A12 #ParkChat Next week Shelly and I will be in Alamosa, #Colorado strolling around some dunes and enjoying some green chili. I expect to be on the chat but you know. Priorities rule. Nature Tech Family 🏞️🚙📷

A12 #ParkChat Next week we welcome one of my absolute favorites Misako as our special guest host. Please join us. Nature Tech Family 🏞️🚙📷

Q12 #ParkChat Does anyone have an announcement?

Let’s give thanks for Martin Van Buren NPS for hosting #ParkChat tonight and for all they do for the Parks. Every time I’ve asked them to do something for our chat they’ve said yes. So grateful. Nature Tech Family 🏞️🚙📷

Martin Van Buren NPS #ParkChat A7 Bet this is a new one for you - Otaheite apples in Jamaica. Too delicate to export so you’ll have to come and visit our sole national park which is also a WHS, natural and cultural.

#ParkChat A lot of people who we interact with online may never get to visit in person.

Q10: As the park experience moves more into a virtual space, how do we use that to continue making people passionate about America's Best Idea?
*Access this tour at mava.oncell.com

#ParkChat Nearly all national parks participate in the Junior Ranger program and MVBNHS recently got new badges that really show off Van Buren's #MartinChops .

Q9: In your opinion, what are the BEST Junior Ranger badges or programs?

#ParkChat Volunteers in Parks (VIPs) can help us staff events, give tours, garden, research, and more! We LOVE our VIPs ❤️
Q8: Have you ever volunteered at a park or historic site?

#ParkChat New York is the second largest apple producing state in the United States, averaging 29.5 million bushels of production annually.
Q7: How many apple varieties can you name??
*Bonus fact, we recently completed an orchard restoration project here at Lindenwald.

#ParkChat MVBNHS is celebrating our Golden Jubilee this year (psst that means we are 50 🥳)

Q6: What were you doing in 1974? If you didn't exist yet, what do you think has changed the most in parks over the last 50 years?

#ParkChat The current Director of the National Park Service, Chuck Sams, is the first Tribally enrolled member to lead the National Park Service.
Q5: What national parks have you been too that had great representation of indigenous communities?

#ParkChat Here at MVBNHS we believe there are important stories to tell beyond just our namesake.
Q3: What kind of stories would you like to see represented or told at the National Parks that you visit?

Hello all! We are honored to be the host for this week's #ParkChat .

Do we have any first-time participants tonight?
We can't offer you a free fox plush, but we can offer to respond with some great GIFs.

Welcome to a special “Park Experience” edition of #ParkChat featuring our good friends at Martin Van Buren NPS I think you’ll get the full experience of what to expect at a Presidential Park tonight. Great chat ahead. As you sign in lets us know where you’re at this evening. Nature Tech Family 🏞️🚙📷

Tonight's topic:

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#ParkChat tonight!

Public Land Lover Frederick Douglass 59NationalParks.com We totally vouch for you. Do it, Frederick Douglass! You won’t regret it.

Hi Frederick Douglass! We'd like to talk to you about co-hosting #parkchat , a weekly public lands-related conversation. We have July 3 open and naturally, I thought of you.

What do you say? Can we DM to discuss? James A. Garfield National Historic Site can vouch for us. 59NationalParks.com

A better crop and edit of the Brainard, NE tornado. One of the most photogenic landscapes I've ever captured a tornado over.

At our house, we favor this decision. The wild horses to remain at Theodore Roosevelt National Park Let’s see what becomes of their superintendent. #ParkChat

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