This week, we visit with Estee Rivera, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Conservancy, to discuss the damage wildfires inflicted on Rocky Mountain National Park and the role the conservancy is taking in helping park staff rehabilitate areas impacted by the fires and interpret the intense fire season.

And Kurt Repanshek visits with Kim Heacox, a former park ranger turned writer and photographer at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Heacox’s book, "The Only Kayak," was reissued this year, 15 years after it first appeared. Heacox discusses the book and how climate change and visitors are altering Glacier Bay and other national parks in Alaska.

Listen to the episode here.