NPCA introduces its new Park Stories podcast series by taking you into Yosemite National Park for an engaging encounter with one of the park's first rangers, Sergeant Alizy Bowman, a member of an African-American regiment of the U.S. Army that stood guard over Yosemite well before the creation of the National Park Service. Bowman was a Buffalo Soldier, and his inspiring story is shared by Park Service Ranger Shelton Johnson. 

This episode of Park Stories received the 2008 Award of Excellence from the Central California Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America's annual Image Awards competition in the podcast/weblog category.