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Zion National Park is globally known for the Narrows and Angels Landing, and in this interview with Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh, not only do we dive into the details behind these famous hikes (including some tips on how to best enjoy the Narrows), but we also uncover facts and stories about Zion beyond its famous hikes. We learn what soundscapes are, talk about the backcountry experiences in the park and learn more about the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service (from Jeff’s experience working in both agencies). Jeff has loved the outdoors since he was a kid, and it is a treat to hear how he turned that love into a career.
Zion National Park is located in southwestern Utah and as mentioned is one of our nation’s most popular national parks known for its steep red cliffs, forest trails, and emerald river. Zion boasts experiences wading through the waters in the canyon all the way to backcountry skiing in the winter in the higher elevations of the park. With more than 90% of the park being backcountry, there is more than meets the eye -- listen in to learn more about one of our nation’s gems.
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Check out the Zion National Park’s partner website to learn more & donate if you feel inspired :)Zion National Park Forever ProjectYou can follow Who Runs This Park on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, can email us at [email protected] or check us out online at whorunsthispark.com.
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Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.
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Close your eyes and imagine a wilderness four times bigger than Yellowstone National Park. Imagine a landscape north of the Arctic Circle with rugged mountains, vast expanses of treeless tundra, glaciated valleys, forests and many rivers and lakes. In the winter the weather can dip below -50 degrees Fahrenheit and in the month of June the sun is out for 24 hours. This vast and expansive landscape is the home of Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve, where this episode hears from its superintendent, Mark Dowdle.
The sheer remoteness of Gates Of The Arctic, located in Northern Alaska, creates unique management experiences that Mark shares with us, including the mining road debate and the unique Search & Rescue setup given there are no trails or NPS sites within the park boundaries. In this episode, be enchanted by the grandeur of Alaska and learn about a national park you maybe haven't heard of.
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A subterranean park filled with adventures where your boots barely fit through the infamous “mole hole”. This episode explores Mammoth Cave National Park through the lens of its superintendent, Barclay Trimble. Barclay is motivated by experiencing different parts of the country and coming into places that aren’t running as smoothly as they should be. He came from a business background and has had experiences across the country, ranging from Denali National Park up in Alaska all the way to the most eastern point of the continental United States as Superintendent of the Outer Banks Group. Listen to Barclay’s episode to learn how he is managing Mammoth Cave, the world’s longest cave system at 426 miles long, and how he is even making history by discovering new shark species underground.
Mammoth Cave National Park is located in Kentucky and is not only the world’s longest cave system, but is also two parks in one with both the surface and the subterranean. The surface being a great place for kayaking, equestrian use, mountain biking, and hiking and the subterranean being a great place for tours of wide ranging ability and adrenaline levels.
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“Creating memories is an act of preservation.” Grand Teton Superintendent, Chip Jenkins, is passionate about the impact us as visitors can have in the national parks. By visiting and sharing that we value the outdoors to our families and friends, we are creating stewards of the national parks for generations to come. “The National Park Service cannot care for Grand Teton entirely on its own.” Listen in to Chip’s interview to hear his heart, learn about his extensive experience across our nation’s gems and get a behind the scenes look at the Grand Teton and all that is going on in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, a place of international significance.
Grand Teton National Park, located in Wyoming, is home to one of America’s most iconic landscapes: a jagged mountain range with its rugged peaks soaring abruptly from the valley floor, creating a dramatic and awe-inspiring backdrop. Grand Teton is an adventure land for outdoor recreation and awe-inspiring wildlife sightings. As one of the first national parks I got to visit as a kid, it was an honor to learn more about this park from the superintendent himself.
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Check out the Grand Teton National Park’s partner website to learn more & donate if you feel inspired :)Grand Teton National Park Foundation aims to steward, protect, and enhance all that is special in Grand Teton National Park.You can follow Who Runs This Park on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, can email us at [email protected] or check us out online at whorunsthispark.com.
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How did a lawyer become the Superintendent of our nation’s second most visited national park? Listen in to hear how Ed Keable, Grand Canyon Superintendent, transitioned into the National Park Service after serving as the highest ranking civil service lawyer in the Department of the Interior. With a commute along the canyon rim everyday, the vista reminds him of his responsibilities as superintendent and of his first experience at the grand canyon many years before, where he experienced the spirituality and beauty of such an awe-inspiring backdrop. From climate challenges and indigenous affairs to managing deferred maintenance and flying in the occasional helicopter and plane over the canyon, there is never a dull day as Grand Canyon Superintendent.
Grand Canyon National Park, located in Northern Arizona, looks timeless and at times even static but this is far from the truth, it is always changing with erosion and climate change and making the grand canyon accessible and preserved for generations to come is no easy task. I hope you get a sense for all that goes into protecting the Grand Canyon from this episode and leave more in awe of the staff behind it all.
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Check out the Grand Canyon’s park partner website to learn more & donate if you feel inspired :) Grand Canyon Conservancy aims to preserve and protect the Grand Canyon for generations to come. Help them to keep the Grand Canyon grand.You can follow Who Runs This Park on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, can email us at [email protected] or check us out online at whorunsthispark.com.
Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.
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The National Park Service participated in two SXSW panels & I got to go & “report” on the discussions and attend a few days of SXSW (a tech, music, film & culture conference in Austin, Texas each year) -- truly a dream come true!
This episode documents the two panels plus some fun tidbits and takeaways from my experience meeting National Park Service folks and folks across other governmental agencies and partners (like L.L.Bean & the National Park Foundation). With me documenting both the panels & my experience, this episode stands unique in comparison to superintendent interviews.
Want to learn how the park service is ensuring they are at the forefront of the challenges both the government and the national park service are facing? Want to get a feel for who I am & my heart behind Who Runs This Park? Listen in!!
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Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.
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Step into the world of Glacier National Park alongside its superintendent, Dave Roemer, as he shares his deep insights into the park's rich tapestry of history and conservation efforts. Learn about his collaboration with indigenous tribes to restore the land and their cultural traditions, his “Drink Coffee with the Superintendent” initiative and his bold decisions to proactively combat climate change.
Glacier National Park is the crown jewel of our Park System. In the words of Dave Roemer, ““it's a wildlife park. I think it’s impossible to come here without having some kind of wildlife encounter.” This episode weaves together inspiring stories, new fun facts about Glacier, even insight into a huckleberry, thimbleberry sandwich.
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Check out Glacier’s park partner websites to learn more & donate if you feel inspired :) Glacier National Park Conservancy aims to preserve, protect, and promote stewardship of Glacier National Park. Glacier Institute aims to strengthen connections to the natural world through outdoor education (I wish I got the chance to do one of their programs as a kid!!!) Glacier National Park Volunteer Associates brings together people interested in the proper care, protection, management and preservation of Glacier National Park.You can follow Who Runs This Park on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, can email us at [email protected] or check us out online at whorunsthispark.com.
Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.
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As someone whose love for the outdoors and desire to protect it for generations to come is evident, Kevin Schneider (Acadia Superintendent) gives us the inside scoop on the going-ons in Acadia National Park, from exciting housing projects, to his favorite places to ski within the park, to the various programs enabling people to spend time in Acadia (kids, teachers, etc), to the trails that were built during the late 1800s Rusticator Era, this is not an episode to miss!
Acadia National Park is located in Maine, with stunning woodlands lined up against rocky beaches, glacier-scoured granite peaks such as Cadillac Mountain (the highest point on the U.S East Coast) and famous diners with mouth watering blueberry pancakes in its gateway community of Bar Harbor.
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Feeling inspired by the ways Friends of Acadia supports Acadia (their official non-profit partner)? Visit Friends of Acadia’s website to learn more & donate, ensuring Acadia continues to be a place of beauty and solitude for generations to come.You can follow Who Runs This Park on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, can email us at [email protected] or check us out online at whorunsthispark.com.
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BONUS EPISODE: There are over 400 National Park Sites outside of the 63 National Parks. This episode invites us deeper into the heart of the National Park Service where Eric Leonard, Superintendent of the High Plains Group (four National Park Sites across Colorado & New Mexico with a narrative arc tying them all together) shares his extensive experience across a wide array of national parks, historic sites, national monuments, etc. This episode is unique in that it doesn’t focus on a specific park but highlights riveting stories and fascinating new information -- this episode may take the cake in regards to one I learned the most in, and I am confident you will feel that way too.
Stories and sites (you’ll have to listen to the episode to hear these teasers in full detail) include riding in a helicopter at Guadalupe Mountain National Park, going from the deadliest place in American soil (Andersonville National Historic Site) to a nuclear Armageddon (Minuteman Missile National Historic Site), to a full on rivalry between University of Oklahoma and University of Texas alumnae and to the acknowledgement of the power of Texas Pride (and unique fact that National Parks in Texas are unicorns in that federal land is hard to come by in the state).
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“Preservation of public land, an act known round the world” -- Yellowstone hails as America’s first National Park, coining what is widely known as America’s Best Idea, the National Park Service. In this episode, we are chatting with the big kahuna, Cam Sholly, Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park.
From heroically navigating a historic flood in 2022 (an 100% increase in cubic ft/s in the river since the last recorded flood), to both recognizing progress from a conservation perspective (as compared to the 1950-60s with folks lining up to feed bears out of garbage cans & the extirpation of the whole wolf population) and continuing to push for better protection and management of Yellowstone, to setting the standard for employee housing across the park service, Cam’s insight, leadership and experience captivates any listener.
Did we mention Yellowstone was a big deal? With over 4M visitors annually, it is situated across three states (Montana, Idaho & Wyoming) and is known for its astonishing wildlife, geothermal wonders and awe-inspiring nature. Oh, and it also is the only place on the face of our planet that has this level of wildlife and visitor interface.
For more rad & adventurous stories, follow Who Runs This Park on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, email us at [email protected] or check us out online at whorunsthispark.com.
Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.
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Feeling inspired? Visit Yellowstone Forever (Yellowstone’s official non-profit partner) to learn more and donate, ensuring Yellowstone continues to be protected and enjoyed!Mountain Journal: As a non-profit, Mountain Journal serves as both a journalistic watchdog and celebrant of Greater Yellowstone. What happens here has implications for other regions and MoJo is devoted to telling stories informed by truth and facts. They have an additionally awesome interview with Cam Sholly, check it out. -
Cueing us into the ins-and-outs of desert parks, Jane Rodgers shares priceless tidbits on Joshua Tree, including how Minerva Hoyt, a marketing genius, promoted the establishment of Joshua Tree National Park, emphasizes that no park can operate as an island (highlighting the wide array of partnerships Joshua Tree has) and shares how they are working to achieve sustainable tourism amidst increased visitors and more people moving to surrounding communities.
Joshua Tree, located in Southern California, is the convergence of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts, creating a uniquely diverse range of animal and plant species. In addition, the rugged terrain, rock formations and vast night skies attract climbers and stargazers from around the world.
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Unveiling the wonders of Alaska’s wilderness, Susanne shares her experiences as managing one of America’s most remote national parks: commuting via plane over awe-inspiring landscapes, experiencing hair-raising encounters with coastal brown bears and navigating the challenges and preparation involved in fieldwork within Lake Clark.
She also shares how her passion for protecting public lands (inspired from a young age being a front row witness to the Alaska public land debates) has guided her career decisions and how growing up as a tribal citizen has helped influence how she approaches the management of Lake Clark’s priceless resources.
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve, located about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, is a microcosm of Alaska. You get a little bit of everything. You have high peaks and glaciers, turquoise mountain lakes, coastal brown bears and you get to experience the blending of cultures.
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Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.
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Standing waist deep in the Everglades amongst bellowing alligators, mesmerized at the end of the ice road by aurora borealis and a blanket of stars, and inspired by the opportunity to work for an agency with such an outstanding mission are just a few of the experiences Bob DeGross, Superintendent of Voyageurs National Park, invites us into in this episode -- you don’t want to miss learning about his experiences across the park service and his unique insight into Voyageurs National Park.
Bob shares how implementing wisdom from the Voyageurs (French-Canadian Fur Traders) & Ojibwe tribe can reduce Search & Rescue incidents within the park, reminds us that preservation is much less expensive than restoration and discusses the challenges with the “accomplishment mindset” folks have today.
Voyageurs National Park is located in Northern Minnesota, boasting some of the park system’s most scenic campsites, acclaimed as an international dark sky park and driven by the purpose of maintaining a viewshed, a landscape reminiscent to what the voyagers would have experienced
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Feeling inspired? Visit Voyageurs Conservancy (Voyageurs National Park official non profit partner) to learn more and donate, ensuring Voyageurs National Park continues to be explored, shared and protected!You can follow Who Runs This Park on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, can email us at [email protected] or check us out online at whorunsthispark.com.
Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.
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Sue Fritzke, former Superintendent of Capitol Reef National Park, takes us on a riveting journey of her career, starting in the Peace Corps in Ecuador, meandering through stints at some of our country's gems, including Mount Rainier, Yellowstone and Yosemite, all the way to her final position before retirement as Superintendent of Capitol Reef National Park. Not only does she take us through her career but invites us into some of the joys and hardships along the way. This was the second episode I (Maddie) recorded, so you'll learn a lot of National Park Service terminology, including what a deputy superintendent is, what a detail is and many other things.
Capitol Reef National Park, special to Sue for the distinct geologic layers that tell millions of years of history that intersects with thousands of years of human history, is located in south-central Utah and is known as a hidden treasure filled with cliffs, canyons, and bridges in the Waterpocket Fold, a geologic monocline (a wrinkle on the earth) extending almost 100 miles. Sue's story & passion for preserving our nation's national treasures is one you don't want to miss.
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Paul Labovitz, former Superintendent of Indiana Dunes National Park, walks us through his career and his time in the National Park Service up until his final position before retirement at Indiana Dunes. Paul is a self-proclaimed city kid whose transformational experience outdoors changed his life and charted his course to work in the outdoors. In his interview, he surprises us with a career change to the National Park Service due to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, shares insights about "sister parks" where National Parks partner with other National Parks internationally (learn about Costa Rica & Poland) and shares his appreciation for the accessibility of Indiana Dunes to the Greater Chicago Area.
Indiana Dunes National Parks, with white sand beaches that may or may not look like the beaches of Mexico, is located at the southern end of Lake Michigan and offers much more than a summer beach getaway. With ecological diversity, year round recreation opportunities, and exciting bird watching opportunities, Indiana Dunes is a national park you don't want to miss.
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Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.
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David Smith, Superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, takes us on a riveting journey of his career, from working in border patrol, working in the House of Representatives as a part of the Bevinetto Fellowship, giving a TED talk on the importance of community engagement in national parks, being superintendent for almost 10 years at Joshua Tree all the way to his new posting at GGNRA, since January of 2023. In this conversation, he shares his excitement in exploring the amazing GGNRA sites, his incredible view of the Golden Gate Bridge from his office in Fort Mason, his pride in the amazing programs at GGNRA, such as the Lifeguard training program, and his awe at the way the community cares for and supports this NPS site.
Golden Gate National Parks, acclaimed by David as a crown jewel of the National Park system, is one of the largest urban parks globally, with notable sites, such as Alcatraz Island, Muir Woods National Monument, and Fort Point National Historic Site. Amidst this urban park, visitors can also find serene hikes, camping spots and beaches.
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Feeling inspired? Visit Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to learn more and donate, ensuring GGNRA continues to be protected and enjoyed!Check out David's TED Talk here (Why Community Matters-The Case for Civic Engagement and Parks: David Smith at TEDxSFA)You can follow Who Runs This Park on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, can email us at [email protected] or check us out online at whorunsthispark.com.
Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.
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Laura A. Miller, Superintendent of Hot Springs National Park dives deep into the National Park Service's presence and history in Arkansas. She gives us a behind the scenes look at how National Park Sites are set up and created (namely Little Rock Central High School and President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home), talks about the unique aspects of Hot Springs National Park, with thermal water at 140 degrees and a history as a medicinal "treatment" facility, highlights all the exciting ways for people to recreate at Buffalo River and shares a little of her heart on why Hot Springs means so much to her.
Hot Springs National Park, established in 1832 as the oldest park land set aside by the federal government for public use, is located in Arkansas and combines the grand architecture of historic bath houses with mountain views, ancient thermal springs, hikes and a rich geology.
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Don Striker, Superintendent of North Cascades National Park, goes into detail on his time in the National Park Service, sharing the ways nature brings people to tears (from Mount Rushmore to Denali), laughing about the hair-raising encounters with wildlife (including a humorous yet tense squirrel episode), reminiscing on people who took a chance on him and were willing to promote a less conventional path, highlighting unique challenges such as reintroducing wolves into Yellowstone in the 1990s and sharing some unique insights into what makes North Cascades such a special place, and in some regards, an undiscovered gem.
North Cascades National Park, located 3 hours north of Seattle and categorized as the “American Alps” (think Sound of Music), not only has rugged and vast vertical terrain but is also a place of recreation, with Lake Chelan the second deepest lake in the US (behind Crater Lake). After this episode, your heart will be stirring to book a trip out to North Cascades.
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Clay Jordan, the Superintendent of Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, gives us a peak into his 35-year career in the National Park Service, highlighting his experiences and insights in managing these iconic parks (including Shenandoah National Park, various National Seashores, Great Smoky Mountains NP and of course Sequoia & King's Canyon NP). He dives into dealing with challenges like wildfires and surging visitor numbers and sheds light on the dedication and collaborative spirit required to protect and preserve our national treasures.
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks are nestled side by side in Central California's Southern Sierra Nevada and showcase the grandeur of nature with their towering trees, majestic mountains, deep canyons, and more.
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Uncover the heroes behind your favorite National Parks through these interviews with National Park Superintendents. Get a look into their career path, unique experiences and stories of adventure and get a glimpse into their heart for preserving our Nation's treasures. Our first episode releases Tuesday, September 5th at 6AM EST with following episodes released every other week.
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Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.
