Personal Stories

Yosemite National Park: Have you ever experienced, “The Wild?” What exactly is wilderness and what benefit do wild environments have for mankind? This video offers interesting perspectives on how spending time outdoors, particularly at Yosemite, positively affects people.

Grand Canyon NP: A communications officer at a Canadian national park visits the Grand Canyon and discusses her appreciation of the park with ranger Patrick Gamman.

Grand Canyon NP: Patrick Gamman interviews authors with books related to the Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon NP: Park ranger Patrick Gamman interviews artist Sally Hall about her exhibit and her connection to the park.

Grand Canyon NP: Park ranger Patrick Gamman interviews artist Peter A. Nisbet who discloses personal tales of his time spent at the park.

Grand Canyon NP: Park ranger Patrick Gamman interviews a number of artists at the Celebration of Art 2009. The painters discuss their experience painting at the Grand Canyon.

Three park rangers passionately discuss what is involved in their line of work.

Denali NP & PRES: In July 2011, a group of 35 deaf visitors from a half-dozen different states chartered a bus into Denali. This is what they had to say about their experience. ASL used by the Deaf visitors is translated by voice in English.

Denali NP & PRES: From hometowns as far away as Sylacauga, Alabama to as near as Healy, Alaska, six young people each describe what it was like for them to work in the National Park Service for a summer in Denali.

Denali NP & PRES: An excerpt from the book Trapline Twins by Miki and Julie Collins is read by Ingrid Nixon, Chief of Interpretation. This recording was first produced as an audio exhibit for the Eielson Visitor Center which opened to the public in June 2008.