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...
Mar 10, 2024
While most visitors to the National Park System view the parks as incredibly beautiful places, or places rich in culture and history, there’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes within the parks, and with the National Parks Service.
Traveler editor Kurt Repanshek has closely followed the parks and the Park Service...
Mar 3, 2024
With nearly 430 units in the National Park System, of which 63 are National Parks, we all probably could use a little help in planning our adventures into the park system. But do you simply visit a park’s website to plan your trip? Find an online guidebook? Buy a hardcover guidebook? Or simply wing it when you reach...