Species Act.

:02 Welcome to National Parks Traveler
:12 Introduction with Kurt Repanshek
1:15 Friends of Acadia promotion
1:45 Washington's National Park Fund promotion
2:28 Introduction to conversation regarding efforts to change the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act
4:19 Interview with John Freemuth, who holds the Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands at Boise State University, and Nada Culver, the vice president for public lands and senior policy counsel at the National Audubon Society, regarding efforts to change NEPA and the ESA.
20:56 National Parks Traveler promotion
21:11 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation promotion
21:36 Grand Teton National Park Foundation promotion
22:12 North Cascades Institute promotion
22:31 Yankee Freedom promotion
23:09 Conversation with John Freemuth and Nada Culver resumes
38:38 Show closing
38:57 Orange Tree Productions

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By NPT Staff - January 19th, 2020 7:00am

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