It's easy to take the status of national parks for granted. We read wonderful beckoning stories about them in magazines and newspapers. And we watch gorgeous travelogue pieces about them on television. But how much do we know about the operational status of the national parks? How much do we know about the health of the natural resources, the condition of historic structures, the state of the workforce that operates and manages the national parks?
In short, we know really very little about those things. But at Yellowstone National Park, staff has been preparing "State of the Park" reports for some years. These reports provide some insights into the overall health of the park, if you will. Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly sat down with Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek to discuss this year's report.
:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
:46 Big Country - Randy Petersen - The Sounds of Yellowstone
1:06 Friends of Acadia
1:31 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
1:53 Interior Federal Credit Union
2:21 Kurt Repanshek discusses the State of the Park report from Yellowstone National Park with Superintendent Cam Sholly
19:11 Beyond the Reef - Tim Heintz & Grant Geissman - Seascapes: A Musical Journey
19:26 Traveler Promo
19:38 Washington’s National Park Fund
20:12 Potrero Group
20:38 Great Smoky Mountains Association
21:05 State of Yellowstone with Cam Sholly continues
36:05 Otter Point - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
36:15 Yosemite Conservancy
36:37 The Everglades Foundation
36:48 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
48:48 Spring Fever - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Everglades
49:03 Episode Closing
49:52 Orange Tree Productions
50:25 Splitbeard Productions
50:35 National Parks Traveler footer
- By Jess Repanshek - April 30th, 2023 7:00am
