The National Park Service

Outside/In

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

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🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The National Park Service has changed immensely since its days of keeping poachers out of Yellowstone. So has its approach to telling the story of America. Kirsten Talken-Spaulding of the NPS and Will Shafroth of the National Parks Foundation help us understand how this colossal system actually works and what it's doing to tell the true story of the United States. This episode was reported and produced by our friends at the wonderful podcast Civics 101. LINKS For more about the history of national parks and state-backed conservation, we’ve got episodes! We’ve also delved into the history of Yellowstone, with a focus on the original conservation strategy behind it and many other parks, a strategy pejoratively called “fortress conservation.” “Himalayan Land Grab” tells the story of what happened when park developers applied the same “fortress conservation” strategy in northern India. “Thin Green Line” is an exploration of the role of conservation law enforcement through the reality TV show North Woods Law. We’ve also featured “The Problem with America’s National Parks,” an episode of the podcast The Experiment (no longer being produced) which asked: why not simply give the national parks back to Native people? CREDITS Hosted by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice Produced by Hannah McCarthy with help from Nick Capodice Senior Producer: Christina Phillips Executive Producer: Rebecca Lavoie Civics 101 staff includes Jacqui Fulton. Outside/In team: Nate Hegyi, Taylor Quimby, Justine Paradis, Felix Poon, and Jessica Hunt. Music (National Park Service): Nul Tiel Records, Evan Schaefer, Kesha, Walt Adams, Site of Wonders, Dusty Decks, HoliznaRAPS and Margareta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Outside In, I'm Nate Hegey.
0:02.7	Last week, we shared an episode from a podcast we love, our sister podcast, in fact,
0:07.7	Civic Zone 1.
0:08.7	It's a podcast refresher course on how the U.S. government works, hosted by our friends
0:12.9	and colleagues here at New Hampshire Public Radio.
0:15.9	In this July, we are sharing a couple of episodes they made on a subject near and dear to our
0:20.6	hearts here at Outside In, the past and present of America's national parks.
0:26.0	Last week, we shared the story of the first national park, Yellowstone.
0:30.2	Today, we're sharing the story of the National Park Service, the Rangers with those cool hats
0:34.8	and the green uniforms, who they are, what they do, where the money comes from, and what
0:40.1	stories they are telling about the history of the United States.
0:44.0	Here's the show.
0:53.2	In the beginning, there was Yellowstone, and it was good, I mean, good, you know, but kind
1:04.6	of neglected.
1:08.6	The kind of neglected that inspired 1877 visitor to the park to remark that, though the formations
1:15.3	around the Yellowstone geysers appeared delicate, they were in fact so solid that a quote,
1:20.4	hatchet is often necessary to obtain a choice piece for your cabinet.
1:24.4	Wait, you can't do that, that's not allowed.
1:27.4	No, that's not allowed.
1:28.9	But see, it's a little tricky when you've got 3472 square miles of park and one guy in
1:36.2	charge of it all.
1:37.2	All alone, no help.
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