Latest Shenandoah Podcast Episodes
National Parks Traveler | The Bison Of Tallgrass Prairie
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 23, 2022 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsBack in 2009, a small herd of bison was relocated from Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas. The goal was not only to restore an essential foundational species of wildlife that had not grazed on those lands for more than a century, but to also ...
National Parks Traveler Audio Postcard From The Parks | Parks Canada's Only Shipwright
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 23, 2022 07:30 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsTerry Karlsen is Parks Canada's only shipwright. And his latest challenge is a big one: Restoring the S.S. Klondike, a vintage steam-powered paddlewheeler. The work is underway at the S.S. Klondike National Historic Site in Whitehorse, Yukon.
National Parks Traveler | The Grand Teton National Park Foundation
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 16, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIf you’ve spent time in the National Park System, you’ve seen a mix of conditions in terms of a park’s infrastructure. Some are in great condition, some not so great. Recently my wife and I had the opportunity to stop by Grand Teton National Park and the Jenny Lake area. The trails that lead aro...
National Parks Traveler Audio Postcard From The Parks|Appreciating Yellowstone By Sea Kayak
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 11, 2022 07:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsA sea kayaking paddle on Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park just might be the perfect way to end summer if you like paddling. It's also a great way to gain another perspective of the park, and the National Park System.
National Parks Traveler | Climate Change And The Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 09, 2022 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsOur climate is changing, and not subtly. And it's having a great and visible impact on the National Park System. We saw flooding and fires at units of the National Park Systems this year, as well as an ongoing historic drought thought to be the worst in 1,200 years. Are those events the result...
National Parks Traveler | From Swamp to Wetlands
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 02, 2022 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsEverglades National Park was somewhat of an anomaly when it was authorized in Congress back in 1934. It marked the first time that federal land was set aside for its abundance of plant and animal species, rather than for its breathtaking scenic views. Today, Everglades National Park continues ...
National Parks Traveler | Exploring Saratoga National Historical Park
National Parks Traveler Podcast - September 25, 2022 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsToday we’re going to delve into some of New York’s Revolutionary War history with an audio trip to Saratoga National Historical Park. The Traveler’s Lynn Riddick caught up park ranger and military historian Eric Schnitzer, who explains what happened there and why it’s significant.
National Parks Traveler | Fat Bear Week At Katmai National Park
National Parks Traveler Podcast - September 18, 2022 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsFall is here. Snow has fallen in the Rockies, the days are getting shorter, and some animals are realizing that winter isn’t that far away. With the change of seasons underway, you should mark your calendar for the most unusual competition in the National Park System and get started on your b...
National Parks Traveler | Kenai Fjords' Glaciers
National Parks Traveler Podcast - September 11, 2022 12:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsOne of the most amazing settings in the National Park System are glacial landscapes. From Glacier National Park in Montana and Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state to Alaska, these rivers of ice are captivating to see and, if you’re lucky enough, to walk upon or watch as they calve bl...
National Parks Traveler |Rewilding the West
National Parks Traveler Podcast - September 04, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThe Biden administration’s desire to preserve at least 30 percent of the country’s lands and waters for nature by 2030 has heightened the public’s interest in nature, and spurred countless conversations into not only how that goal can be achieved, but about the benefits that it will generate. ...
National Parks Traveler: Acadia's Friends
National Parks Traveler Podcast - August 28, 2022 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIt’s been said time and again, the National Park Service is not adequately funded. There’s just not enough money in the agency’s annual budgets to address all the needs across the National Park System. And those needs are many, from maintaining facilities, keeping wastewater treatment plans oper...
National Parks Traveler: Is Recreation.gov Exclusionary?
National Parks Traveler Podcast - August 21, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsAs the inscription on the Roosevelt Arch at the north entrance into Yellowstone National Park reminds us, the national parks are for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. They are wild, scenic, and historic spaces that belong to all of us. But are they in reality exclusive places with reserva...
National Parks Traveler: Adventuring To Alaska's Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - August 14, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsAlaska is a big state, and within that big state are 17 units of the National Park System spanning more than 100 million acres. Denali, Glacier Bay, Kenai Fjords, Katmai, Wrangell-St. Elias are just some of those units. But if you want to visit the parks in Alaska, how do you decide which ones t...
Audio Postcard From The Parks: The Shadow Mountain Lookout
National Parks Traveler Podcast - August 10, 2022 07:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsOn the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park, in an opening in the piney forest, stands a fire lookout built in the 1930s. The Shadow Mountain Lookout is the only lookout remaining in the park. During a recent visit to Rocky Mountain, I followed the 5-mile-long trail to the lookout, where ...
National Parks Traveler: Recovering Yellowstone
National Parks Traveler Podcast - August 07, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsClimate change is materializing in various ways across the National Park System. Houses have been falling into the Atlantic at Cape Hatteras National Seashore as a result of sea level rise and shifting of the barrier island, wildfires have been raging through Sequoia, Yosemite, and Lassen Volcan...
National Parks Traveler Episode 181: Musical Kīlauea
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 31, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIf you’re interested in volcanoes, you need not go further than our national parks to get your fill. Eighty-four units of the National Park System have volcanic resources. These parks run the gamut of having very active volcanic features to those where volcanoes formed the landscape and contribu...
National Parks Traveler|Homestead National Historical Park
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 24, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsHomestead National Historical Park near Beatrice, Nebraska, isn’t that big, just 211 acres, but as the saying goes, it plays much, much bigger. Here you’ll find the National Museum on Homesteading, historic buildings including the Palmer-Epard log cabin that despite its small size – just 14 feet...
National Parks Traveler | Exploring Fort Larned National Historic Site
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 17, 2022 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThe beauty of the National Park System is that there are more than 400 units that you can choose to visit, and each has a unique perspective showcasing the United States’ history, natural beauty, or cultural richness. Fort Larned is the best-preserved Civil War-era fort in the National Park Sy...
Audio Postcards From The Parks: Stitching National Parks Together
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 14, 2022 07:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThough Nancy Hershberger might be dismissed by "traditional" quilters, her patchwork designs capture a setting deserving a spot in an art gallery, or a wall in your home. True, her quilts won't cover your bed or keep you physically warm on a cold night. But they likely will bring a knowing smi...
National Parks Traveler |Walking Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 10, 2022 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThere are 423 units in the National Park System, but a surprising number of people focus on about two dozen parks. Last year, when roughly 300 million visited the park system, just 25 units – the Yellowstones, Grand Canyon’s, Zions, Cape Cods, Blue Ridge Parkways – got 50 percent of the traffic....
National Parks Traveler| Walking The Oregon Trail At Scotts Bluff
National Parks Traveler Podcast - July 03, 2022 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThe Oregon Trail stretched roughly 2,170 miles from Missouri to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. It rambled across prairie, sagebrush desert and mountains. From the 1840s into the 1880s, hundreds of thousands of immigrants made the challenging journey, and not all survived. Today more than 120 histor...
Audio Postcard From The Parks | Sea Kayaking Jackson Lake At Grand Teton
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 29, 2022 07:30 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThere really are few days that aren't great for paddling on Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, whether you're in a canoe or a sea kayak. During a short getaway in early June my wife and I did just that. Embed the picture that accompanies this post in your mind, then listen as I paddle th...
National Parks Traveler Podcast - Episode 176
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 26, 2022 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsNPT Ep 176 Spot List - Run Time - 41:40 :02 National Parks Traveler introduction :12 Episode Intro with Lynn Riddick :34 The Road Scholar - Bill Mize - The Spirit of South Dakota :44 Eastern National Passport 1:27 Interior Federal Credit Union 1:45 Washington’s National Park Fund 2:18 Wi...
National Parks Traveler: Surviving The Covid Pandemic At Yosemite
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 19, 2022 12:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThe impact of the Covid shutdown in the National Park System is well-known, and we regret that many park-related businesses in the gateway communities may not have made it. The National Parks Traveler circled back to one particular business that we had featured in an article in May 2020 –- Sout...
National Parks Traveler | Listening To The Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 12, 2022 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsWaking up in the middle of the night in the backcountry of a national park can often be an interesting, or even unnerving, experience. What was it that caused you to wakeup? Fourteen years ago, deep in the interior of Yellowstone National Park it was the howling of a wolf that woke me, and when ...
National Parks Traveler | Birding In The National Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - June 05, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThe natural and wild environments of our national parks offer the unsurpassed protection and diverse ecosystems that birds need to thrive. And that makes our parks equally great places for you to see birds. This week the Traveler’s Lynn Riddick talks to birding expert Nicholas Lund of Maine Audu...
National Parks Traveler | What Parks Will You Visit This Summer?
National Parks Traveler Podcast - May 29, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsMemorial Day Weekend is the official kickoff to summer. There’s no doubt that many of us have already been to a unit of the National Park System in 2022, but this weekend is the traditional kickoff to venturing into the park system. If you don’t know where to go, or what to do, I’ve invited Ki...
National Parks Traveler| Battling Politics In The Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - May 22, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsNational Parks probably have never been entirely immune from political influences, whether they came out of Washington, D.C., or close to a park’s boundaries. But there’s an argument that can be made, one backed up by evidence, that the past 50 years have seen the most attempts to subvert the mi...
National Parks Traveler| The National Park System's Crippling Maintenance Backlog
National Parks Traveler Podcast - May 15, 2022 12:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsA new figure -- $21.8 billion -- has been attached to the National Park System's maintenance backlog. How will Congress react to that figure just a couple years after being told the number was around $13 billion?
National Parks Traveler: Music Inspired By The Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - May 08, 2022 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsNational parks inspire a lot of things, from great adventures and beautiful landscape paintings to the names of cars and trucks to even music. In this week's podcast we invite you to tap your feet to the music as Lynn Riddick shares the stories of two vbands whose monikers and tunes are inspir...
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