This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing the effervescent Katmai National Park. Our topics include Fat Bear Week, astronauts in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, and the Artemis Program.

Land Acknowledgement:

Katmai National Park lies on the homeland of the Yup’ik/Cup’ik and Alutiiq (Sugpiaq). Listeners are encouraged to learn more at native-land.ca

Next Episode: Spooky tales from Jasper National Park in Alberta

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This Episode’s Hosts:

Bears (she/her)

Ellory (they/them)

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 Bears

Sandhill Crane call by NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas/Jennifer Jerrett

Transcripts and sources for each episode are hosted on our Google Drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here

Fat Bear Week (02:05)

Bear Cam’s Humble Origins

Watch the Bears and Brook Falls

Apollo Astronauts train in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (15:25)

Novarupta and the creation of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes

Field Training Astronauts

Artemis Program (22:45)

General Information

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