NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER • April 7, 2026
For nearly 21 years, the National Parks Traveler has served as a public messenger alerting Americans to the wonders of the National Park System … and the threats that plague them. But now, at a time when we need more journalists to follow what’s going on in the parks and with the National Park Service, the Traveler is at a crossroads. Without the arrival of a patron saint of both the parks and the journalism that chronicles them, one with the resources who will commit to continue the Traveler’s mission and evolution, the operation will go dark this summer. This is a plea for someone who can embrace the Traveler’s mission and has the financial resources, or access to them, to install the next editorial generation at the news organization. After operating this content-rich news outlet year after year with the faintest of shoestring budgets, shuttering the Traveler appears to be the only option unless a sustainability path appears. ~ Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler’s Founder and Editor in Chief