Parkography

Two New Park Units, Mosquito Science, and the True Age of Yosemite | News from the Parks

It's time for our monthly park news round-up. This time, there are two new park units, a new study shares how some people really are "mosquito magnets," and some new science shows that Yosemite is much younger than we previously thought it was. 
 
Today's show was sponsored by L.L.Bean, follow the hashtag #beanoutsider, and visit LLBean.com to find great gear for exploring the National Parks. 
And by Campendium. Find listings and reviews for thousands of campsites for your next national park adventure at campendium.com.
Make sure to follow the America's National Parks Podcast on Facebook and Instagram, and join us on the RV Miles podcast the hear our travel stories as we journey across America. 

Spooky Stories from National Parks

It’s that spooky time of year again when the leaves are turning orange and red, the days get shorter and the nights longer, and there seems to be a ghoul hiding around every bend on the trail. Which means it’s also the perfect time of year for a themed episode. Today, we will be traversing the country to hear about some obscure hauntings and a curse that has been verified by multiple visitors.
 
Host: Jason Epperson
Narrator: Abigail Trabue
Written by: Rachel Ryan
Edited by: Peter Xiong 
 

The Endangered Species Act

Species and population declines persisted during this time despite the existence of several federal laws, including The Lacey Act, the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. A heavier-hitting piece of legislation was needed, and thus the Endangered Species Preservation Act came to be in October of 1966. Aimed at conserving, protecting, and restoring select species of native fish and wildlife, the Act and its purpose soon outgrew itself and, by 1969, was replaced with the Endangered Species Conservation Act.
But President Richard Nixon wasn’t satisfied. He called for even more comprehensive legislation, signing into law one of the nation’s, and world’s, most significant and strongest environmental laws.
Today’s America’s National Parks, the United States Endangered Species Act.
Written by Dr. Charlotte Hacker
Edited by Peter Xiong
Narrated by Abigail Trabue
Hosted by Jason Epperson

The 5 Senses of Death Valley

We often think of visiting national parks as a visual experience, the scenery drawing us in, the spectacular sights, where every moment presents yet another photo opportunity. And certainly this is true, even at Death Valley National Park. Every harshly sculpted desert landscape is a unique vista, a marvel of nature. But the conditions at Death Valley in the summertime remind us that the national parks can be experienced through senses other than sight. We primarily think of parks as something we see, but truly, if we’re experiencing a place fully, we should engage all five senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. This episode of America’s National Parks podcast is not a story, but rather a sensory journey.
 
Written By: Lauren Eisenberg Davis
Narrated By: Abigail Trabue
Edited By: Peter Xiong
Hosted By: Jason Epperson

National Park News | Cave Waves, False Alarm Volcano, and More

In this episode, a Mexican earthquake caused a strange reaction 1500 miles away in death valley, the longest cave in the world is officially 6 miles longer, a new policy will more closely involve indigenous people in federal land management, and a former director of the National Park Service has died. 
 
Today's show was sponsored by L.L.Bean, follow the hashtag #beanoutsider, and visit LLBean.com to find great gear for exploring the National Parks. 
And by Campendium. Find listings and reviews for thousands of campsites for your next national park adventure at campendium.com.
Make sure to follow the America's National Parks Podcast on Facebook and Instagram, and join us on the RV Miles podcast the hear our travel stories as we journey across America. 

Plains

A few million words could be written about Jimmy Carter and his influence on America and the world — but today, two of Plains, Georgia's lesser known residents, the folks that would raise or 39th president — the first to be born in a hospital. 
 
Today's show was sponsored by L.L.Bean, follow the hashtag #beanoutsider, and visit LLBean.com to find great gear for exploring the National Parks. 
And by Campendium. Find listings and reviews for thousands of campsites for your next national park adventure at campendium.com.
Make sure to follow the America's National Parks Podcast on Facebook and Instagram, and join us on the RV Miles podcast the hear our travel stories as we journey across America. 

Glacier Bay - Fisheries and Canneries

The pristine landscape of Alaska’s Glacier Bay stretches as far as the eye can see. Heading out from the serenity of Bartlett Cove, the bay opens into a wide waterway dotted with islands, and flanked by snow-capped mountains that disappear into the clouds, and thick forests of spruce and hemlock, cottonwood, and alder. The bay fills a basin carved out by the Grand Pacific Glacier, which has retreated north over the last two hundred fifty years, leaving behind a frigid bejeweled body of water fringed by a series of tidewater glaciers.

National Geographic’s ”America’s National Parks”: Interview With the Creators

Anwar Mamon is an award-winning Executive Producer with over 20 years’ experience in TV production who has filmed in some of the most remote locations on the planet, pushing the boundaries of technology to bring viewers closer to nature and our planet than ever before. 
And Ben Wallis has made films all over the world for prestigious outlets such as BBC, Disneynature, Netflix, Discovery and PBS.
Anwar and Ben are a part of Wildstar Films and the team behind National Geographic’s new series “America’s National Parks” premiering on the National Geographic channel and on Disney plus.