Dive beneath the surface in the lower Florida Keys, and swimmers once found themselves hovering above vibrant, coral communities. However, the past three decades have revealed a devastating loss of reef life around the globe. In the Looe Key Sanctuary Preservation Area alone, living coral cover plunged from 33 percent in 1984 to less than…
Category: National Park Traveler
National Parks Traveler – Over 100 Crafters Sign Up To Create National Park Tempestries
The two tempestries had arrived in the mail, one depicting 1975 at Voyageurs National Park, the other, 2016. Comprised of all the colors of the rainbow and knit neatly by Deb Ceci, each row of the crafted work represents one day of high temperature data over the course of a year. Staff at the Voyageurs National…
National Parks Traveler – Podcast Episode 18: Staying Safe In Bear Habitat, And Thomas Moran And The Parks
Kim Titchener, the founder of bearsafety.com, discusses how humans can stay safe in bear habitat, while Erika Zambello (me!) visits Washington, D.C., and tracks down some of Thomas Moran’s famed paintings of national parks. In his commentary, host Kurt Repanshek suggests that the National Park Service be pulled out of the Interior Department and set…
