National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 274 | NPS Budgetary Blues

By Jess Repanshek - May 12th, 2024 7:01am

With the summer vacation season not too far off, no doubt many National Park Service Superintendents are trying to figure out how to manage the crowds and avoid impacts to natural resources in the park system.

With Memorial Day weekend just two weeks away, and Congress in its usual battles over how to fund the federal government, we wanted to take a look at how the funding situation looks for the Park Service. To help understand the financial setting across the National Park System, we’ve asked Phil Francis, from the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks to provide some insights.

NPT Ep 274 Spot List - Run Time - 48:09

0:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
0:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
0:35 Otter Point - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
0:55 Smokies Life
1:18 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
1:40 NPT Promo
1:56 Episode 274 - NPS Budgetary Blues
46:23 Long Pond - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
46:42 Episode Closing
47:08 Orange Tree Productions
47:41 Splitbeard Productions
47:52 National Parks Traveler footer

Blue Ridge Parkway

National Parks Traveler Podcast

By Jess Repanshek - May 12th, 2024 7:01am

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Permalink Submitted by Mather Forever on May 12, 2024 - 1:40pm.

The political and communications grip on this agency is much more restrictivs than the previous Administration. Not even close

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