National Parks Traveler Episode 143: Now Is The Time For The Traveler

The national parks have never been more popular...or more threatened. Now through the end of the year, we are asking for your support for a fundraising campaign to ensure the National Parks Traveler’s ongoing coverage of national parks and protected areas.

This is Kurt Repanshek, editor-in-chief of the Traveler. Your tax-deductible donation not only will help us land a $10,000 matching grant through a national campaign to benefit nonprofit media, but also enable us to capture additional matching dollars others have put up because of their belief in the Traveler's mission.

Our goal is to raise at least $100,000 to take our coverage of the parks to the next level. Joining me to ask for your support are Lynn Riddick, my fellow podcaster whose interviews and reports from the field bring the parks to life, and Kim O’Connell, a contributing writer who peeks behind the curtains, if you will, of the parks to bring you stories about restoration of historic artifacts, 19th century lockhouses along the C&O Canal where you can spend a night, and whether to remove Confederate monuments from parks and racist and misogynistic names being tacked onto climbing routes in the parks.