We've arrived at beautiful Redwood National & State Parks in Northern California! In episode one from the redwoods, we are joined by Redwood National Park Ranger Patrick Taylor and California State Parks Interpretive Ranger Karla Jovel.

In this episode, we explore a high-level overview of the redwood trees, popular areas of the park, wildlife and feature a general overview of the history and goals of Redwood National and State Parks.

In our next few episodes from this incredible place, we will dive deep into the biology of the redwood tree with a forest ecologist, then we'll sit down with the parks' superintendent to learn about the ongoing restoration efforts, and finally we will meet with the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation to learn about the cultural significance of the redwood tree.

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We're back with another episode from Capitol Reef National Park in Utah! This time, our focus is on the historic orchards that are in the Fruita District at the park. Park Ranger and Horticulturist Fritz Maslan joined us to talk about how he maintains the orchards, the history of the area, how visitors can interact with the fruit trees and much more!

Fritz is incredible! I had such a blast chatting with him. If you have the opportunity to check out Capitol Reef, I highly encourage you to spend as much time as you can in the orchards.

Our next series will be focused on Redwood National and State Parks!

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We're at beautiful Capitol Reef National Park in south-central Utah! Visitor Services Program Manager and Park Ranger Shauna Cotrell joined the podcast to chat about geology, human history and wildlife at Capitol Reef. Near the end of the podcast, we also quiz Shauna with some national park trivia cards.

Shauna and I sat in the middle of a beautiful orchard meadow at the park as we recorded our conversation. Special thanks to Park Rangers B Shafer and Katie Johnston for their contributions to this show, too.

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/VoH8sJMjzoI

Next week we will sit down with Park Ranger Fritz who is the head orchardist at the park!
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Another park preview! This time we visit south-central Utah to check out Capitol Reef National Park.

Capitol Reef is the second largest national park in Utah, it's remote and beautiful. The park has some of the most unique geologic features in the country. In this episode we briefly chat about the park and preview the upcoming episodes that we recorded at Capitol Reef.
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Darrin Gobble is a Park Ranger and Vegetation Program Manager at Zion National Park. He is the 'voice' for the plants when the park makes critical decisions that could impact the vegetation in the national park.

In this episode, we chat about botany, the special endemic plants that live at Zion and the invasive plants that are disrupting the ecosystem.

I learned so much in my conversation with Darrin, I hope you do too.

Watch the full podcast here: https://youtu.be/vMK007Ady0U

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I had a blast getting to chat with Park Ranger Charlie Reed! Zion National Park is one of my favorite places on earth, it's always a joy getting to explore and chat about this gem in southwestern Utah.

In this episode we chat about the parks geology, specifically the sandstone cliffs and the Virgin River, wildlife and a lot about the dark skies that surround this park.

Charlie even shares some tips on how you can see and interact with the night sky next time you're at the park.

Watch the full podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LJF0Nu6Qgm0

Upcoming Podcasts:

• Zion National Park: Plants... Lots of Plants with Botanist & Park Ranger Darrin Gobble
• Capitol Reef National Park: Geology, Human History and Wildlife with Park Ranger Shauna Cotrell
• Capitol Reef National Park: Historic Orchards
• Redwood National and State Parks Series coming soon!

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Back with another park preview! This time we are taking a brief look at Zion National Park in Utah.

Zion is one of my favorite places in the world, I am so excited to release two podcasts from this incredible park:

• Zion National Park: Geology, Wildlife and Dark Skies Astronomy with Park Ranger Charlie Reed (12/6)
• Zion National Park: Botany, Zion Vegetation and Invasive Plants with Vegetation Program Manager Darrin Gobble (12/13)

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In our final episode from Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, we are joined by Physical Scientist and Park Ranger Armin Howell. Armin joined the NPS in 2024 and is primarily focused on research around water flow, water quality and air quality within the four parks associated with the Southeast Utah Group (SEUG).

In this podcast we chat about climate change, how the park is researching and learning about the changing climate and the different ways that Arches and Canyonlands are both being affected by these changes.

I had a blast getting to meet and chat with Armin.

You can watch the full podcast here: https://youtu.be/gRTewUfYIio

Upcoming Podcasts:

• Zion National Park: Geology, Wildlife and Dark Skies with Park Ranger Charlie Reed
• Zion National Park: Plants... Lots of Plants with Botanist & Park Ranger Darrin Gobble
• Capitol Reef National Park: Geology, Human History and Wildlife with Park Ranger Shauna Cotrell
• Capitol Reef National Park: Historic Orchards

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