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When unprecedented flooding roars through a national park, shredding major roads that access that park, it rightfully could be pointed to as the top story in the National Park System. And while Yellowstone National Park was that park, not only the flooding, but the lack of human casualties, and rapid recovery rank that story as arguably the top one in the National Park System in 2022. But that wasn’t the only major story that came out of the parks this year.

Today we’re looking back at some of the top stories across the National Park System in 2022. To help us identify them, we’ve asked Kristen Brengel, the National Parks Conservation Association’s Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, and Mike Murray, Chairman of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks to join us.

20 miles below Hoover Dam, a resort community was built at the bottom of a wash.  What could possibly go wrong?

Lake Powell and Lake Mead are two massive man-made lakes and they're reservoirs for water used all over the West--for agriculture, residences, industry, electricity, and wildlife. And they're running low on water--we're taking out more than they're being replenished. Brian Richter, president of Sustainable Waters, and author of the book, Chasing Water: A Guide for Moving from Scarcity to Sustainability, talks about the roots of the problem, and what we can do about it.