National Parks Traveler

NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER IS THE ONLY MEDIA ORGANIZATION FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON EDITORIAL COVERAGE OF NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS. IT PROVIDES FREE COVERAGE THROUGH ITS FLAGSHIP WEBSITE, NATIONALPARKSTRAVELER.ORG, A WEEKLY PODCAST SERIES, ITS APPLE NEWS FEED, AND ITS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. DURING FY22-23, TRAFFIC TO THE WEBSITE GREW ~8 PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. LOOKING ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS, TRAVELER'S CONTENT GENERATED ~ 1.9 MILLION VIEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. WHILE THE BULK OF THE EDITORIAL COVERAGE STEMS FROM DAY-TO-DAY EVENTS ACROSS THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM, THE PAST YEAR SAW THE RISE OF ISSUES THAT DESERVED EXTENDED COVERAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, HOW THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TREATS FERAL HORSES DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT PARKS, QUESTIONS OVER THE LEGALITY OF FEES CHARGED TO RESERVE CAMPSITES AND OBTAIN PERMITS, THE IMPORTANCE OF CORRIDORS FOR WILDLIFE, HOW PARK SERVICE EMPLOYEES ARE COMPENSATED, AND ONGOING COVERAGE OF HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS THE PARK SYSTEM. FEATURE COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUAL PARKS AND ISSUES RANGED FROM A SERIES OF STORIES THAT EXAMINED HOW BEAVERS ARE BEING USED TO HELP RESTORE DAMAGED PARK ECOSYSTEMS, AN ARTICLE ON THE CHALLENGES NPS STAFF FACES IN DEALING WITH EVER-GROWING PARK VISITATION TO HOW URBAN POLLUTION IS IMPACTING BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK AND HOW LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK IS RECOVERING FROM DEVASTATING WILDFIRES. DOWNLOADS OF TRAVELER'S WEEKLY PODCASTS WERE UP 15.3 PERCENT YEAR-OVER- YEAR, WITH MORE THAN 222,242 DOWNLOADS FROM MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES. ALONG WITH PRODUCING MORE THAN 1,100 ARTICLES AND PODCASTS FOR FY22-23, THE TRAVELER CREATED A MOBILE PHONE APP, THE ESSENTIAL RVING GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL PARKS, WHICH CONTAINED INFORMATION ON ALL NATIONAL PARK CAMPGROUNDS CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING RVS.