America’s National Parks Podcast
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As fires rage across the west in what will likely be the worst year for wildland fires on record, brave people face them head-on, to save our structures and our lives. The fraternity of American firefighters has always been a boys club — today only about 4% are women. And wildland firefighters even more so. In the early 1980s, one woman was among the first to join the Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots, an elite National Park Service crew, stationed at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks in California.
The text of today's episode comes from Women’s Voices: Women in the National Park Service Oral History Project and the audio comes from an oral history interview conducted by Lu Ann Jones and Leah Baer of the National Park Service Park History Program earlier this year.
National Park News | Yosemite Braces for Floods, Condors Get Bird Flu, and More
Scaling the Heights: The Evolution and Impact of Rock Climbing in Yosemite
The Mysterious Disappearance of Everett Ruess: Artist, Adventurer, and Enigma
Nature’s Open Door: Unlocking Accessible Adventures in National Parks
America’s Outdoor Recreation Act
The Mysterious Lives of Northern Elephant Seals
Agate Fossil Beds
The History of North American Elk in our National Parks
National Park News: 2023 Parks Budget, Daring Helicopter Rescue
Assateague - Beyond the Ponies
White Nose Syndrome
2023 National Park Entry Reservations, New Funding for Parks, and More
Combating Invasive Species in National Parks
Shenandoah Part 2
Shenandoah Part 1
National Park Passes Explained — 2023 Updates
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens – an Urban Oasis
Two New Park Units, Mosquito Science, and the True Age of Yosemite | News from the Parks
Spooky Stories from National Parks
The Endangered Species Act
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