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National Parks Traveler podcast 60: Wild Yellowstone

We’re going to take a trip to start this week’s show, at least an audio trip of sorts, to the heart of Yellowstone National Park and its wild kingdom. A place where wolves, grizzlies, and elk roam free and sandhill cranes catch your attention with their curious chortling. And Dan Puskar, the president and CEO of the Public Lands Alliance, discusses how its membership works to provide educational and interpretive materials for the parks, and how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted those groups.

Finally, I leave you with some suggestions on what books should definitely be in your home library on national parks.

Wild Yellowstone

Written by Kurt Repanshek

Read by Jess Repanshek

National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
1:40 Yellowstone’s Wild Kingdom, written by Kurt Repanshek, read by Jess Repanshek
7:12 National Parks Traveler Coronavirus edition promotion
7:26 Grand Teton National Park Foundation promotion
7:58 Washington’s National Park Fund promotion
8:33 Yankee Freedom promotion
9:10 A conversation with Public Lands Alliance President and CEO Dan Puskar
25:58 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation promotion
26:22 Friends of Acadia promotion
26:49 North Cascades Institute promotion
27:07 RVShare.com promotion
27:46 What's In Your Personal National Park Library?
35:09 Episode closing
35:43 Orange Tree Productions promotion
36:19 National Parks Traveler footer

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