Latest Shenandoah Podcast Episodes
National Parks Traveler: A Conversation With Everglades National Park Superintendent Pedro Ramos
National Parks Traveler Podcast - May 01, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsEverglades National Park very easily can be viewed as the poster child for invasive species. It’s infested with non-native Burmese pythons, Argentine black and white tegus are making inroads, there is invasive vegetation like Melaleuca and Brazilian pepper, and nonnative fish are making their wa...
Audio Postcards from the Parks: The Anhinga Trail At Everglades National Park
National Parks Traveler Podcast - April 27, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsOne trail you must take when you visit Everglades National Park is the Anhinga Trail at Royal Palm. You'll find a short boardwalk that takes you out over the waters of Taylor Slough and quickly discover that the mangroves and other trees that rise above the water are popular with anhingas, one o...
National Parks Traveler: Glen Canyon NRA's Thirst For Water
National Parks Traveler Podcast - April 24, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsLake Powell long has been the shimmering heart of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah and Arizona, but it’s not the only asset of the NRA that covers 1.25 million acres. This is Kurt Repanshek, your host at the National Parks Traveler. Last year I had the good fortune to visit Glen C...
National Parks Traveler: Slogging Through A Cypress Dome At Everglades
National Parks Traveler Podcast - April 17, 2022 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsA great way to experience Everglades National Park is to go on a "slough slog" into a cypress dome. Ranger Yvette Cano led National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek on such a wet hike in search of a gator hole.
National Parks Traveler: Visiting Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Part 2
National Parks Traveler Podcast - April 10, 2022 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsLyndon Baines Johnson had a staggering impact on the United States during his time as president. Much of his approach to government was instilled during his early life in Texas. In this, part two of her podcast on the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, the Traveler's Lynn Riddick vi...
National Parks Traveler: Visiting LBJ National Historical Park, Part 1
National Parks Traveler Podcast - April 03, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThose who have ascended to the presidency of the United States are products of the environments in which they were born, raised, and educated. Their early experiences usually have a significant effect on how they manage their presidency and the subsequent policy and programs developed under thei...
National Parks Traveler: Exploring Padre Island National Seashore
National Parks Traveler Podcast - March 27, 2022 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsSome 615,000 visitors a year flock to the hard-packed gray sands of Padre Island National Seashore along the Gulf Coast of Texas. This undeveloped national seashore boasts an abundance of natural wonders in its tidal flats, dunes and grasslands. Ample solitude can be found on it 65-mile stretch ...
National Parks Traveler: Saving Everglades' Cape Sable
National Parks Traveler Podcast - March 20, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsNear the very tip of Everglades National Park, the interior wetlands of Cape Sable have long been viewed as one of the most ecologically productive environments left in Florida. It could become even more so thanks to an upcoming restoration project. Dr. Jerry Lorenz, head of Audubon's Everglade...
National Parks Traveler: In Search Of A National Biodiversity Strategy
National Parks Traveler Podcast - March 13, 2022 13:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsNearly 200 countries have developed various forms of biodiversity strategies, but the United States is not one of them. What exactly would a "national biodiversity strategy" look like? What would it entail? To explore those, and other, questions about biodiversity we’re joined by Robert Dewey,...
National Parks Traveler: Cape Hatteras' Crowds And Collapsing Houses
National Parks Traveler Podcast - March 06, 2022 13:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsFrom coast to coast, national parks, national forests, and state parks are being crowded, if not overrun at times, by visitors. One part of the country that has seen record-breaking visitation has been the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh Nati...
National Parks Traveler: Seeking Official Wilderness In Big Bend
National Parks Traveler Podcast - February 27, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsAcross the roughly 85-million-acre National Park System there are, in theory at least, some 70 million acres envisioned as official wilderness. Forty-four million acres have received Congressional blessing as such, while another 26 million acres are in something akin to administrative limbo. S...
National Parks Traveler: Fleeing National Park Crowds
National Parks Traveler Podcast - February 20, 2022 13:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsHow many are too many? That’s the question to mull in the wake of news from the National Park Service that nearly 300 million visited the National Park System last year. What is the perfect number for annual visitation to the park system’s 423 units? To help sort out the pluses and minuses ...
National Parks Traveler: America's Bison
National Parks Traveler Podcast - February 13, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsShould Yellowstone National Park have more bison, should it have less? Just recently the park embarked on an environmental impact statement to examine that question. Dr. James Derr, a professor of veterinary genetics at Texas A&M University who has spent more than a quarter century directing ...
National Parks Traveler: RVing Through The National Park System
National Parks Traveler Podcast - February 06, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsRVing –- traveling by recreational vehicle –- has exploded along with the coronavirus pandemic. Sales have gone through the roof, inventory has been depleted, and would-be customers often have to wait months before they can hit the road with their new rig. Many, if not most, of those RV enthus...
National Parks Traveler: How To Expand Eastern Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - January 30, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsWith the great rush to the outdoors that we’ve seen since the Covid pandemic erupted, there have been many calls for more space in the National Park System. While there are places in the West that seem to be logical additions to the parks there, that's not the case in the East. So, if we want mo...
National Parks Traveler: Chasing The Smokies Moon
National Parks Traveler Podcast - January 23, 2022 13:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsGreat Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the great hiking destinations in the mid-Atlantic region, if not the entire East Coast. Across its rumpled 522,427 acres there are more than 800 miles of trails. They range from relatively short footpaths to scenic payoffs like Rainbow Falls and Abrah...
National Parks Traveler: Managing Elk And Cattle At Point Reyes
National Parks Traveler Podcast - January 16, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsAll is not well at Point Reyes National Seashore, as a years-long battle continues over ranching at Point Reyes, how it’s impacting the seashore’s environment, and how the National Park Service is trying to manage it. To sort through some of these issues, we’re joined by Laura Cunningham, Califo...
National Parks Traveler: Exploring Big Bend And Chuck Sams
National Parks Traveler Podcast - January 09, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsLast week the National Parks Traveler took you to Big Bend National Park in far west Texas with a discussion with Chief of Interpretation Tom Vandenberg. This week, Traveler's Lynn Riddick provides a first-hand, more personal glimpse into this vast remote park. Afterwards, Traveler Editor Kur...
National Parks Traveler: Understanding Big Bend National Park
National Parks Traveler Podcast - January 02, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThe National Parks Traveler’s Lynn Riddick begins a two-part series about her recent trip to Big Bend -- a vast wilderness in the Chihuahuan Desert along the Rio Grande. She meets up with the park’s chief of interpretation, who offers an overview of the park’s varied geology and diverse ecology,...
National Parks Traveler | 2021's Major News Stories From The Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - December 26, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThis has been one of the most newsworthy years in recent memory for the National Park Service and the parks. There’s finally a Senate-confirmed director at the helm, billions of dollars are flowing into the parks for a variety of projects, wildfires chewed through Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Las...
National Parks Traveler | A conservation conversation with Kristine Tompkins
National Parks Traveler Podcast - December 19, 2021 13:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsAs the global human population continues to increase, as sprawl continues to wash over natural areas, the amount of space needed for flora and fauna to thrive and, even, in some cases, survive, is steadily being squeezed by the human footprint. Kristine Tompkins knows a little about protecting...
Traveler's Postcards From The Parks: Hiking Kīlauea Iki Trail At Hawaii Volcanoes
National Parks Traveler Podcast - December 15, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsWhen you visit Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, after you’ve gazed into the Kīlauea crater itself if it’s erupting, you should make a point to hike the Kīlauea Iki Trail. Starting from an overlook near Nāhuku (aka the Thurston Lava Tube), the trail goes down through the rainforest and out across...
National Parks Traveler | Hiking Yosemite
National Parks Traveler Podcast - December 12, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThere is no shortage of hiking trails in the National Park System. From coastal walks and boardwalk trails to trails that run the ridges of the Teton Crest Trail in Grand Teton National Park and the wildly popular hike to the top of Old Rag in Shenandoah National Park, the options can be overwhe...
National Parks Traveler | A Pleistocene Burial Ground
National Parks Traveler Podcast - December 05, 2021 13:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsCamels, lions, and mammoths once roamed the landscape around Las Vegas, Nevada. Such was the case during the latter part of the Pleistocene era, which spanned a period of time between 11,000 years and 2.5 million years ago. The area -- known as the Upper Las Vegas Wash –- is rich with the fossil...
National Parks Traveler: Rick Ridgeway's Life Lived Wild
National Parks Traveler Podcast - November 28, 2021 13:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsToday we’re talking adventures, friendships, and the environment with Rick Ridgeway, who has traveled the world seeking adventure and, along the way, debated and discussed environmental consciousness with his friends, colleagues and peers. Rick, a climber, kayaker, explorer, filmmaker, and thoug...
National Parks Traveler Podcast: Exploring Night Skies Over The Parks
National Parks Traveler Podcast - November 21, 2021 13:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsIt’s been said that the night sky represents the other half of the National Park System. It’s in the national parks where you can experience some of the darkest skies you’ll find anywhere. Our guest this week knows all about that. Artist, author, astronomer and Night Sky Ambassador Doctor Tyle...
Traveler's Audio Postcard From The Parks: Feral Hogs
National Parks Traveler Podcast - November 17, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsFeral hogs are just one of several species of invasive mammals that are posing immense challenges for national park managers. Unlike invasive insects or reptiles, invasive mammals are often larger and more “charismatic” animals, difficult for parks to eradicate from a logistical, financial, and ...
National Parks Traveler | Kīlauea Erupting
National Parks Traveler Podcast - November 14, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsEnter the National Park System and you won’t come away disappointed when you realize all that awaits you. At Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, it’s impossible not to be awed by the volcanism that created the Hawaiian islands, and which is on full display at the crater atop the Kīlauea volcano. J...
National Parks Traveler: Now Is The Time For The Traveler
National Parks Traveler Podcast - November 07, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsThe national parks have never been more popular...or more threatened. Now through the end of the year, we are asking for your support for a fundraising campaign to ensure the National Parks Traveler’s ongoing coverage of national parks and protected areas.
National Parks Traveler | Grand Teton's Crowds
National Parks Traveler Podcast - October 31, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsFor Grand Teton National Park, this year has, to put it bluntly, been crazy busy. In September the park counted 570,584 visitors, the second-highest tally for that month in park history. Notably, it pushed the park’s year-to-date visitation to 3,493,937, a record for an entire year, and with O...
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