Coffee Talk 2016: Engaging the Next Generation of Parkgoers

Black Iron @ Madeline Hotel

As part of its centennial celebration, the National Parks Service has set forth a goal to better engage the populations necessary to sustain parks for another 100 years — namely, young people and ethnic minorities. But how do you attract people who have long had valid reasons to skip the park experience? NPS rangers Vanessa Torres and Michael Gauthier and National Geographic Explorer Juan Martinez talk about reaching people who aren’t traditional parkgoers.