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Jasper National Park
This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. Welcome to our Halloween episode! This time we’re discussing the beautiful Jasper National Park. Our topics include Dark Sky Parks, a couple of endangered bat species, and the Athabasca Glacier melt.
Land Acknowledgement:
Jasper National Park is on First Nations land that belongs to the Nakoda, Cree, Secwépemc, Métis, and Dane-zaa. Listeners are encouraged to learn more at native-land.ca
Next Episode: Petrified Forest National Park
Contact Us: [email protected] or @YellParksPod on twitter
This Episode’s Hosts:
Ellory (they/them)
Hawk (she/her)
Nic (they/them)
Ole (e/em or they/them)
Credits:
Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat
Research assistance provided by Hawk
Editing by Ellory
Transcript by Adam
Episode description by Nic
Transcripts and sources for each episode are hosted on our Google Drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here
Dark Sky Parks (06:04)
What is a Dark Sky Park?
Why do Dark Sky Parks matter?
Jasper Dark Sky Festival
Correction: at 18:00 Ellory says “Cree mythology.” They flagged this during editing and after discussing it, we believe it would be more accurate and appropriate to say “Cree beliefs.” My apologies! –E
Endangered Bats/Threatened Nightjar Feature (21:25)
Species at Risk Act (SARA)
Northern Myotis Bats/Little Brown Myotis Bats
White Nose Syndrome
Common Nighthawk
Athabasca Glacier (47:23)
Glacial Melt
Cause of Glacial Melt
Global Impact
Pictures Showing Extent of Glacial Melt
Shout Outs
Keepers of the Water: https://www.keepersofthewater.ca/
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada: https://rasc.ca/lpa/resources
Vote! US elections are November 8th, 2022: vote.gov
Current nature events
Global Bat Week: https://batweek.org/
Aotearoa Bird of the Year Contest: https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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By Yell Parks PodThis is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. Welcome to our Halloween episode! This time we’re discussing the beautiful Jasper National Park. Our topics include Dark Sky Parks, a couple of endangered bat species, and the Athabasca Glacier melt.
Land Acknowledgement:
Jasper National Park is on First Nations land that belongs to the Nakoda, Cree, Secwépemc, Métis, and Dane-zaa. Listeners are encouraged to learn more at native-land.ca
Next Episode: Petrified Forest National Park
Contact Us: [email protected] or @YellParksPod on twitter
This Episode’s Hosts:
Ellory (they/them)
Hawk (she/her)
Nic (they/them)
Ole (e/em or they/them)
Credits:
Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat
Research assistance provided by Hawk
Editing by Ellory
Transcript by Adam
Episode description by Nic
Transcripts and sources for each episode are hosted on our Google Drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here
Dark Sky Parks (06:04)
What is a Dark Sky Park?
Why do Dark Sky Parks matter?
Jasper Dark Sky Festival
Correction: at 18:00 Ellory says “Cree mythology.” They flagged this during editing and after discussing it, we believe it would be more accurate and appropriate to say “Cree beliefs.” My apologies! –E
Endangered Bats/Threatened Nightjar Feature (21:25)
Species at Risk Act (SARA)
Northern Myotis Bats/Little Brown Myotis Bats
White Nose Syndrome
Common Nighthawk
Athabasca Glacier (47:23)
Glacial Melt
Cause of Glacial Melt
Global Impact
Pictures Showing Extent of Glacial Melt
Shout Outs
Keepers of the Water: https://www.keepersofthewater.ca/
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada: https://rasc.ca/lpa/resources
Vote! US elections are November 8th, 2022: vote.gov
Current nature events
Global Bat Week: https://batweek.org/
Aotearoa Bird of the Year Contest: https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.