WILDERNESS & WILDLIFE
WILDERNESS AND WILDLIFE is a series of recorded half-hour interviews with wildlife experts, activists, government representatives, academics, non-profit organization executives and others, focusing on North American wildlife and their mountain, forest and marine habitats -advocating the saving of animals, birds and other creatures and the environments that are of importance for their survival and enhancement. Listen to this WILDERNESS AND WILDLIFE podcast to hear about Grizzlies and Bison, Orcas and Eagles, endangered Forests, Plains, Waterways and connectivity passages that are important for migration and habitat. Subscribe to WILDERNESS & WILDLIFE ON any podcast platform. ForAccess to ALL 80+ interviews over the past 2 years, plus MORE about W&W, subscribe to our website at jswilderness5.net. First 2 months are FREE.
Episodes
158 episodes
Alissa Anderson, Lynx in Glacier
Alissa talks about the research she did in Glacier National Park, studying lynx behavior.
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25:41
George Wuerthner, author, photographer - Part 2
This is Part 2 of George's narrative of running the Ivishak River in Alaska
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28:41
George Wuerthner, author, photographer - Part 1
George recounts his experience kayaking the Ivishak River in Alaska, summer 2024
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27:57
Tom Rodgers - Lobbyist for Native American Tribes - Parr 2
Tom is a member of the Blackfoot Nation located in northern Montana. Tom works out of Washington, D. C. as a lobbyist on behalf of many tribes and focuses on environmental issues. This is Part 2 of an interview broadcast earlier.
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Dr. Jesse Alston, the Sonoran Desert
Dr. Alston talks about his extensive experience in the region known as the Sonoran Desert - and of the various forms of wildlife that are unique to this part of the U.S. Part 2.
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28:42
Tom Rodgers, Lobbyist & Activist for Native American tribes - Part 1
Tom Rodgers represents tribal positions in Washington, D.C. focusing on environmental & most notably wildlife issues. In this interview, Tom talks about the various issues of concern to tribes and his activity to work with Congressional rep...
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28:37
Dr. Jesse Alston, the Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran desert of the American Southwest has its own unique ecosystem with its own assortment of wildlife. Dr. Alston talks about his studies and research in this past of the country. Part 1
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28:03
Dorothy Bradley, Montana Conservationist
Dorothy is a veteran of conservation efforts in Montana, enjoying successes and enduring defeats. In this interview, she talks about her experiences and about the difficult situation Montana is facing with a Governor wo breaks the law to shoot ...
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29:58
Wayne Kasworem, Grizzly reintroduction to the Cascades of Washington
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has plans to reintroduce Grizzly bears to the Cascade Mountains in Washington state - and Wayne, as a USFWS officer is involved in that process. In this interview, he discusses how and when that will be done...
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28:52
Karen Fritz, Humane Society iof the U.S.
Karen Frits is the Wildlife Conservation Officer for the Humane Society of the U.S. and discusses the HUS policy re: wildlife and what it does to abolish wildlife capture and killing contests as well as the use of snares and traps.
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29:12
Dr. Rick Steiner, Alaska Marine Ecology, Part 2
Rick is retired from the University of Alaska as a Marine Biologist and has been involved in the cleanup of the Exxon oil spill since the beginning. He talks about the lasting impact of that disaster and the prognosis for the time ahead.
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29:23
Dr. Rick Steiner
Rick is retired from the University of Alaska and a marine wildlife specialist, working in Alaska. He has been involved in the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup and reports on its current status. Part 1.
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29:08
Karen Garthwaite - Canyonlands National Park - Part 2
Karen Garthwait is Acting Public Affairs Specialist for Canyonlands. Karen has been an Interpretation park ranger with the NPS since 2004 and stationed here in Moab for 18 years, starting out as a Park Guide giving walks and talks, then sup...
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Karen Garthwaite - Canyonlands National Park - Part 1
Karen Garthwait, is Acting Public Affairs Specialist for Canyonlands. Karen has been an Interpretation park ranger with the NPS since 2004 and stationed here in Moab for 18 years, starting out as a Park Guide giving walks and talks, then su...
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Denver Holt - Owl Research Institute - Part 2
Denver Holt is Founder & President of Owl Research Institute in Charlo, Montana, about 20 miles south of Flathead Lake. Today, it is one of the premier owl research centers in the world. Denver has published numerous scientific papers and i...
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Denver Holt - Owl Research
Denver Holt is Founder & President of Owl Research Institute in Charlo, Montana, about 20 miles south of Flathead Lake. Today, it is one of the premier owl research centers in the world. Denver has published numerous scientific papers and i...
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28:50
Ryan Trimbath - Cuyahoga Valley National Park - Part 2
Ryan Trimbath, a Biologist at Cuyahoga Valley National Park where he has worked for the last eight years. Prior to working for the NPS, Ryan got a degree in Wildlife & Conservation Biology from Ohio University (2007) then trav...
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Ranger Ryan Trimbath - Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio part 1
Ryan Trimbath, a Biologist at Cuyahoga Valley National Park where he has worked for the last eight years. Prior to working for the NPS, Ryan got a degree in Wildlife & Conservation Biology from Ohio University (2007) then trav...
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29:23
Jihadda Govan - Sand to Snow National Monument, CA.
Jay interviews Jihadda Govan, the Monument Manager of Sand to Snow National Monument in Southern California which encompasses 154,000 acres and is co-managed by the Bureau of Land Management (83,000 acres) and U.S. Forest Service ...
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29:23
Jessica Karjala @ Footloose Montana
Jay talks to Jessica Karjala about Footloose Montana and her efforts to end trapping in Montana. Mrs. Karjala served in the Montana Legislature in the House of Representatives for 8 years. The first bill she sponsored defined capt...
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29:13
Rick McIntyre - Yellowstone Wolves Update, Part 2
Jay is joined by Rick McIntyre, a Wolf Researcher in Yellowstone National Park. No one has spent more time observing and documenting wild wolves than retired National Park Ranger Rick McIntyre, who has watched wolves in America’s nationa...
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Rick McIntyre - Yellowstone Wolf Update - Part I
Jay is joined by Rick McIntyre, a Wolf Researcher in Yellowstone National Park. No one has spent more time observing and documenting wild wolves than retired National Park Ranger Rick McIntyre, who has watched wolves in America’s nationa...
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28:19
Michael Kellett - RESTORE - Part 2
Michael Kellett is the co-founder and Executive Director of RESTORE: The North Woods. Michael has over 35 years of experience in the land conservation movement. In 1994, he wrote the first white paper proposing a 3.2 million-...
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