Interview with Park Rangers Pat and Ron Brown. They talk about the spring migration of birds through Grand Canyon National Park and the importance of International Bird Migration Day. http://www.nps.gov/grca/photosmultimedia/grca_pod.htm

Insider's Look at Grand Canyon

Audio - Insider's Look #39 Spring Migratory Birds at Grand Canyon.

An Interview with Park Ranger Megan Kohli about Youth and teen Camps. Working with Grand Canyon Youth, a non-profit partner of the national park, youth camps have been offered since 2008. This is an excellent opportunity for kids to get out and experience the backcountry and ride on the river rapids while learning about their national park. http://www.nps.gov/grca/photosmultimedia/grca_pod.htm

Audio - Insider's Look #37 Youth Camps at Grand Canyon

My sculpture is a result of a physical process of spontaneous digging and marking in clay with my hands, a blind act of faith. As I work, I create the negative void that is ever present in this life full of ambiguity. Removing my hands, I fill the dark, cold space with materials. Then painstakingly peel away the soft layers of clay on the outside until the solid form is exposed -- like an excavation. The result is an expressive object like a fossil manifestation of the complexity of my desires, fears and expectations. The layers of clay are recycled over and over again as a foundation for more digging and building more sculpture. When my will tries to control the negative space, the outcome takes the form of fierce substances. But when I push with spontaneous marks of bold confidence, a wonderful evolution of probity and consciousness appears. The pinhole photographs are a documentation of the moment of discovering the sculptures in the Arizona landscape. - Kim Henkel

Audio - Insider's Look #35 Park Ranger Patrick Gamman talks with Artist-in-Residence Kim Henkel about her sculptures and pinhole photography.

Women have played an important role in Grand Canyon's history from the beginning, but they are not always as well known. Rangers Davis and Daly discuss three women important to Grand Canyon's architecture, culture, and ranger heritage. http://www.nps.gov/grca/photosmultimedia/inside-look-33.htm

Audio - Insider's Look #33 Park Rangers Emily Davis and Maggi Daly celebrate Women's History Month.

On her first backpacking trip into the Grand Canyon, artist Erica Stankwytch Bailey tells of her adventures walking through snow on the rim, then down into the desert in the canyon's depths, and ultimately to a waterfall. If you would like to find out more about hiking in Grand Canyon National Park, visit : http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/backcountry.htm

Audio - Insider's Look #31 Artist in Residence, Erica Stankwytch Bailey's first backpack into the Grand Canyon.

Insider's Look host, Ranger Patrick Gamman talks with Ranger Nicole Koehlinger about the ravens in Grand Canyon National Park. Ravens are one of the most common birds seen in the park. They are intelligent, savvy, sociable and problem solvers.

Audio - Insider's Look #28 Ranger Nicole Koehlinger talks about the ingenious raven.

Legendary canyon storyteller, Captain John Hance (Park Ranger Ron Brown) returns to tell the story of one snowy winter when he was hungry and all he had to eat was molasses, a bar of soap, and an old shoe.

Video - Insider's Look #27 Storyteller John Hance returns with another outlandish story.

Audio - Insider's Look #27 Storyteller John Hance returns with another outlandish story.

Hear the struggle between two great forces in aquatic ecosystems in epic Shakespearean fashion in "Moose-terpiece Theatre." It's an excerpt from the Mountain World Heritage Interpretive Theatre production, "Water...on the Rocks!" which tells the tale of water in the Canadian Rockies. Mountain World Heritage Interpretive Theatre is Parks Canada's very own theatre troupe, based in Banff National Park. The troupe shares the stories of the Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks (Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay) with inspiring and hilarious interpretive shows. Mountain World Heritage Interpretive Theatre tours to schools, special events and festivals. Their newest play, IMAGINaNATION, celebrates 125 years of national parks in Canada! Link to the Mountain World Heritage Interpretive Theatre page on the Parks Canada website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/edu/edu4g_e.asp

Audio - Insider's Look #26a A funny skit from Banff National Park's Mountain World Heritage Interpretive Theatre.

Topics include: visitor transportation systems, Jr. Ranger Programs and interpretive presentations. She shares a funny skit from Banff's Mountain World Heritage Interpretive Theatre.

Audio - Insider's Look #26 Communication Officer Laurie Schwartz from Banff National Park of Canada, Compares USA and Canadian Parks.

Verkamp’s is the park's newest Visitor Center in one of the oldest buildings. Located in the National Historic District of the South Rim, the building dates back to 1905. The curio shop was owned and operated for over 100 years by the Verkamp family.

Audio - Insider's Look #25 Ranger Jack Howell talks about the history of Verkamp's Visitor Center.

Ranger Andy Pearce discusses the Environmental Education Program at Grand Canyon National Park with host, Patrick Gamman . Educators. If you are interested in curriculum-based activities at Grand Canyon National Park or in the classroom, listen up! Learn about the many programs offered for school groups, from ranger-led activities at the canyon to rangers visiting your classroom.

Audio - Insider's Look #24 Environmental Education at Grand Canyon.

Park Ranger and Insider's host, Patrick Gamman, interviews Randy Erwin about his work as a cowboy poet, yodeler, and demonstrator of rope tricks, as well as what he did as an Artist in Residence at Grand Canyon. He also sings and yodels!

Audio - Insider's Look #23 Artist in Residence, Cowboy Poet Randy Erwin.

Santa and his Elf, Peppermint, meet Grand Canyon authors. Peppermint the Elf (Park Ranger Patrick Gamman) interviews Lori Rome, Thomas Ratz, and Tom Martin about their recent books. The interviews took place during the 2009 Holiday Open House at Books and More. http://www.nps.gov/grca/photosmultimedia/inside-look-022.htm

Audio - Insider's Look #22 Interviews with Grand Canyon Authors

Featured in an art exhibit at Historic Kolb Studio from Nov. 13, 2009 through Feb. 17, 2010, Sally Hall talks about how Grand Canyon has been a source of inspiration for her artwork since she was nine years old.

Audio - Insider's Look #21 Interview with artist Sally Hall

This channel is an archive of audio podcasts. Most of them were produced during 2009 and 2010 by Grand Canyon National Park Ranger Patrick Gamman. Topics include anything and everything about Grand Canyon. A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size. Unique combinations of geologic color and erosional forms decorate a canyon that is 277 river miles (446km) long, up to 18 miles (29km) wide, and a mile (1.6km) deep.

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