According to Alex Chadwick, the two-part Yellowstone fires story is so big that “we probably could have gone to three or four parts.” After you hear the broadcasts, find out why in the story behind the story.

Click above for a double dose of Radio Expeditions. (You’ll need RealAudio.)

 
 

The great fires of 1988 scorched nearly half of Yellowstone National Park. NPR’s Alex Chadwick was there, covering it all for NPR. Ten years later he returned to check the park’s pulse. His diagnosis? “When you get out of your car, when you really see the forest, you realize, Ah, it’s all springing up.” Get the story behind the story and find out how “nature bounces back.”

 

Step back in time and survey the damage with NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine.

Go to a map of Yellowstone National Park.