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National Parks Traveler Episode 59: COVID-19, "Our Wild Calling," And Mission San Juan

By Kurt Repanshek - March 29th, 2020
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This week we talk with National Parks Conservation Association President and CEO Theresa Pierno about the impact coronavirus is having on the National Park System, and check in with author Richard Louv on his latest book, Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform our Lives, and Save Theirs. If you visit national parks to view the wildlife, you’ll want to listen to this conversation.

And Lynn Riddick concludes her four-part series on San Antonio Missions National Historical Park with a visit to Mission San Juan.

Mission San Juan at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

Written and reported by Lynn Riddick

Produced by Jesse Repanshek

:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
1:37 Conversation with Theresa Pierno, president and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association, on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the parks.
12:19 National Parks Traveler coronavirus edition promotion
12:41 Friends of Acadia promotion
13:10 RVShare.com promotion
13:48 Conversation with author Richard Louv on his new book, Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform our Lives, and Save Theirs
27:33 Yankee Freedom promotion
28:09 North Cascades Institute promotion
28:28 Washington’s National Park Fund promotion
29:05 Conversation with Richard Louv continues
47:28 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation promotion
47:54 Grand Teton National Park Foundation promotion
48:30 Lynn Riddick concludes her tour of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park with a stop at Mission San Juan
1:10:12 Episode Closing
1:10:31 Orange Tree Productions promotion

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