This episode is dedicated to talking about some of the conservation of our National Parks. We obviously love National Parks but aside from all of the crazy stories we have shared we still want to make sure our parks stay as as they were intended... wild. Grace shares her expertise on how visitors can understand how the national parks, specifically Yosemite work with nature's natural process. We advocate for clean parks so everyone can enjoy so leave only footprints and take only photos when visiting these great parks.

Some questions we are about to answer:

  Where is Half Dome's other half?

  What is Yosemite's Firefall?

   How do ice cubes and the Valley relate?

  What is Wildland Urban Interface?

  00:00 - Saucy beat
  00:19 - Intro
  01:35 - Burp sponsor, a Woo shout out, and Bobby Shmurda?
  02:20 - Intro to the topic, Park conservation
  03:35 - Some of nature's processes we encountered, appreciating what we are given, perspective based in science
  05:25 - Introducing our favorite conservationist
  06:06 - Interview time! Talking trees and park life with Grace "The Blessed", our number one fan, hard kombucha
  07:10 - Graces first impressions, living in Merced, a new experience in the park, enlisting new park rats, saying yes to new opportunities
  11:30 - Grace's education and major, why she chose it, and her feelings on making the decision years later
  13:31 - Top ten facts about Yosemite, Curry village and Horsetail Falls, birding, California quail and other Yosemite wildlife, announcing our blue heron sponsorship, Mirror Lake, Merced River
  18:50 - Grace's takeaways after living in the park, Degnan's Deli coming up once again, going from people to Park Rats, Sorbet in the Awahnee, crazy park tenures
  22:40 - Wildfires! Smokey the Bear, managing land and how nature adapts, differences in regulations, the apocalypse, keeping the visitors happy
  26:54 - Doing your part in keeping the parks clean, no souvenirs, take only pictures and leave only footprints, drunk Europeans on the loose
   29:18 - Grace's final thoughts
  30:00 - Wrap up

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