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National Parks Traveler Episode 31: Is Fall Moving, Bahama Parrots, Erasing The Maintenance Backlog

How is climate change affecting fall colors? Stephanie Spera, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Richmond and a 2019 Second Century Stewardship fellow at the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, is using citizen science to help answer that question. Erika Zambello wonders how Hurricane Dorian affected the Abaco parrot (aka the Bahama parrot) and its habitat, and we get a quick update on legislation to cut deeply into the roughly $12 billion maintenance backlog across the National Park System.
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National Parks Traveler Episode 29: Refugia in Acadia, Fall Park Destinations, And eBikes

How will climate change impact plants and animals at Acadia National Park? This week we talk with Dr. Jennifer Smetzer, who has been mapping areas of the park that could serve as refugia for many native species. We also take some time to look at some great park destinations for fall, and question the process Interior Secretary David Bernhardt took to expand access for eBikes in the National Park System.
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Friends Of Acadia Working To Preserve Acadia National Park's Carriage Road Bridges

More than a century ago, John D. Rockefeller Jr. hired stone masons to build a series of 17 iconic bridges along the carriage roads that lead visitors into the woodsy core of Acadia National Park. Not surprisingly, over those years the bridges have required regular maintenance and, also not surprisingly, the park staff has struggled to stay on top of that needed work.

National Parks Traveler Episode 27: Blue Ridge Parkway Needs, Acadia's Falcons, And Black Canyon Of The Gunnison

As with many units of the National Park System, there are many needs along the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469-mile-long ribbon of bucolic landscape linking Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains national parks. And without the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, many of those needs would go wanting and fall into neglect or worse.
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National Parks Traveler Episode 25: eBikes And Dutch Oven Cooking

National Parks Traveler Episode 25: eBikes and Dutch Oven Cooking
eBikes are among the topics making the rounds in the National Park System, as the debate over where these motorized bikes should be allowed to travel is not without controversy. Those cycles, and topics ranging from the lack of a permanent director of the National Park Service to reorganization of the Interior Department, are among the topics Traveler discusses this week with Kristen Brengel, vice president of government affairs for the National Parks Conservation Association, and Phil Francis, chair of the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks. We also take a look at mealtime in the parks, with a focus on Dutch oven cooking.
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Unraveling The Mysteries Of Rockweed On Acadia National Park's Rocky Coastline

Along the open air laboratory that is the Schoodic Peninsula at Acadia National Park, Hannah Webber roots through thick, slippery mats of rockweed to uncover sensors that, she hopes, will help her better understand the biome that thrives within, and below, the seaweed, and help industry understand how best to sustainably harvest the algae.

The Essential RVing Guide

The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks

The National Parks RVing Guide, aka the Essential RVing Guide To The National Parks, is the definitive guide for RVers seeking information on campgrounds in the National Park System where they can park their rigs. It's available for free for both iPhones and Android models.

This app is packed with RVing specific details on more than 250 campgrounds in more than 70 parks.

You'll also find stories about RVing in the parks, some tips if you've just recently turned into an RVer, and some planning suggestions. A bonus that wasn't in the previous eBook or PDF versions of this guide are feeds of Traveler content: you'll find our latest stories as well as our most recent podcasts just a click away.

So whether you have an iPhone or an Android, download this app and start exploring the campgrounds in the National Park System where you can park your rig.