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.

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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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