Parks & Travel

Thomas Winston and Shasta Grenier Winston, the husband and wife directorial team behind EPIC YELLOWSTONE from Grizzly Creek Films, talk about the making of this eagerly anticipated Smithsonian Channel series, that offers a front row seat to the extraordinary spectacle of wildlife and dramatic seasonal extremes in the iconic crown jewel of America’s national parks. Hosted by renowned actor and Montana local Bill Pullman, and filmed over the course of three years, the series delivers stories from Yellowstone never told before. www.GrizzlyCreekFilms.comFeatured music is "Mori (The Forest Song)" by Yagull.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travel writer, author, and outdoor adventurer Stacey Wittig shares her adventures in beautiful Saguenay Fjord National Park in Quebec, Canada. You could spend weeks exploring the vast 78,900-acre park while crossing back and forth over the convergences of sea and fresh water, traversing around edges of mind-blowing geological formations and crisscrossing the fine line of where culture has eked outposts in the Canadian wilderness over the past three hundred and fifty years. See her article: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/saguenay-fjord-national-park-spanning-boundaries/Featured music is "The Climb" by Evren Ozan - www.OzanMusic.comThis episode is sponsored by the International Food Wine Travel Writers Association - www.IFWTWA.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travel writer Nancy Mueller, publisher of www.WanderBoomer.com, talks about her Newfoundland park experiences including Derm Flynn Riverfront Peace Park, John Cabot Municipal Park and Dungeon Provincial Park. Featured music is "On The Bay" by the Walk-A-Bout Band.This episode is sponsored by the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association - www.IFWTWA.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wildlife Refuge Specialist Joshua Smith provides an overview of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge and discusses its wonderful wildflower season that runs from early spring until the end of fall. Located approx. 60 miles south of Tucson, the 117,500+ acre Refuge is a spectacular bird and wildlife watching destination that offers beautiful nature walks through riparian corridors, scenic dirt road drives through rolling grasslands frequented by pronghorn and mule deer, 200 miles of back country hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails, as well as primitive style camping under the stars. More: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/wildflower-wonderland-in-buenos-aires-nwr/Podcast is sponsored by www.CarreraFineArt.com Featured music is 'Time to Go' by www.BorgoBand.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzanne Moody, Park Ranger-Interpretation at Chiricahua National Monument in Southeast Arizona shares the story of the Erickson family. Faraway Ranch was built in 1888 by Swedish immigrants Neil and Emma Erickson. Full story and video, here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/faraway-ranch/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Photographer Sarah Weeden talks about her National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) artist-in-residence experience in Death Valley National Park, the hottest and driest place in North America due to its lack of surface water and low relief. NPAF founder Tanya Ortega talks about the organization’s creates extraordinary and unique artist-in-residence programs within the National Park Service and other park destinations. More at www.SWeeden.us and www.NationalParksArtsFoundation.org Featured music is ‘Sands of Time’ by the www.BayStationBand.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Atchafalaya to Big Cypress, Cape Hatteras, Norris Dam and Merritt Island, travel writer Kathleen Walls discusses five record-breaking parks built around waterways. A member of the International Food, Wine & & Travel Writer Association (www.IFWTWA.org), Kathleen is publisher/writer for American Roads and Global Highways at www.AmericanRoads.net. Featured music on this episode is "Bottom of the Bayou" by Jon Roniger & The Good For Nothin' Band - www.TheGoodForNothinBand.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anita Kane and Robin Pollard discuss the mission, projects and programs of REACH San Benito Parks Foundation (Recreation, Exercise and Community Health), a non-profit established to facilitate a healthy community through the preservation and enhancement of parks, facilities, and recreation programs in San Benito County in Central California. More at www.REACHSanBenito.org Featured music is 'Loving the Land' by Wally Lawder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.