National Parks Traveler
Lori Sonken is an experienced communication and program manager currently serving in the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity at Cornell University since September 2017. In addition to this role, Lori has been a contributor to National Parks Traveler since September 2018 and previously worked as a staff writer and program coordinator at the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University from September 2012 to July 2017. Lori has held various positions in legislative and policy roles, including as legislative-policy coordinator at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and in senior positions with the House Natural Resources Committee and Bureau of Reclamation. Lori holds a BA in Journalism from Humboldt State University and California State University Northridge.
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National Parks Traveler
National Parks Traveler is the top-ranked, editorially independent website dedicated to daily coverage of the national parks. The Traveler is not a static site built around park statistics and trail descriptions and is not strictly a travelogue. Rather, it offers readers a unique multimedia blend of news, feature content, debate, and discussion all tied to America's national parks. Traveler, which is not affiliated with the National Park Service, seeks to work in ways that are consistent with the National Park Service’s fundamental purpose for managing the parks, which is “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."