2024-02-01T14:06:59-05:00 2023-06-30 870516083 LARSON & COMPANY PC 11240 S RIVER HEIGHTS DR SUITE 300 SOUTH JORDAN UT 840955123 990EZ 2022-07-01 262378789 NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER NATI 9116 UPPER LANDO LANE PARK CITY UT 84098 KURT REPANSHEK DIRECTOR/CEO 2024-01-17 true KURT REPANSHEK 999009999 false RICHARD SCORESBY CPA P00573067 8013131900 2024-01-17 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X WWW.NATIONALPARKSTRAVELER.ORG X X 136386 X 128426 7960 136386 66067 76122 7874 150063 -13677 67844 54167 X 69746 55234 69746 55234 1902 1067 67844 54167 X NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER IS THE WORLD'S TOP-RATED, EDITORIALLY INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT MEDIA ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO COVERING NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS ON A DAILY BASIS. THE TRAVELER'S JOURNALISTS WORK TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND NEWSWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING, INVOLVING, AND AFFECTING THESE AREAS AND THEIR GOVERNING BODIES. NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER IS THE ONLY MEDIA ORGANIZATION FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON EDITORIAL COVERAGE OF NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS. IT PROVIDES FREE COVERAGE THROUGH ITS FLAGSHIP WEBSITE, NATIONALPARKSTRAVELER.ORG, A WEEKLY PODCAST SERIES, ITS APPLE NEWS FEED, AND ITS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. DURING FY22-23, TRAFFIC TO THE WEBSITE GREW ~8 PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. LOOKING ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS, TRAVELER'S CONTENT GENERATED ~ 1.9 MILLION VIEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. WHILE THE BULK OF THE EDITORIAL COVERAGE STEMS FROM DAY-TO-DAY EVENTS ACROSS THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM, THE PAST YEAR SAW THE RISE OF ISSUES THAT DESERVED EXTENDED COVERAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, HOW THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TREATS FERAL HORSES DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT PARKS, QUESTIONS OVER THE LEGALITY OF FEES CHARGED TO RESERVE CAMPSITES AND OBTAIN PERMITS, THE IMPORTANCE OF CORRIDORS FOR WILDLIFE, HOW PARK SERVICE EMPLOYEES ARE COMPENSATED, AND ONGOING COVERAGE OF HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS THE PARK SYSTEM. FEATURE COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUAL PARKS AND ISSUES RANGED FROM A SERIES OF STORIES THAT EXAMINED HOW BEAVERS ARE BEING USED TO HELP RESTORE DAMAGED PARK ECOSYSTEMS, AN ARTICLE ON THE CHALLENGES NPS STAFF FACES IN DEALING WITH EVER-GROWING PARK VISITATION TO HOW URBAN POLLUTION IS IMPACTING BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK AND HOW LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK IS RECOVERING FROM DEVASTATING WILDFIRES. DOWNLOADS OF TRAVELER'S WEEKLY PODCASTS WERE UP 15.3 PERCENT YEAR-OVER- YEAR, WITH MORE THAN 222,242 DOWNLOADS FROM MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES. ALONG WITH PRODUCING MORE THAN 1,100 ARTICLES AND PODCASTS FOR FY22-23, THE TRAVELER CREATED A MOBILE PHONE APP, THE ESSENTIAL RVING GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL PARKS, WHICH CONTAINED INFORMATION ON ALL NATIONAL PARK CAMPGROUNDS CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING RVS. 129738 129738 KURT REPANSHEK DIRECTOR/CEO 50.00 54667 PATRICK CONE VICE PRESIDE 10.00 0 MARCELLE SHOOP SECRETARY 000.00 0 REBECCA LATSON DIRECTOR 15.00 0 ERIKA ZAMBELLO DIRECTOR 000.00 0 DAVITT WOODWELL DIRECTOR 000.00 0 LOU ZAMBELLO DIRECTOR 000.00 0 false false true true false false false false false false UT KURT J REPANSHEK 9116 UPPER LANDO LANE PARK CITY UT 84098 4356458680 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 55687 127939 112821 128426 424873 55687 127939 112821 128426 424873 22782 402091 4927 5350 10277 435150 7587 0.92400 0.88460 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 8 ADVERTISING REVENUE 7,960 TOTAL 7,960 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES OFFICE EXPENSES 990 TRAVEL 1,527 TRAVEL MEALS 212 INSURANCE 4,885 REGISTRATION FEES 260 TOTAL 7,874 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 1,902 1,067 FORM 990-EZ, PART III NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER IS THE WORLD'S TOP-RATED, EDITORIALLY INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT MEDIA ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO COVERING NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS ON A DAILY BASIS. THE TRAVELER'S JOURNALISTS WORK TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND NEWSWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING, INVOLVING, AND AFFECTING THESE AREAS AND THEIR GOVERNING BODIES. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER IS THE ONLY MEDIA ORGANIZATION FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON EDITORIAL COVERAGE OF NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS. IT PROVIDES FREE COVERAGE THROUGH ITS FLAGSHIP WEBSITE, NATIONALPARKSTRAVELER.ORG, A WEEKLY PODCAST SERIES, ITS APPLE NEWS FEED, AND ITS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. DURING FY22-23, TRAFFIC TO THE WEBSITE GREW ~8 PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. LOOKING ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS, TRAVELER'S CONTENT GENERATED ~ 1.9 MILLION VIEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. WHILE THE BULK OF THE EDITORIAL COVERAGE STEMS FROM DAY-TO-DAY EVENTS ACROSS THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM, THE PAST YEAR SAW THE RISE OF ISSUES THAT DESERVED EXTENDED COVERAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, HOW THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TREATS FERAL HORSES DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT PARKS, QUESTIONS OVER THE LEGALITY OF FEES CHARGED TO RESERVE CAMPSITES AND OBTAIN PERMITS, THE IMPORTANCE OF CORRIDORS FOR WILDLIFE, HOW PARK SERVICE EMPLOYEES ARE COMPENSATED, AND ONGOING COVERAGE OF HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS THE PARK SYSTEM. FEATURE COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUAL PARKS AND ISSUES RANGED FROM A SERIES OF STORIES THAT EXAMINED HOW BEAVERS ARE BEING USED TO HELP RESTORE DAMAGED PARK ECOSYSTEMS, AN ARTICLE ON THE CHALLENGES NPS STAFF FACES IN DEALING WITH EVER-GROWING PARK VISITATION TO HOW URBAN POLLUTION IS IMPACTING BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK AND HOW LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK IS RECOVERING FROM DEVASTATING WILDFIRES. DOWNLOADS OF TRAVELER'S WEEKLY PODCASTS WERE UP 15.3 PERCENT YEAR-OVER- YEAR, WITH MORE THAN 222,242 DOWNLOADS FROM MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES. ALONG WITH PRODUCING MORE THAN 1,100 ARTICLES AND PODCASTS FOR FY22-23, THE TRAVELER CREATED A MOBILE PHONE APP, THE ESSENTIAL RVING GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL PARKS, WHICH CONTAINED INFORMATION ON ALL NATIONAL PARK CAMPGROUNDS CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING RVS.