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…
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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…
CBA – “Grasses in Classes” Comes to Butler Elementary School
The yellow school busses pull into the parking lot at Charles E. Cessna Landing in Walton County. Brakes hiss and doors squeal open and the excited chatter of children goes from muted to a dull roar. Third grade students from Butler Elementary School leap to the ground, making a bee-line toward their teachers, who herd…