
Kurt Repanshek
Founder and Editor-in-Chief at National Parks Traveler
National Parks Traveler is a nonprofit media organization that provides editorially independent coverage of national parks in the U.S. and Canada.
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4 days ago |
tucsonsentinel.com | Kurt Repanshek
National Parks Traveler A proposal to auction millions of acres of federal lands to pay for President Donald Trump's budget proposal has been ruled out of the reconciliation bill by the Senate parliamentarian, but the measure's sponsor has promised to return with a revision that would remove national forest lands from the bill and limit Bureau of Land Management sales. The original measure by Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, would have opened more than 250 million acres of Western lands to...
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1 week ago |
nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants you to reach out to him about national parks. So do it.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Kurt Repanshek
1 day agoKatherine Louie, Forbes Staff Forbes Vetted Thanks to its beaches, colorful houses and vibrant community, Florida’s Key West has attracted artists and writers for decades. “It’s where laid-back island vibes meet quirky charm,” says Claire Herzog, a travel advisor at Fora. “It’s hard not to fall in …
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2 weeks ago |
nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek
A Boston man searching in the dark for a better view of the Kīlauea volcano's eruption at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park fell off a cliff but survived by landing in a tree. The unidentified man was pushing through dense vegetation along the Byron Ledge Trail that circles the volcano's caldera without a headlamp or flashlight when he stumbled off the cliff edge, according to park staff.
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2 weeks ago |
nationalparkstraveler.org | Kurt Repanshek
National parks on their face are often kid friendly, but there are some special spots that seem to be designed with kids in mind. Here are some at Olympic National Park in Washington State. Hands down, the Hoh Rain Forest delights 99.9 percent of kids who enter it. Soaking up some 12 feet (3.7 m) of rain a year, this temperate rain forest is an emerald kingdom filled with surprises lining the trails that wind through it.
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Independent author and publisher Mike Oswald's award-winning park titles are filled with history, hikes, maps, and of course, full-color photographs. Today we sit down with Mike to discuss Stone Road Press and his latest park-related projects. https://t.co/cUKxZUtk7I

Where do you look to protect biodiversity from the human footprint? One possible area is the Mobile-Tensaw region of Alabama. To discuss what’s there to protect, we’ve reached out to Bill Finch, Director of the Paint Rock Research Center in Alabama. https://t.co/SqaRhyqPbg

By the end of the 19th century, there might have been two dozen bison left in the wild. Presently, those numbers may be around 500,000. Today we speak with Dayton Duncan, who teamed up with Ken Burns to create a documentary on the history of the bison. https://t.co/e22tsnJdC6