Latest Acadia Podcast Episodes
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Speak Up For The Swamp
National Parks Traveler Podcast - December 03, 2023 13:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIt’s been six years since an oil company headed out across the marl prairie of Big Cypress National Park with vehicles weighing as much as 30 tons to search for oil reserves. Signs of that work continue to show on the prairie, despite stringent National Park Service requirements for restoring th...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Exploring Arches National Park
National Parks Traveler Podcast - November 26, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsUtah has five spectacular national parks, and Arches is one of them. It’s a relatively small park. The scenic drive is only 18 miles long, ending at the Devil’s Garden area, but you’ll have incredible views of the reddish rockscape the entire way right from your vehicle. Of course, it’s al...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Cape Hatteras Shorebirds and Sea Turtles
National Parks Traveler Podcast - November 19, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThroughout history the barrier islands that today are home to Cape Hatteras National Seashore have been attractive to wildlife. A variety of sea turtle species come ashore to lay their nests, and a variety of shorebirds settle there, too, to lay their eggs. But the thing with wildlife nesting...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Budgetary Blues
National Parks Traveler Podcast - November 12, 2023 13:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIt was just over a month ago when the federal government was staring at the possibility of a shutdown. Well, little seemingly has changed in the ensuing four weeks, other than that the House of Representatives has a new speaker in Mike Johnson from Louisiana, and the full chamber has settled on ...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | The Search for WPA Park Posters
National Parks Traveler Podcast - November 05, 2023 13:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsWhen a young park ranger was asked by his supervisor to clean out an old barn at Grand Teton National Park in the early 1970s, he discovered a dusty and stained blue, grey, and green poster inviting folks to “Meet the Ranger Naturalist at Jenny Lake Museum. This young ranger, Doug Leen, soon dis...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Extinction is Forever
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 29, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThere are more than 2,000 species currently listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. And while species that gain protection under the act have a great chance to survive, not all do. Just recently the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that 21 species – birds, f...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Footprints in Time
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 22, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsAs you walk through the white gypsum sands of White Sands National Park in southern New Mexico, your footprints will likely be quickly erased by shifting winds. So it’s somewhat of a phenomenon of nature that the oldest footprints ever discovered in North America are not only found here — in per...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Salmon, Cedar, Rock and Rain
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 15, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThe Olympic Peninsula of Washington state is a wild and wooly place, even now in the 21st century. That’s no doubt largely because the heart of the peninsula is taken up by Olympic National Park, a more than 900,000-acre jigsaw puzzle of glaciers and peaks, rainforests, rivers, and Pacific coast...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Canadian Rockies
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 08, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsSnow has fallen in the upper reaches of Yellowstone and Glacier national parks, and fall weather in general is making a national park trip in the northern half of the United States not terribly appealing. October is a season of transition across the National Park System. Cooler, and in some ca...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | 2023 Government Shutdown
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 01, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsFor the second time in five years, and the third time in the past decade, the United States government was poised to shut down this weekend because of an impasse in the House of Representatives over how to fund the government. And, as a result, the National Park System was poised to shut down. I...
National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 241 | Guns, Bears, and Mammoth Cave
National Parks Traveler Podcast - September 24, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsFor 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 ha...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Grand Teton State of the Park
National Parks Traveler Podcast - September 17, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsGrand Teton National Park is an incredible place, rich in wildlife, mountaineering history, pioneer history, and Native American history. And, rightfully so, it’s one of the busiest parks in the National Park System. In 2021 the park saw nearly 4 million visitors, as the public rushed back out i...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | The American Buffalo with Dayton Duncan
National Parks Traveler Podcast - September 10, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsBison have been in the news recently. The Interior Department this past week released $5 million to help fund both bison restoration and grasslands rehabilitation. And next month Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan will release their latest documentary, The American Buffalo. The American Buffalo docume...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Flooded Death Valley
National Parks Traveler Podcast - September 03, 2023 17:51 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIt’s been nearly eight years since a storm of historic proportions pounded Death Valley National Park and did extensive damage in Grapevine Canyon in the northeastern corner of the park where Scotty’s Castle stands. The popular tourist attraction still has not reopened as repair work continues. ...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | 17,000 Mile North American Road Trip
National Parks Traveler Podcast - August 27, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIf you were to plan an extended trip through the National Park System, how would you do it? Where would you go first? How would you prepare? In this week’s podcast, the Traveler’s Lynn Riddick talks with Cristian Garza, who recently returned from a four-month jaunt through the parks. He clo...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Wilderness Watch
National Parks Traveler Podcast - August 20, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIn 1964, passage of The Wilderness Act promised Americans that there would be lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition. It was a promise from Congress that the American people of present and future generations would be able to enjoy the benefits of an enduring ...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Hot Waters Wash Florida’s National Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - August 13, 2023 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThe New York Times recently summed up one of the biggest climate change stories of the year so far. The planet’s average sea surface temperature spiked to a record high in April, and the ocean has remained exceptionally warm ever since, the paper reported. In July, widespread marine heatwaves dr...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | South Florida Wildlands Association
National Parks Traveler Podcast - August 06, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsMajestic wildlife abounds across the National Park System. You can see wolves, grizzlies and bison in Yellowstone, California condors at Pinnacles and Grand Canyon, moose in Voyageurs, and sea turtles at Cape Hatteras and Padre Island, and elephant seals at Point Reyes National Seashore, just to...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | National Parks Expansion For Biodiversity
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 30, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsWhy expand the National Park System? That can be a controversial question. There are many folks who would love to see additional units added, and there are just as many who say the National Park Service does not have the staff or funding to adequately maintain the existing park system. We’ve b...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Heat Week In The Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 23, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThis summer has been one of the hottest for the entire world, with temperatures rising above 100 degrees Fahrenheit quite frequently. Here in the United States, there are many places where the heat has gone well above 100 degrees. And at Death Valley National Park, the temperature this past week...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Stone Road Press and The National Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 16, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThere are seemingly endless guides to exploring the national parks: Moon, National Geographic, Lonely Planet, and various other corporate publishers. Indeed, it’s rare these days that you find a writer who takes on the role of both guidebook author and publisher. Most of these guidebooks take...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Mobile-Tensaw River Delta Conservation
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 09, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsWhen you talk about expanding the National Park System, any expansion should be strategic. Whether it’s to protect a cultural or historical site, or one rich in natural resources. Today, if you want to protect natural resources, it should be done with an eye towards protecting biodiversity. Th...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | The American Buffalo
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 02, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsOnce upon a time, there might have been 60 million bison on the North American continent. The herds were so large that they covered prairies like immense horizon-stretching black cloaks, and their annual migrations carved such wide paths into the landscape that some were turned into roads by hum...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Summer Wildfire Outlook in the Park System
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 25, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsA winter heavy in snowfall has slowed the start to the wildfire season across parts of the West, although the return of the El Niño weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean could reverse that start and contribute to another smoky summer in the National Park System west of the Continental Divide. C...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Expanding the National Park System
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 18, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThere always seem to be calls to expand the National Park System. And those calls always spur a number of questions. Why does the National Park System need to be expanded? What sites might be considered for expansion? Can we even afford to expand the system? After all, as the Traveler frequen...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Lost Hospitals and Underwater Graves at Dry Tortugas
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 11, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsYou likely know that Dry Tortugas National Park houses Fort Jefferson, which served as a Civil War-era prison with a community for soldiers, civilians, and slaves. Were you aware that hidden remnants of a hospital and graveyard have been found nearby — offshore — adding to the puzzle of l...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Hidden National Park Gems
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 04, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIt’s summer. Not officially, but close enough. Many schools have already taken the next few months off, others will soon join the summer break. Summer for many is the peak travel time. Parks are a great destination, whether in summer or just about any other month of the year. To help you come ...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | The Horses of Cumberland Island
National Parks Traveler Podcast - May 28, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsHorses can be found in many corners of the National Park System. You spot them running wild at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, splashing in the surf at Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina and at Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland and Virginia, and of c...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Yellowstone’s Gold and Cape Hatteras’s Shifting Sands
National Parks Traveler Podcast - May 21, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThere are external and internal influences that can impact units of the National Park System. Urban sprawl can strangle parks and their natural resources. Wildfires can sweep across boundaries and into parks. Rivers can flood and wash out trails and roads, as we saw last June at Yellowstone Nati...
National Parks Traveler Podcast | Debt Ceiling Crisis and the Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - May 14, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsWhile spring is slowly giving way to summer in many parts of the country, with visitors gaining more and more access to the National Park System, a stand-off in Washington over the country’s debt ceiling very likely would greatly disrupt operations in the parks. It was just a decade ago that a f...