National Parks Traveler Episode 134: A Conversation With The Yosemite Conservancy

By Kurt Repanshek - September 5th, 2021 7:00am

Climate change is readily apparent this year, generating surprising heat waves in the Pacific Northwest, scores of wildfires across the West, and an ongoing series of tropical storms and hurricanes spinning out of the Atlantic and barreling into the East and Gulf coasts of the United States.

The effects of climate change aren’t absent from the National Park System, either. To discuss some of those impacts at Yosemite National Park, we reached out to Frank Dean, president and CEO of the Yosemite Conservancy, and Cory Goehring, the conservancy’s lead naturalist.

During our conversation we discuss not only climate change impacts in the park, but also a range of Conservancy projects in Yosemite National Park.

:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
:50 Kurt Repanshek sits down with Yosemite Conservancy President and CEO Frank Dean and Cory Goehring, the Conservancy's lead naturalist, to discuss climate change impacts in Yosemite National Park and other park projects funded by the Conservancy.
17:35 Escalante - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of Peaks, Plateaus and Canyons
17:50 The Potrero Group
18:17 North Cascades Institute
18:35 Nova Scotia Tourism
19:05 Washington’s National Park Fund
19:41 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
20:05 Kurt's discussion with Frank Dean and Cory Goehring from the Yosemite Conservancy continues.
44:20 The Horsemen - Randy Petersen - The Spirit of South Dakota
44:48 Episode Closing
45:24 Interior Federal Credit Union
45:59 Western National Parks Association
46:21 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
46:50 Friends of Acadia
47:17 Orange Tree Productions
47:50 Splitbeard Productions
48:00 National Parks Traveler footer

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National Parks Traveler Podcast

By Kurt Repanshek - September 5th, 2021 7:00am

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