National Parks Plus Kids, Week Two: On to Pictured Rocks and the Ice Age Trail
By Craig Obey, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs Our brief visit to Pictured Rocks was enjoyable, though not the biggest grabber for the kids. Parents with young kids could try a couple of quick and easy excursions near the town of Munising, including Munising Falls and the Miner’s Castle—our kids enjoyed both. But our favorite experiences were simple walks on [...]
Teen Ambassadors Paddle Voyageurs National Park and Advise the Park Service
By Christina Hausman, Voyageurs National Park Association, Director of Membership and Communications, and Tawnya Schoewe, Voyageurs National Park, Chief of Interpretation Staff from the National Park Service and two of its partner organizations just wrapped up the first year of an innovative new program aimed at getting youth interested in the national parks. The National Park Teen Ambassadors program engaged [...]
Discover Florida’s Beaches with Two Photographers on Assignment for National Parks magazine
Do you ever flip through the glossy pages of National Parks magazine and wonder what it’s like to take photos of some of the country’s most amazing landscapes and monuments? We did too, so we asked two photographers on assignment for the magazine to tell us about their experience! Enjoy their story, and a sneak preview of a few photos from the cover story for [...]
National Parks Plus Kids: A Family Adventure
By Craig Obey, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs There is much talk these days about how disconnected younger generations are from nature and how historically illiterate we are as a country. The accused in this malady include electronic media, declines in leisure time, stranger danger, urbanization, and other culprits. As I have traveled to many national parks and other places, [...]
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Alaska: Reflections from a Guest in the Wilderness
By Linda Rancourt, Vice President, Communications You can read about it and dream about going, but nothing compares with actually seeing it in person. Alaska, our 49th state, is an extraordinary place. This 582,000-square-mile parcel of land is sometimes referred to as “Seward’s folly,” after Secretary of State William Seward, who orchestrated its purchase in 1867 despite ridicule from his [...]
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