National Parks Traveler Podcast

National Parks Traveler is the world's top-rated, editorially independent, nonprofit media organization dedicated to covering national parks and protected areas on a daily basis. Traveler offers readers and listeners a unique multimedia blend of news, feature content, debate, and discussion all tied to national parks and protected areas.

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National Parks Traveler Episode 145: Exploring Night Skies With Tyler Nordgren

Exploring the night sky over national parks.
It’s been said that the night sky represents the other half of the National Park System. It’s in the national parks where you can experience some of the darkest skies you’ll find anywhere. Our guest this week knows all about that. Artist, author, astronomer and Night Sky Ambassador Dr. Tyler Nordgren talks with the Traveler’s Lynn Riddick about the cosmic opportunity that the parks offer to teach the public about astronomy.
November 21st, 2021 Read More

Traveler's Audio Postcards From The Parks: Hog Wild

Feral hogs are just one of several species of invasive mammals that are posing immense challenges for national park managers. Unlike invasive insects or reptiles, invasive mammals are often larger and more “charismatic” animals, difficult for parks to eradicate from a logistical, financial, and emotional perspective. Contributing writer Kim O'Connell goes in search of wild hogs at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
November 17th, 2021 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 144 | Kīlauea Erupting

Kilauea Volcano.

Enter the National Park System and you won’t come away disappointed when you realize all that awaits you. At Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, it’s impossible not to be awed by the volcanism that created the Hawaiian islands, and which is on full display at the crater atop the Kīlauea volcano.

November 14th, 2021 Read More

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.

November 7th, 2021 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 142 | Grand Teton's Crowds

Grand Teton National park podcast
For Grand Teton National Park, this year has, to put it bluntly, been crazy busy.
October 31st, 2021 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 141: Is Charles Sams The Next National Park Service Director?

Charles Sams, National Park Service director.
We are on the cusp of having the first Senate-confirmed director of the National Park Service since Jonathan Jarvis retired at the end of the Obama administration in January 2017. Since then there’s been a revolving cast of individuals serving as acting director. But now the Biden Administration has nominated Charles F. Sams III to be the next director of the venerable agency.
October 24th, 2021 Read More

National Parks Traveler Episode 140: News Around The Parks

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It’s mid-October, the visitation season is slowing down for the northern tier of the United States, but that doesn’t mean news from the National Park System is ebbing. 

October 17th, 2021 Read More

National Parks Traveler Postcard From The Parks: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

Follow in Daniel Boone's footsteps at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park/Harold Jerrell
Why visit Cumberland Gap National Historical Park? The gap was the gateway to the heart of the country, as Daniel Boone discovered in the 1700s. And it's the one unit of the National Park System where you can take turns standing in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. The Traveler's Lynn Riddick gives you a brief preview of the historical park with this audio postcard.
October 13th, 2021 Read More

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