Our team, who writes American Parks
American Parks is written by four people, and each one holds a region. It is not an administrative split: it follows the geography of the parks, because a roadless Alaska park and a free-entry Appalachian park are not prepared the same way at all. Every page on the site is signed by the writer who covers its zone, and the news briefs follow the same rule.
On substance, a single method: the facts come from official sources, the National Park Service first, and they are dated. When a practical detail changes fast, fees, permits, road closures, we point to the source rather than freezing a figure that will be wrong in six months.
The desk
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Jocelyn Pion
Founder and editor in chief
16 parks of 62
Fifteen days, six national parks and an RV started the project. Jocelyn came home determined to return better prepared. He read the official documentation and recorded, park by park, what matters when planning: permits, seasonal windows, shuttles and real driving distances. Publishing that work became American Parks. He now directs its editorial line, maps and illustration system.
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Victoria Boissonade
Editor, Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies
11 parks of 62
Victoria covers the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies, from Olympic rain forests to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier and the Redwood coast. In this region the season controls everything: mountain roads close for much of the year and good visiting windows can be narrow. She also leads the visual direction of American Parks.
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David Sanchez
Editor, East, South and Midwest
23 parks of 62
David covers the eastern and southern United States, the Midwest and the Great Lakes. Based in the United States and working in Spanish as well as English, he checks National Park Service releases and alerts, state orders and concessioner documentation in their original language. His editorial focus is access rules, permits and fast-changing practical information.
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Erika Müller
Editor, Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. territories
12 parks of 62
Erika covers Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. territories. Her editorial scope is the logistics of remote parks: access by small plane or boat, short operating seasons, permits and the official information travelers need before departure. This is an editorial profile only; it attributes no personal field story or quotation to her.
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Write to us
A mistake to flag, information that changed on the ground, a question about a route: the desk reads everything. Write to us. Factual corrections are handled first, and the pages concerned carry their verification date.