Parks & Travel

Ben Sander, Travel Program Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), talks about their upcoming National Park Educational Group Tours that range from Alaska and Glacier Bay to Washington’s Olympic Wilderness, Hawaii, the Southwest, the Great Smokey Mountains, and beyond. Learn more at www.NPCA.org/travel.

Caroline McLaughlin, Biscayne Program Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, explains why there is a strong need for a marine reserve in Biscayne National Park, in southern Florida. Learn more and take action here> www.npca.org/advocacy/15-creati…ayne-national-park

Parks in Peril panel discussion with National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) representatives: Mark Wenzler - Senior Vice President of Conservation Programs, Ulla Reeves - Clean Air Campaign Manager, Stephanie Adams - Yellowstone Program Manager. Keep up with National Park issues and take action at www.NPCA.org.

Meredith Hahn – VP Corporate Social Responsibility for American Express, and Susanna Pollack – President of Games for Change, discuss the new mobile game that benefits the National Parks Service. Available on iOS (FREE!), “Save the Park” is designed to galvanize the public, particularly the next generation, to volunteer in the preservation of their national parks. The American Express Foundation will make a $1 donation to the National Park Foundation for each download of “Save the Park” occurring on or before December 31, 2016, up to $50,000.

Ford Cochran, director of programming for National Geographic Expeditions, talks about how National Geographic is celebrating “The Year Of The Parks” with the 8th edition ‘National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States’ and ‘National Geographic Kids National Parks Guide USA Centennial Edition', PLUS, the chance to win a spectacular family vacation for four to Grand Canyon, Bryce, and Zion National Parks! Visit www.Shop.NationalGeographic.com & www.NationalParksSweeps.com and see the feature on NationalParkPlanner.com > http://www.nationalparkplanner.com/national-geographic.html

Dana Dierkes, Public Affairs Specialist for Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, talks about how Photographer and Conservationist Susan Thew helped protect what is now Sequoia NP. Read more> http://en.calameo.com/read/00399656603f25e962c5d?page=10