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National Parks Traveler Episode 106: Yellowstone Needs And Successes, Big Cypress Drilling

By Kurt Repanshek - February 21st, 2021
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National Parks Traveler Episode 106

This week we continue our conversation with Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly on the state of his park. We discuss efforts to greatly reduce the number of invasive lake trout in Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone’s infrastructure needs, and some of the conservation projects park staff are working on. And we also voice Traveler’s position that the National Park Service needs to conduct an environmental impact statement, not a less rigorous environmental assessment, on plans to drill for oil in Big Cypress National Preserve.

 

:02 National Parks Traveler introduction

:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek

1:19 The Road Scholar - Bill Mize - The Spirit of South Dakota

1:40 Western National Parks Association

2:03 Grand Teton National Park Foundation

2:34 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation

3:00 Our conversation with Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly resumes, touching on infrastructure needs, conservation projects, and lake trout.

36:05 Yellowstone - Randy Petersen - The Sounds of Yellowstone

37:02 National Parks Traveler

37:15 Potrero Group promotion

37:46 Washington’s National Park Fund

38:20 Friends of Acadia

38:49 North Cascades Institute

39:10 Traveler's View: Big Cypress Drilling Proposal Needs An EIS, Not An EA

46:07 Caribbean Song - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of the Everglades

46:14 Episode Closing

46:41 Orange Tree Productions promotion

47:17 Splitbeard Productions

47:29 National Parks Traveler footer

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Submitted by Scott C. on February 21, 2021 - 9:20pm.

That was very informative and great to hear such candid thoughts on so many complicated issues. Good to hear there are no plans to expand cell towers. Thank you Kurt. 


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