Across the National Park System, there are incredible sights that explore American history. There’s a robust mix of cultures reflected in the parks, and breathtaking vistas that, well, will take your breath away. But there also are seemingly countless needs, from backlogs of maintenance projects, interpretation for history, wildlife and science that needs to be crafted, and unique issues that can range from climate change impacts to helping inner city youth visit a park.
Helping the National Park Service tackle these myriad issues and challenges is the National Park Foundation, which Congress created back in 1967 to be the official charitable organization for the parks. Through the years, this organization has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the parks. Today, with National Parks Week underway, we’re joined by Will Shafroth, the Foundation’s CEO to discuss not only the needs of the park system, but the successes the Foundation is recognizing in tackling some of them.
:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
1:08 Beyond the Reef - Tim Heintz & Grant Geissman - Seascapes: A Musical Journey
1:19 Yosemite Conservancy
1:41 Interior Federal Credit Union
2:04 Great Smoky Mountains Association
2:29 National Park Week with Will Shafroth, CEO of the National Park Foundation
10:01 Black Woods - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
10:22 Traveler Promo
10:34 Potrero Group
11:01 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
11:23 The Everglades Foundation
11:38 National Park Week with Will Shafroth continues
21:10 Amaranth - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Great Smoky Mountains
21:26 Washington’s National Park Fund
22:00 Friends of Acadia
22:25 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
22:57 National Park Week with Will Shafroth continues
42:56 Long Pond - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
43:08 Episode Closing
43:22 Orange Tree Productions
43:55 Splitbeard Productions
44:05 National Parks Traveler footer
- By Jess Repanshek - April 23rd, 2023 7:00am
