In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we traveled to Keene, California, to chat with the Superintendent of César E. Chávez National Monument, Erin Gates. 

Erin and I chatted about César's life and legacy, how he was an ordinary human who achieved extraordinary things and why his story should motivate and encourage us to chase our own dreams and passions. 

Here is a link to the YouTube version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/yMUyvbjS6Ok

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My friend Wyatt joined the podcast to chat about the connection between coffee and nature! Wyatt is a coffee educator at an awesome coffee shop in Southern California called Lamill.

In this episode, we talk about the hard labor that is involved with the process of getting coffee seeds into your cup. Keeping 'leave no trace' in mind, I wanted to chat with Wyatt about the full stream process involved in coffee making and how we can make more mindful decisions about where we get our coffee and how we make it when we're out traveling in nature. 

We also chat about the three best coffee brewing methods for when you're out on the road! You can view each method in this YouTube video we crafted together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H53-x6Q1ZIA
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Josh King is a professional landscape photographer based out of Laguna Beach, CA.

We're stoked to have him on the podcast to chat about tips and tricks for folks who want to take photos at national parks, his personal journey and much more!

You can find Josh's work at www.joshkingimages.com

The full podcast is also available on YouTube (@safetravelspod): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Y7T9TyxJE
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Matt Dubeau is an archeologist and curator at Olympic National Park. He joined the podcast to discuss how humans have used the olympic peninsula for thousands of years. Matt also shared insight on archeological digs, how the parks preserve artifacts and how visitors can minimize their impact on culturally significant resources and artifacts.

Matt is tremendous! I really hope you enjoy this episode.

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Bill Baccus is a climate ecologist at Olympic National Park, his role is described as 'a doctor checking the vitals of the park'. In this episode we explore the health of Olympic National Park, climate change and the role that physical scientist play in each of these national parks.

Bill is an incredible scientist and a wonderful guest! We did the podcast with the beautiful Olympic mountains peaking behind us. 

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Jeff Bortner is the Fire Management Officer at Olympic National Park and he joined the podcast to discuss fire management, firefighter mental and physical health, wildland training, the fire history in Olympic National Park and much more!

Jeff is an incredible guests with and extensive history of fighting fires in various parks inside the United States and Canada. We had such a beautiful backdrop at Hurricane Ridge inside the park.

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In this Park Preview episode we discuss Olympic National Park!

Olympic is a breathtaking park with an incredible amount of biodiversity. We'll be releasing three podcasts from Olympic over the next three weeks:

Olympic National Park: Fire Management and Firefighter Health with Fire Management Officer Jeff Bortner
Olympic National Park: Climate, Climate Change and Science with Climate Ecologist Bill Baccus
Olympic National Park: Cultural Resources and Human History with Historian and Curator Matt Dubeau

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North Cascades Park Ranger Anna Vornholt joins the podcast for round two to discuss bears, bear safety and general wildlife in the park.

Anna shares helpful tips on how to keep yourself safe when you're hiking and camping in bear country, plus she also shares insight about other area's that frequent North Cascades National Park.

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North Cascades Park Ranger Anna Vornholt joined the podcast to chat about the natural features and ecosystems of the North Cascades! We discussed glaciers, glacial melt, the parks rain shadow, old growth forests and more.

Ranger Anna is so great to talk with. She will join us again next week to talk about bears, bear safety and general wildlife within the park.

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We've travelled up to Washington! North Cascades National Parks is beyond beautiful. In this episode, we lay the groundwork for the next two weeks of shows with Park Ranger Anna Vornholt as her and I chat about:

- Natural Features and Ecosystems
- Bears, Bear Safety and General Wildlife
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