75: The Bone Collector. Effigy Mounds National Monument.

National Park After Dark

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Places & Travel, Wilderness, Society & Culture, Sports

4.8 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

National Parks, as most places do, have rules. And for good reason. It is expected as visitors that we abide by them, and it is also expected that Park Rangers not only uphold them themselves, but enforce them. But what happens when they don’t? What happens when those whose objective is to preserve, protect and enhance - turn their back on those very commitments? Today we venture to Iowa, to Effigy Mounds National Monument – a place rich with cultural history. This monument is famous for its hundreds of burial mounds and notorious for a scandal that disrupted those who were laid to rest within them.

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0:00.0	Day 3 of my exclusively adult virgin voyage
0:04.2	Last night, as I dined on truffle nyockey from one of the Michelin-star chef curated minis,
0:08.8	I discovered something about myself.
0:10.8	I don't particularly miss fish fingers,
0:12.9	especially the ones in the back of my freezer.
0:14.9	Nope, do not miss them at all.
0:17.6	Book an eligible cabin with virgin voyages by February the 28th
0:21.0	and get 55% off your second sailor and hundreds of poundsworth of free drinks.
0:25.6	Ask your travel agent or visit virginvoiders.com
0:28.5	Now we're voyaging.
0:32.4	There are three words that serve as a creed to those recreating outdoors.
0:37.4	Leave no trace. This set of outdoor ethics consists of seven pillars,
0:43.2	seven different principles that promote conservation in the outdoors.
0:47.8	Following a large increase in wilderness visitation in the 1950s,
0:52.1	leave no trace really took off. Government departments such as the US Forest Service,
0:57.9	Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service,
1:00.9	all the way down to smaller groups, such as the Boy Scouts of America,
1:04.8	and even the Sierra Club, all started advocating and teaching minimum impact techniques.
1:10.9	Plan ahead and prepare, travel and camp on durable surfaces,
1:15.0	dispose of waste properly, minimize campfire impacts,
1:19.1	respect wildlife, be considerate of others and leave what you find,
1:23.7	comprise the unspoken agreement we all consent to when embarking
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