Sep 24, 2023
For the past 240 weeks, the National Parks Traveler has brought
you weekly podcasts examining life, news, and exploration of the
National Park System. It’s been a long-running series that has
never lacked for topics.
We hope you’ve found those episodes as informative and interesting
as we have.
For this week’s show, we’re diving into shows from past years to
bring you two we think you’ll find fascinating. One revolves around
the question of whether a gun can keep you safe from bears in the
backcountry of parks. We discuss that topic with Tom Smith, a
professor of wildlife sciences at Brigham Young University and a
member of the National Rifle Association.
In the second part, we look back at Lynn Riddick’s journey
underground at Mammoth Cave National Park.