National Parks Traveler Podcast
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe podcast companion to the website, the National Parks Traveler covers commentary, news, and life in America's Parks.
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Episodes
NPTP 29 : Sounds of Congaree National Park
August 27, 2011 11:14 - 5 minutes - 3.49 MBThe sounds of Congaree National Park.
NPTP 28 : Restoring Hetch Hetchy?
June 27, 2011 11:14 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBNational Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Mike Marshall and Robert Hanna of Restore Hetch Hetchy.
NPTP 27 : Interview with Andrew Skurka
March 15, 2011 03:14 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBNational Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Adam Skurka.
NPTP 26 : Stonewall Jackson's arm - Interview with John Hennessy
November 01, 2010 12:18 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBNational 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
June 13, 2010 22:18 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBNational 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
May 09, 2010 12:22 - 7 minutes - 5.28 MBNational 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
April 18, 2010 11:59 - 17 minutes - 12.5 MBNational 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
April 13, 2010 05:59 - 6 minutes - 4.66 MBNational 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
February 14, 2010 12:28 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBNational Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Doug Smith, project leader of gray wolf restoration in Yellowstone National Park.
NPTP 19 : Interview with Jon Jarvis
October 13, 2009 02:06 - 18 minutes - 10.2 MBNational 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
October 02, 2009 02:34 - 58 minutes - 10.2 MBNational Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek Participates In Conference Call With NRDC
NPTP 17 : Interview with Ken Burns - The National Parks: "America's Best Idea"
September 27, 2009 02:38 - 30 minutes - 5.38 MBNational Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek interviews Ken Burns
NPT 16 : Winter in Yellowstone National Park
December 20, 2007 13:56 - 3 minutes - 4 GB VideoNearly every conversation that includes the words "Yellowstone" and "winter" also includes the words "snowmobiles." Well, for a change, I'd like to present this short 3 minute journey into the snowy winter season in Yellowstone National Park, that includes no snowmobiles! (You would have heard them had I left the audio unedited, but at least you want see any in this short movie.) Buffalo still roam, rivers still flow, but the entire place in winter is surrounded in mist and snow, which totall...
NPT 15 : Fran Mainella Speaks About Snowmobiles and Science
November 30, 2007 23:47 - 4 minutes - 3.18 MBSOUND: Snowmobiles in [url=http://www.nps.gov/yell]Yellowstone National Park[/url]. KURT: At a time when politics in Washington truly are a “contact sport,” we shouldn’t be too surprised when we learn that science has been trumped when it comes to decisions affecting the national park system. Should we be disappointed? Of course. But surprised? Unfortunately not. These past seven years there long have been suspicions that politics shaped the National Park Service’s position on snowmobiling ...
NPT 14 : Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
November 19, 2007 18:57 - 3 minutes - 30.1 MB VideoA 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 parks recently. Park interpreters led a tour of the historic house and barn, followed later by a bus tour of the prairie. I happened to be on the very last bus tour of the season, the next one won't be until April. The park itself is pretty remote. I was traveling through Wichita and decided to take the side trip. The park is approximately 90 m...
NPT 13 : Olympic National Park; Lake Quinault
October 24, 2007 07:10 - 5 minutes - 51.4 MB VideoTake 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 historic Lake Quinault Lodge. Manager Dave Huber gives us a look around and describes some of the more interesting aspects of the lodge's past. Next, we catch up with Roger Blain, a former ranger with the Park Service, he now provides interpretive tours of the area with the lodge. Roger leads us through the Maple Glade trail, a short nature loop ...
NPT 12 : Port Chicago Naval Magazine as Park
October 02, 2007 07:28 - 5 minutes - 6.49 MBEugene 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 Francisco California, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine was a place where ordinance was transferred from rail cars to ships during World War II for operations in the Pacific. A small fire led first to a small explosion then 6 seconds later, a massive explosion that was felt up to 500 miles away. The explosion was the largest U.S. home front disaster d...
NPT 11 : Soundscape : Bandelier's Frijoles Creek
September 07, 2007 08:11 - 1 minute - 1.43 MBTake 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 the trees along the picnic road next to the creek. You'll be able to hear some birds chirping along, as well as a child's call about half-way through. And while it is anything but quiet, I think this is the type of natural soundscape that draws people out of the cities in search of the "peace and quiet" found in our national parks. This podcas...
NPT 10 : Voices from the Hill : Secretary Kempthorne on Centennial
August 24, 2007 00:26 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MBSecretary Kempthorne: "this is a giant leap for the National Park Service" You can hear it in his voice, can't you? Dirk Kempthorne is excited. The Secretary of the Interior announced today a list of 201 projects that are eligible for funding in the first year of the Centennial Initiative. The program could add as much as $2 Billion in new programs and projects for the parks, and $1 Billion for park operations over 10 years. In his remarks that follow, you can hear Mr. Kempthorne crow a litt...
NPT 9 : A Park Remark : Nancy Bandley and Park Passport Stamps
August 14, 2007 14:03 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBAt 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 the web that we can bring you audio and video programs from time to time. As part of an ongoing series, we'll provide interviews with folks who have special insight on the parks. Today I have a conversation with Nancy Bandley. Nancy has accomplished something very few others have done, she has visited every single unit of the National Park Servic...
Audio From the Hill : Mary Bomar
August 03, 2007 19:27 - 9 minutes - 8.55 MBNearly one year ago, on the 90th anniversary of the National Park Service that Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, while visiting Yellowstone National Park, introduced a program which would bring upwards of $3 Billion dollars in new funds for our parks. The ambitious program, called the Centennial Challenge, is geared to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Park Service in 2016. Over the last year, the National Park Service has conducted listening sessions around the country, and...
Olympic National Park, Sol Duc Valley
July 17, 2007 08:11 - 3 minutes - 41.8 MB VideoSol 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 Salmon Cascades, Sol Duc Hot Springs, and Sol Duc Falls along the way.
Haunted Hikes in the National Parks
April 26, 2007 07:04 - 12 minutes - 5.5 MBIn 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: Spine-Tingling Tales and Trails from North America's National Parks. Andrea and I have some fun covering some of the scary stories in her book. We also take a few minutes to cover the larger scope of these stories as they relate to cultural resource protection within the National Park Service. Our program starts with a reading from one of the storie...
NPCA Discusses Storm Damage and Listening Sessions
March 22, 2007 19:00 - 11 minutes - 5.3 MBLast 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 Association. Sean was a lot of fun to talk to, I found him to be very knowledgeable about many park issues. I've edited our conversation down to 11 minutes 30 seconds, but there was a lot of the interview I had to leave on the virtual cutting room floor. Perhaps down the road, I'll reassemble the extras and create another audiocast. Today's conver...
Washington State Plan to Abolish the FLREA
March 08, 2007 07:53 - 10 minutes - 4.95 MBI 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 your wallet is already familiar with: entrance fees. I had the opportunity to speak with Washington State Representative Maralyn Chase who has co-sponsored a House Memorial which asks that federal fees collected under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA) be abolished in the State of Washington.
Devils Tower Time Lapse
September 26, 2006 06:29 - 38 seconds - 7.12 MB VideoThis weekend Devils Tower celebrated its 100th anniversary as National Monument. It is significant, because it was the first federal land to be set aside as a monument by Teddy Roosevelt under the Antiquities Act. Based on the write-up in the Rapid City Journal, it sounds as if there was quite a bit of pomp and circumstance going on. The keynote speaker was Theodore Roosevelt IV. Special guests including the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks Craig Thomas (R., WY) and even ...
Interpreter Hasan Davis as York
September 24, 2006 06:48 - 10 minutes - 4.26 MBI 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 Rockwell of the Army Corps of Engineers who portrays Captain Clark. Today, I would like to introduce you to a living history interpreter who I think is as talented as anyone I've ever met at his craft. This fellow is named Hasan Davis, he is an educator and makes his home in the St. Louis area but has traveled coast to coast telling the story o...
Interview with Lewis & Clark Interpreter
August 10, 2006 22:01 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBWhen 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 with a fellow who has portrayed William Clark across the country at nearly all of the national Lewis & Clark events the last few years. The person's name is Craig "Rocky" Rockwell and he is an interpreter who works for the Army Corps of Engineers. Rocky's got a lot of good stories to share about his experience traveling the trail, and he agreed ...