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What’s that Cattle Herd Doing in a National Park?!

What’s that Cattle Herd Doing in a National Park?!

by bill-youngs | Oct 31, 2016 | Fireside Talks, National Park

Fireside Talk: What’s that Cattle Herd Doing in a National Park? Posted November 6, 2016 (Recorded in Capitol Reef National Park, October 31, 2016) J. William T. Youngs  (Note: perversely some of the images in this post do not stay posted. I have spent most of...
Capitol Reef: Mother Nature and a Historic Orchard

Capitol Reef: Mother Nature and a Historic Orchard

by bill-youngs | Oct 31, 2016 | Fireside Talks, National Park

Capitol Reef: Mother Nature and a Historic Orchard Fireside Talk October 31, 2016 J. William T. Youngs   As I write this, I am sitting in an RV in a campground at Capitol Reef National Park. It is 4:30 in the morning, and I have been awake since about 3:00. I stepped...
Turning Back the Clock on National Monuments?

Turning Back the Clock on National Monuments?

by Brian O'Riley | Jul 16, 2016 | Fireside Talks, National Monument, National Park

Click here to see the full talk: https://www.americanrealities.com/home-page/turning-back-the-clock-on-national-monuments
What’s that Motor Scooter Doing on a National Park Trail?!

What’s that Motor Scooter Doing on a National Park Trail?!

by Brian O'Riley | Dec 7, 2014 | Fireside Talks, National Park

Click here to see the full talk: https://www.americanrealities.com/home-page/whats-that-motor-scooter-doing-on-a-national-park-trail
Parkology: Taiwan’s Taroko National Park

Parkology: Taiwan’s Taroko National Park

by bill-youngs | Nov 22, 2014 | Fireside Talks, National Park

Note: earlier on this quarter we had another visit to Taroko National Park in Taiwan, focusing on a local resident and a motor scooter. We will see them again in this post, but this is a larger post, telling us a lot more about the park. I wrote the original Talk,...
ALP (Appreciation, Lamentation, Preservation) Revisited

ALP (Appreciation, Lamentation, Preservation) Revisited

by Brian O'Riley | Dec 5, 2012 | Fireside Talks, National Park

Click here to see the full talk: https://www.americanrealities.com/alp-appreciation-lamentation-preservation-revisited.html
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