In this week’s show, we question whether national parks can serve as a barrier to slow the sixth mass extinction.
Certainly, the large landscape parks such as Yellowstone and Yosemite and Grand Canyon offer the habitat many species require. But parks are slowly being hemmed in by development, making it harder and harder for species to follow their natural paths across the landscape.
So can they slow the sixth mass extinction? We’re going to be taking a look at that in the coming weeks and months, and today we’ll lay out that proposal in an essay.
But first, what can turn a five-day trip to Yosemite National Park into a one-day trip to Assateague Island National Seashore? Covid can. In this lighthearted and informative story of their trip to the beach, the Traveler’s Lynn Riddick and her friend Michele Hogan demonstrate that it’s all about flexibility when trying to find some outdoor space in the age of a global pandemic.
:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
1:10 Beyond the Reef - Tim Heintz and Grant Geissman - Seascapes: A Musical Journey
1:45 North Cascades Institute promotion
2:03 Grand Teton National Park Foundation promotion
2:41 When Covid Turns A Yosemite National Park Vacation Into A Visit To Assateague Island National Seashore
35:52 Caribbean Song - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of the Everglades
36:17 National Parks Traveler promotion
36:31 Washington’s National Park Fund promotion
37:04 Friends of Acadia promotion
37:32 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation promotion
38:03 Essay| Can National Parks Slow The Sixth Mass Extinction
45:22 The Offering - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Great Smoky Mountains
45:45 Episode Closing
46:10 Orange Tree Productions promotion
46:45 Splitbeard Productions
46:56 National Parks Traveler footer
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 30th, 2020 7:00am
