National Parks Traveler Podcast
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National Parks Traveler Podcast
The podcast companion to the website, the National Parks Traveler covers commentary, news, and life in America's Parks.
Recent Episodes
28 episodes
NPTP 28 : Restoring Hetch Hetchy?
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Mike Marshall and Robert Hanna of Restore Hetch Hetchy.
NPTP 27 : Interview with Andrew Skurka
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Adam Skurka.
NPTP 26 : Stonewall Jackson's arm - Interview with John Hennessy
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews John Hennessy regarding Stonewall Jackson's arm.
NPTP 25 : Dr. Donna Shaver - Kemps Ridley Sea Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Dr. Donna Shaver regarding the Kemps Ridley sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico.
NPTP 24 : Senator Tom Udall - Promoting Our National Parks
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Senator Tom Udall regarding the promotion of our National Parks.
NPTP 22 : Trevor Thomas - First blind person to thru-hike the ATC unassisted
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Trevor Thomas, First blind person to thru-hike the ATC unassisted.
NPTP 21 : Gerard Baker - Associate Director for American Indian Relations
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Gerard Baker, Associate Director for American Indian Relations
NPTP 20 : 15 years since the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Doug Smith, project leader of gray wolf restoration in Yellowstone National Park.
NPTP 19 : Interview with Jon Jarvis
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Jon Jarvis, director of the National Parks Service
NPTP 18 : Climate Change Threatens Our National Parks - Conference Call With NRDC
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek Participates In Conference Call With NRDC
NPTP 17 : Interview with Ken Burns - The National Parks: "America's Best Idea"
National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Ken Burns
NPT 16 : Winter in Yellowstone National Park
Nearly every conversation that includes the words "Yellowstone" and "winter" also includes the words "snowmobiles." Well, for a change, I'd like to pr...
NPT 15 : Fran Mainella Speaks About Snowmobiles and Science
SOUND: Snowmobiles in [url=http://www.nps.gov/yell]Yellowstone National Park[/url].
KURT: At a time when politics in Washington truly are...
NPT 14 : Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
A 3 minute video postcard from a recent visit to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas. I had the privilege of visiting this unit of the p...
NPT 13 : Olympic National Park; Lake Quinault
Take a few minutes out of your day and enjoy a 5 minute video tour of the Lake Quinault region of Olympic National Park. We start with a look at the h...
NPT 12 : Port Chicago Naval Magazine as Park
Eugene Sayles survived the terrible explosion at Port Chicago on the night of July 17, 1944, but many of his colleagues did not. Located near San Fran...
NPT 11 : Soundscape : Bandelier's Frijoles Creek
Take a minute to relax next to the cascading waters of Frijoles Creek in Bandelier National Monument. This short recording was made under the shade of...
NPT 10 : Voices from the Hill : Secretary Kempthorne on Centennial
Secretary Kempthorne: "this is a giant leap for the National Park Service"
You can hear it in his voice, can't you? Dirk Kempthorne is ex...
NPT 9 : A Park Remark : Nancy Bandley and Park Passport Stamps
At the new National Parks Traveler, Kurt Repanshek and I have as a goal to provide original multimedia content about our parks. It's an advantage of t...
Audio From the Hill : Mary Bomar
Nearly one year ago, on the 90th anniversary of the National Park Service that Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, while visiting Yellowstone N...
Olympic National Park, Sol Duc Valley
Sol Duc Valley is part 1 of a three part series about the West Side lowlands of Olympic National Park. Take a drive up the valley and stop at the Salm...
Haunted Hikes in the National Parks
In this third edition of the Park Remark audiocast, I have a phone conversation with Andrea Lankford who is the author of the book Haunted Hikes: Spin...
NPCA Discusses Storm Damage and Listening Sessions
Last week I had a chance to sit down and have an interview with Sean Smith, the Northwest Regional Director of the National Parks and Conservation Ass...
Washington State Plan to Abolish the FLREA
I hope you find the topic for the first show interesting -- if you recreate on federal lands, including the National Parks, it's at least topic that y...
Devils Tower Time Lapse
This weekend Devils Tower celebrated its 100th anniversary as National Monument. It is significant, because it was the first federal land to be set as...
Interpreter Hasan Davis as York
I met a lot of folks along the trail who's dedication to the Lewis and Clark story inspired me. In August I introduced you to one of these guys, Craig...
Interview with Lewis & Clark Interpreter
When I was at the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial event in Billings, MT recently, I brought along a portable audio recorder. I had the opportunity to chat...