In addition to the National Parks Traveler's audience of roughly 2.5 million readers and podcast listeners, there are more than a few organizations that turn to the Traveler to stay on top of news and issues from around the National Park System and involving the National Park Service.
Many of the readers and listeners who have contributed to the effort to ensure the National Parks Traveler's future have sent comments along with their donations. Below are some of them.
The National Parks Traveler is a small media organization, which is a benefit for its coverage of national parks and protected areas. There is no New York, Washington, or Los Angeles headquarters calling the shots on coverage. That fact, and the one that our focus is solely on national parks and protected areas, allows us to cover stories most other news outlets ignore or miss
There was a heartening outpouring of donations to the National Parks Traveler over the weekend as our month-long fundraiser continued, but the numbers through Monday show the nonprofit news organization is unsustainable.