Jun 30, 2024
In the remote wilderness of the Brooks Mountain Range in Alaska, where untamed rivers wind through vast expanses of tundra and towering mountains, a peculiar and alarming phenomenon is taking place. Since 2017 at least 75 pristine waterways, which once shimmered with crystalline clarity, have taken on a haunting hue of...
Jun 23, 2024
Have you ever wanted to scratch beneath the surface of a national park and gain a better understanding of the issues the National Park Service is challenged with? Or to see what research is being conducted, or understand what goals are being chased?
The staff at Grand Teton National Park just released their 2024 Grand...
Jun 16, 2024
As the National Mammal and a symbol closely tied to the National Park Service and the national parks, bison are highly revered in the United States. But that doesn’t mean they’re free of controversy.
Recently the staff at Yellowstone National Park released the Final Environmental Impact Statement on a bison...
Jun 9, 2024
There is so much rich history across the National Park System,
from chapters of the Revolutionary War held in parks in the eastern
half of the country to stories from the gold rush that stampeded
through Alaska during the late 1890s.
This is Kurt Repanshek, your host at The National Parks Traveler.
I’ve always been...
Jun 2, 2024
Recently I read “The Wolverine Way”, by Douglas Chadwick. It’s a book from 2012 that really dives into the lives of wolverines, a small mammal with a cantankerous reputation that the US Fish and Wildlife Service late last year announced would be a threatened species. The book is a fascinating biography, if you...