EP 383: Great Smokies Vacation, Western Caucus, Stop 30 by 30 Summit

In Episode 383 of District of Conservation, Gabriella debriefs listeners on her Great Smoky Mountains vacation and conservation nuggets she learned; 30 years of the Western Caucus and her participation in a Lunch & Learn Congressional briefing yesterday with her IWF colleague Mandy Gunasekara; and what she'll discuss at the upcoming Stop 30-by-30 Summit in Dallas, Texas, this week. SHOW NOTES Fishing in Gatlinburg 15 most-visited national parks in 2022 Visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park spent $2.1 billion in local communities in 2022 National Park Service failed to warn residents in deadly Gatlinburg wildfires, judge rules Appeals court rules in favor of Gatlinburg wildfire survivors: Lawsuits can proceed What Caused the Gatlinburg Fire of 2016? Here’s the Real Story ⁠Gatlinburg Skypark⁠ ⁠Anakeesta⁠This Land Was Saved for You and Me: How Gifford Pinchot, Frederick Law Olmsted, and a Band of Foresters Rescued America’s Public Lands Biltmore: The Birthplace of American Forestry Congressional Western Caucus IWF at CWC Stop 30-by-30 Summit