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America’s National Parks Podcast

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🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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In this episode, a Mexican earthquake caused a strange reaction 1500 miles away in death valley, the longest cave in the world is officially 6 miles longer, a new policy will more closely involve indigenous people in federal land management, and a former director of the National Park Service has died. Today's show was sponsored by L.L.Bean, follow the hashtag #beanoutsider, and visit LLBean.com to find great gear for exploring the National Parks. And by Campendium. Find listings and reviews for thousands of campsites for your next national park adventure at campendium.com. Make sure to follow the America's National Parks Podcast on Facebook and Instagram, and join us on the RV Miles podcast the hear our travel stories as we journey across America.

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0:00.0	This summer, L.L. Bean invites you to simply step outside and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.
0:08.0	We'll be your guide with tips and advice to get more out of every moment outdoors. Here's one. On your next camping trip,
0:15.0	turn a headlamp into a lantern in five seconds.
0:18.0	Strap the headlamp around an empty clear water bottle or milk jug
0:22.0	and turn it on. The soft white light will brighten up a tent.
0:26.0	For more fun ideas, easy howtus and inspiring stories, visit L.L.Bine.com. I'm Jason Epperson and it's time for this month's National Park News Roundup.
0:40.1	In a surprising quirk of geology, Monday's magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Mexico triggered four foot tall waves and Devil's Hole located in Death Valley National Park.
0:51.0	The earthquake shook parts of Mexico at 1105 a.m.
0:54.2	Pacific daylight time and 22 minutes later water started sloshing
0:58.6	1500 miles away in Devil's Hole. The waves reached four feet high around 11.35 a.m.
1:06.3	Devil's Hole is a partially water-filled limestone cave in a Nye County Nevada unit of Death Valley,
1:12.4	and the cave is hundreds of feet deep but the
1:14.6	endangered Devil's Whole pupfish depend on algae that grows on a shallow
1:18.4	sunlit shelf. The Devil's Whole Putfish only exist in this cave, and there are fewer than 200 living today.
1:25.9	Monday's waves stirred the settlement and rocks on the shallow shelf, also removing much of the algae
1:31.2	growth. In the short term, this reduces the food that's available to the pupfish.
1:35.4	The pupfish have survived several of these events in recent years, and the Park Service didn't find any dead fish after the waves stop.
1:42.2	The pupfish population have been on an upswing lately. Nine years ago there were only 35 in their natural habitat.
1:49.2	In March of this year the population was up to 175 fish and the annual fall pupfish count is
1:56.0	planned for this weekend. Death Valley just can't get a break from the flooding
2:00.5	issues they've been having this time storms fueled by the remnants of Hurricane
2:04.8	Kay caused heavy damage in the park on Saturday, September 10th, and another round of storms impacted
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