SF Chronicle
Click on the photo to learn more about how Andrea met Cathy Tarr and became inspired by Cathy’s quest to find the PCT Missing.
How to Avoid Fatal Mistakes at the National Parks, According to a Ranger - The Washington Post July 2023
For hikers in extreme heat, help might not be on the way — The Washington Post July 2023
Inside Edition
Andrea share’s her knowledge of the alleged PCT kidnapper along with some dramatic video of a desperate woman's escape from James Parrillo at a NJ gas station. Since Parrillo’s arrest, other women are coming forward telling authorities they believe he's a serial predator.
Author Andrea Lankford, who features allegations of Parrillo’s disturbing cons in a chapter of her upcoming book, "Trail of the Lost," tells Fox News Digital that the man often will "fake an illness for sympathy," claiming to have cancer or be mute from his time in the Navy, or Army or Marines – whichever false persona – to lure in vulnerable women during his travels.
Mistakes Tourists Make at National Parks: HuffPost Life
“The early bird gets the solitude,” said Andrea Lankford, author of Ranger Confidential.
Missing Hikers
National Parks Traveler
I was born to do this: national park rangers on their triumphs and tragedies: The Guardian
Nine Memoirs About Real Women With Unusual Careers: Bustle
Best of The US National Parks: Secrets from the Experts: Forbes
Men’s Journal
Parks and Degradation: Mismanagement and Scandal in the National Park Service Read Here
Two Years After Her Husband Disappeared, Oceanside Widow Helps Find the Missing: The San Diego Union-Tribune 2020
Missing Persons Conference Brings Family Closure: The State Hornet June 2018
Sexual Harassment in the Park Service: High Country News 2016
Nine National Parks Every American Should See: Forbes
Yosemite chief resigns: The Guardian
The Mind’s Eye Podcast: Deaths in the National Parks 2018
Thirteen Outdoor Books Everyone Should Read: Backpacker Magazine November 2017
Secrets Park Rangers Want You to Know: Reader’s Digest July 2019