In today's podcast we’re looking out across the National Park System, and at the National Park Service, in advance of the Memorial Day Weekend, the traditional launch to summer, to explore how things are on the ground, literally and figuratively. Kristen Brengel, the senior vice president for government affairs at the National Parks Conservation Association, and Phil Francis, the immediate past chair of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, discuss recent news, including a new, somewhat shocking, deferred maintenance figure for the National Park System.
:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
:45 Wabanaki - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
1:02 Eastern National Passport
1:45 Potrero Group
2:11 Interior Federal Credit Union
2:37 Kristin Brengel from the National Parks Conservation Association and Phil Francis from the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks discuss the new $21.8 billion deferred maintenance figure for the National Park System.
18:24 Whispering Winds - Grant Geissman - Sounds of the Caribbean
18:30 Friends of Acadia
18:54 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
19:21 The Everglades Foundation
19:31 Yosemite Conservancy
19:54 Kristin, Phil, and Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek continue their conversation about the National Park System's new deferred maintenance figure.
36:42 Almost Home - Randy Petersen - The Sounds of the Great Smoky Mountains
37:02 Great Smoky Mountains Association
37:22 Wild Tribute
37:47 Washington’s National Park Fund
38:20 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
38:42 The discussion around the National Park System's $21.8 billon deferred maintenance backlog figure.
52:48 Bass Harbor - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
53:06 Episode Closing
54:04 Orange Tree Productions
54:35 Splitbeard Productions
54:45 National Parks Traveler footer
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 15th, 2022 7:00am
