Apr 14, 2024
Spur a discussion about traveling to a national park for a vacation and odds are that it will revolve around getting out into nature, looking for wildlife, perhaps honing your photography skills, or marveling at incredible vistas.
Will the discussion include destinations that portray aspects of the country’s history,...
Apr 7, 2024
Tens of millions of people in the United States will be able to witness a Total Solar Eclipse on Monday as the rare astronomical event cuts a path from Texas to Maine, up to 122 miles wide in some spots. This is a great opportunity to see the exact moment when the moon fully blocks the sun, creating a blazing...
Mar 31, 2024
With March madness down to the Sweet 16, and Opening Day of
Major League Baseball having arrived, we’re going to take a break
this week and dive into our podcast archives for this week’s
show.
This is Kurt Repanshek, your host at the National Parks Traveler.
My NCAA bracket was busted the very first day, and while...
Mar 24, 2024
One of the most popular public events in the National Park System was the release of sea turtle hatchlings, shuffling off into the Gulf of Mexico at Padre Island National Seashore. I say was, because the number of those public events has been drastically scaled back in recent years.
The programs featuring the release...
Mar 17, 2024
Air pollution and climate change impacts can have outsized effects on the National Park System, as well as lesser noticed but just as concerning effects. But are those impacts spread across the entire park system, or clustered around a few?
Back in 2019 the National Parks Conservation Association looked at how air...