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Visitors to Sequoia National Park in California are often awed by the impressive trees, but dismayed by the pollution that clouds the park's scenic views and harms wildlife. Fortunately, the nearby town of Visalia has an innovative solution, and is encouraging visitors and residents to get on board!
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In this edition of Park Stories, host Jim Williams walks among the Joshua trees and wildlife in Joshua Tree National Park, explores the changes to this fragile desert ecosystem being wrought by global warming, and introduces us to some of the local park experts, advocates, and friends trying to make a difference for the park they love.
Read NPCA's report Unnatural Disaster: Global Warming and Our National Parks
The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) introduces its new Park Stories podcast series by taking you into Yosemite National Park for an engaging encounter with one of the park's first rangers, Sergeant Alizy Bowman, a member of an African-American regiment of the U.S. Army that stood guard over Yosemite well before the creation of the National Park Service. Bowman was a Buffalo Soldier, and his inspiring story is shared by Park Service Ranger Shelton Johnson.
What's the number-one cause of air pollution in our national parks? Coal-fired power plants that fill the landscape with smog, spoiling the views for everyone. What's the solution? Find out in this new cartoon by Mark Fiore and the folks at NPCA. It stars the But-if-Fly. He's blue, he's gregarious, and he knows exactly what we can do to save the parks.