National parks, highways, and climate change

What is it about?

This visual essay explores how Americans’ love affair with road trips made a marriage of national park scenic landscapes and automobiles nearly inevitable—and has helped, literally, drive climate change.

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Why is it important?

Photo essays provide opportunities to tell compelling, influential, and inspirational stories about protected area stewardship using visual narratives (images and minimal text) that appeal to and engage diverse audiences. This medium seeks to expand and improve the efficacy of sharing protected area stewardship experiences with diverse, multicultural viewers who may not all have a thorough command of English language idioms, metaphors, and technical grammar. Visual essays can help overcome these linguistic challenges and provide compelling communication tools by invoking the power of images to tell stories.