This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing the Amami Guntō National Park! Our topics include the park’s Amami Rabbits, Ocean Parks, and Mongoose Busters.

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Contact Us: yellparkspod@gmail.com, @YellParksPod on twitter or tumblr

This Episode’s Hosts:

Ellory (they/them)

Nic (they/them)

Ole (e/em or they/them)

Credits:

Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat

Research assistance provided by Hawk

Editing by Bears (I’m new to this, sorry if it’s a janky edit)

Episode description by Bears

More Information:

• About the Park (01:17)
• https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/amami/point/index.html
• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1574 
• Amami Rabbits (04:10)
• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201200145
• https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191025/p2a/00m/0na/026000c
• https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/news/2023_01_24_01.html
• https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13054888 
• Mongoose Busters (20:48)
• https://whc.unesco.org/document/172297 
• Ocean Parks (30:58)
• https://whc.unesco.org/document/172297
• https://phys.org/news/2022-08-tracking-journey-mangroves-southern-japan.html
• https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/14318011
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200708105912.htm
• https://www.marineconservation.org.au/coral-bleaching/

Shout Outs

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If you’re in the states, contact your representatives to do something about climate change. https://whoaremyrepresentatives.org/ 

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This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing the NPS LGBTQ+ Heritage Survey! Our topics include America’s queer places and spaces, trans history, intersectionality, gay rodeos, and more! A second part, recorded by Nic and Ole will be uploaded soon!

Next Episode: Amami Gunto National Park 

Contact Us: yellparkspod@gmail.com, @YellParksPod on twitter or tumblr

This Episode’s Hosts:

Bears (she/her)

Ellory (they/them)

Nic (they/them)

Credits:

Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat

Research assistance provided by Hawk

Editing by Ellory

Episode description by Ellory

More Information:

About the study (03:38)

Why the NPS? (10:09)

Chapter 1, Prologue: Why LGBTQ Historic Sites Matter (13:27)

Place and Identity (20:51)

Chapter 10, Transgender History in the US and the Places that Matter (26:58)

Public Universal Friend (32:33)

Queer Riots and Protests (41:32)

Chapter 7, A Note About Intersectionality (50:48)

How we categorize history (1:03:35)

Chapter 14, LGBTQ Places and Spaces (1:15:20)

Cities, Suburbs, and Rural communities (1:20:36)

Baseball (1:24:33)

Book recs (1:30:54)

Chapter 28, Queerest Little City in the World: LGBTQ Reno (1:38:09)

Shout Outs

National Park Service Heritage Initiative:  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/tellingallamericansstories/index.htm

Queering the Map: https://www.queeringthemap.com/

Brace Space Alliance: https://bravespacealliance.org/ 

Texas Trans Kids: https://txtranskids.org/ 

Aids Outreach Center: https://aoc.org/ 

Out History: https://outhistory.org/

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This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing all things citizen science! Our topics include bird watching, bio blitzes, feminist bird club, and how to get involved with projects run by agencies like NOAA, NASA and the National Weather Service.

Next Episode: Amami Gunto National Park (probably)

Contact Us: yellparkspod@gmail.com, @YellParksPod on twitter, or yellparkspod.tumblr.com

This Episode’s Hosts:

Ellory (they/them)

Nic (they/them)

Guests:

Cuttlefishman/CFM (he/him)

Credits:

Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat

Research assistance provided by Hawk

Editing by Ellory

Transcript by Adam

Episode description by Ellory

Transcripts and sources for each episode are hosted on our Google Drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here

More Information:

What is citizen science? (01:31)

General history (02:34)

Christmas Bird Count (06:00)

Observation apps (09:10)

Skywarn (12:40)

iNaturalist events (18:11)

Feminist Bird Club (29:07)

Citizen Science with NASA and NOAA (31:22)

How the data can be used (35:43)

Central Park Bio Blitz (37:47)

Fish Doorbell (47:11)

Shout Outs:

Water Rangers https://www.waterrangers.ca/

City Nature Challenge https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/

Feminist Bird Club https://www.feministbirdclub.org/

Bird Union https://www.birdunion.org/

Citizen Science Project https://www.citizenscience.gov/catalog/#

NASA Citizen Science Projects https://science.nasa.gov/citizenscience

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This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing Mystery Flesh Pit National Park. We'll be reading listener-submitted questions, and discussing topics relevant to their experiences.

Next Episode: Amami Gunto National Park

Contact Us: yellparkspod@gmail.com, @YellParksPod on twitter, or yellparkspod.tumblr.com

This Episode’s Hosts:

Ellory (they/them)

Nic (they/them)

Credits:

Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat

Research assistance provided by Hawk

Editing by Ellory

Transcript by Adam

Episode description by Ellory

American Robin call from NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas/Jennifer Jerrett

Transcripts and sources for each episode are hosted on our Google Drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here

More Information:

About the Park (01:17)

Submission from GovtCoverup8129 (03:38)

Submission from unhappycamper36 (08:39)

Submission from Lang Swegtan (10:45)

Submission from Alto (@_AltoArcadevere) on twitter (12:25)

Submission from herbykirby (12:25)

Shout Outs:

Mystery Flesh Pit National Park https://www.mysteryfleshpitnationalpark.com/

Trevor Roberts @orbitaloddity on Twitter

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This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Our topics include Dolly Parton, George Masa, bears, good hikes, and information on various park forest topics.

Next Episode: Amami Gunto National Park

Contact Us: yellparkspod@gmail.com, @YellParksPod on twitter, or yellparkspod.tumblr.com

This Episode’s Hosts:

Ellory (they/them)

Nic (they/them)

Ole (e/em or they/them)

Guests:

Dino (she/any)

Weeks (he/him)

Credits:

Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat

Research assistance provided by Hawk

Editing by Ellory

Transcript by Adam

Episode description by Ellory

Sandhill Crane call from NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas/Jennifer Jerrett

Transcripts and sources for each episode are hosted on our Google Drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here

More Information:

About the Park (01:16)

George Masa (08:41)

Dolly Parton (10:51)

African American Experiences in the Smokies Project (15:11)

Bears (22:57)

Hiking the Smokies (38:23)

Forests of the Smokies (46:51)

Hemlock Wooly Adelgid (51:50)

Land Stewardship (55:53)

Shout Outs:

Appalachian Voices https://appvoices.org/

Feminist Bird Club https://www.feministbirdclub.org/

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This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing the Dartmoor National Park. Our topics include human habitation, the iconic tors, Dartmoor wildlife, and right to roam legislation.

Next Episode: Smokie Mountains National Park

Contact Us: yellparkspod@gmail.com, @YellParksPod on twitter, or yellparkspod.tumblr.com

This Episode’s Hosts:

Nic (they/them)

Ole (e/em or they/them)

Guests:

Adam (he/they)

Alex (he/they)

Credits:

Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat

Research assistance provided by Hawk

Editing by Ellory

Transcript by Adam

Episode description by Ellory

Transcripts and sources for each episode are hosted on our Google Drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here

More Information:

About the Park (00:58)

Dartmoor bogs and tors (05:07)

Early human habitation and impact (08:20)

Ecology and the Dartmoor Little Five (21:09)

Otter poop (26:38)

Carbon Sequestration (29:48)

Wildfires (33:22)

Hiking in the moors (36:21)

Right to roam legislation (44:30)

Shout Outs:

Surfers Against Sewage: Campaigning for a thriving ocean, thriving people. Find out more at sas.org.uk

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A quick update about the Lunar New Year charity event we mentioned on our last episode! This week-long event kicks off with a live stream on January 20th at 6pm US central time/midnight UTC. Yell Parks will be hosting a live episode celebrating the year of the rabbit during the second stream, on January 28th at 6pm US central time! We are raising money for Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, an alliance of Filipino youth organizations, student councils, and individuals fighting against climate change and pursuing climate justice.

You can watch at twitch.tv/HadesTigers, as well as join the discord event on the Blaseball discord.

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This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing the Petrified Forest National Park. Our topics include how the park's eponymous petrified wood forms, different types of petroglyphs within the park and how they were used, and fossils found within the park.

Land Acknowledgement:

Petrified Forest National Park is on land that belongs to the Diné Bikéyah (Navajo), Pueblo, Hopi, and Zuni peoples. You can find more information by visiting native-land.ca

Next Episode: Dartmoor National Park

Contact Us: yellparkspod@gmail.com, @YellParksPod on twitter, or yellparkspod.tumblr.com

This Episode’s Hosts:

Ellory (they/them)

Nic (they/them)

Ole (e/em or they/them)

Credits:

Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat

Research assistance provided by Hawk

Editing by Ellory

Transcript by Adam

Episode description by Ellory

Transcripts and sources for each episode are hosted on our Google Drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here

More Information:

Petrified Wood (05:50)

What is Petrified Wood?

Cursed Wood?

Petroglyphs (25:38)

What are Petroglyphs?

Types of Petroglyphs in the Park

Newspaper Rock

Archaeoastronomy

Fossils (38:00)

Shout Outs

Navajo Water Project: https://www.navajowaterproject.org/

Christmas Bird Count:  https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count 

Feederwatch: https://feederwatch.org/ 

Lunar New Year livestream: In late January a few of us are planning to participate in a Lunar New Year livestream hosted by some very cool members of the Blaseball community to raise money for Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines! Specifics info on the event will be coming in January so keep your eyes peeled!

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