Rewilding Earth Podcast

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-183-the-wallis-annenberg-wildlife-crossing-beth-pratt/" title="Episode 183: The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing – Beth Pratt on Reaching the Finish Line" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Beth-Pratt-300x300.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Beth-Pratt-300x300.png 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Beth-Pratt-150x150.png 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Beth-Pratt-38x38.png 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Beth-Pratt-250x250.png 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Beth-Pratt.png 748w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Summary Fourteen years in the making, the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over Southern California’s ten-lane Highway 101 is finally nearing completion. In this episode of the Rewilding Earth Podcast, Beth Pratt, California regional executive director with the National Wildlife Federation and founder of The Wildlife Crossing Fund, sits down with host Jack Humphrey to talk […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-183-the-wallis-annenberg-wildlife-crossing-beth-pratt/">Episode 183: The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing – Beth Pratt on Reaching the Finish Line</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-182-millions-upon-millions-of-acres-on-the-chopping-block-how-to-save-the-roadless-rule/" title="Episode 182: Millions Upon Millions of Acres on the Chopping Block – How to Save the Roadless Rule" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brook_trout_swims_in_native_stream_underwater_fish_image-copy-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brook_trout_swims_in_native_stream_underwater_fish_image-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brook_trout_swims_in_native_stream_underwater_fish_image-copy-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brook_trout_swims_in_native_stream_underwater_fish_image-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brook_trout_swims_in_native_stream_underwater_fish_image-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brook_trout_swims_in_native_stream_underwater_fish_image-copy-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brook_trout_swims_in_native_stream_underwater_fish_image-copy-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brook_trout_swims_in_native_stream_underwater_fish_image-copy-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Brook_trout_swims_in_native_stream_underwater_fish_image-copy-250x250.jpg 250w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Summary Chris Wood, president and CEO of Trout Unlimited and an original architect of the 2001 Roadless Rule, speaks with Rewilding Earth Podcast host Jack Humphrey about the origins of the Roadless Rule and why rescinding it is a problem for trout and salmon. With the imminent threat of deregulation for nearly 45 million acres […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-182-millions-upon-millions-of-acres-on-the-chopping-block-how-to-save-the-roadless-rule/">Episode 182: Millions Upon Millions of Acres on the Chopping Block – How to Save the Roadless Rule</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/doug-peacock-on-grizzly-survival-vanishing-habitats-and-the-fight-for-wild-country/" title="Episode 181: Doug Peacock on the Survival of Grizzlies and Unbroken Wildlands" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/doug-peacock-collies-copy-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/doug-peacock-collies-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/doug-peacock-collies-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/doug-peacock-collies-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/doug-peacock-collies-copy-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/doug-peacock-collies-copy-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/doug-peacock-collies-copy.jpg 976w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Legendary naturalist, author, and veteran grizzly bear defender Doug Peacock joins the podcast from his home in Montana’s Paradise Valley. In this frank, wide-ranging conversation with host Jack Humphrey, Doug cuts through modern anthropocentric environmentalism to refocus on what apex predators and wild country truly require: vast, unbroken, self-willed wilderness. We dig into the persistent […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/doug-peacock-on-grizzly-survival-vanishing-habitats-and-the-fight-for-wild-country/">Episode 181: Doug Peacock on the Survival of Grizzlies and Unbroken Wildlands</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-180-activists-take-to-the-canopy-to-defend-centuries-old-cottonwood-cats-and-connectivity/" title="Episode 180: Activists Take to the Canopy to Defend Centuries-old Cottonwood, Cats, and Connectivity" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-300x300.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Photo by Russ McSpadden" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-1080x1080.jpeg 1080w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-768x768.jpeg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-38x38.jpeg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-250x250.jpeg 250w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Summary To make way for double 30-foot, steel border walls in Lochiel, Arizona, federal contractors have clearcut a grove of three 200-year-old Fremont cottonwood trees that reached their boughs across the U.S.-Mexico border in a sign of connectivity, friendship, and anchoring the headwaters of the Santa Cruz River. On the heels of this destruction, grassroots […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-180-activists-take-to-the-canopy-to-defend-centuries-old-cottonwood-cats-and-connectivity/">Episode 180: Activists Take to the Canopy to Defend Centuries-old Cottonwood, Cats, and Connectivity</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-179-the-esa-harm-rescission-ecologically-disastrous-and-a-trap-for-companies-attempting-to-destroy-the-wild-with-earthjustices-ben-levitan/" title="Episode 179. The ESA Harm Rescission: Ecologically Disastrous and a Trap for Companies Attempting to Destroy the Wild — with Earthjustice’s Ben Levitan" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy.jpg 563w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>About Ben Levitan is a senior attorney at Earthjustice, the nation’s largest and most active public interest environmental law organization — know for its motto “Because the Earth needs a good lawyer.” As part of Earthjustice’s Biodiversity Defense Program, Ben advocates for the protection of imperiled species and ecosystems and opposes attempts to weaken environmental laws. […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-179-the-esa-harm-rescission-ecologically-disastrous-and-a-trap-for-companies-attempting-to-destroy-the-wild-with-earthjustices-ben-levitan/">Episode 179. The ESA Harm Rescission: Ecologically Disastrous and a Trap for Companies Attempting to Destroy the Wild — with Earthjustice’s Ben Levitan</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-178-the-high-stakes-of-state-wildlife-governance-and-the-fight-for-direct-democracy-with-michelle-lute/" title="Episode 178: The High Stakes of State Wildlife Governance and the Fight for Direct Democracy with Michelle Lute" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ.jpg 480w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>About Michelle Lute is a wildlife scientist and conservation leader with two decades of experience in wildlife conservation, nonprofit leadership, and public policy. As executive director of Wildlife for All, she’s leading the charge to transform state wildlife governance and center justice, compassion, and democracy in conservation. Michelle holds a PhD in wildlife management and […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-178-the-high-stakes-of-state-wildlife-governance-and-the-fight-for-direct-democracy-with-michelle-lute/">Episode 178: The High Stakes of State Wildlife Governance and the Fight for Direct Democracy with Michelle Lute</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-177-jack-loefflers-lifelong-quest-to-rewild-the-colorado-river-watershed-and-human-consciousness/" title="Episode 177: Jack Loeffler’s Lifelong Quest to Rewild the Colorado River Watershed and Human Consciousness" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Jack recording wildlife at Chaco Canyon, 1981 (Photo by Philip Shulz)" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2.jpg 718w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary In this poignant and historic episode of the Rewilding Earth podcast, legendary Southwest author, activist, and audio naturalist Jack Loeffler connects with host Jack Humphrey, just ahead of Loeffler’s 90th birthday. A living thread to the bedrock of the modern conservation movement, Loeffler shares deeply personal stories of running wild rivers and backpacking […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-177-jack-loefflers-lifelong-quest-to-rewild-the-colorado-river-watershed-and-human-consciousness/">Episode 177: Jack Loeffler’s Lifelong Quest to Rewild the Colorado River Watershed and Human Consciousness</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/protecting-and-restoring-the-wild-heart-of-the-sky-islands-with-louise-misztal/" title="Episode 176: Protecting and Restoring the Wild Heart of the Sky Islands with Louise Misztal" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square.jpg 981w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary Louise Misztal, executive director of Sky Island Alliance (SIA), sits down with Rewilding Earth podcast host Jack Humphrey to explore the unique, biodiverse, and threatened Sky Island Region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. They discuss how these isolated mountain ranges rise out of the surrounding valleys to create a biological […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/protecting-and-restoring-the-wild-heart-of-the-sky-islands-with-louise-misztal/">Episode 176: Protecting and Restoring the Wild Heart of the Sky Islands with Louise Misztal</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-175-cooper-freeman-on-how-bedrock-environmental-laws-are-holding-the-line-in-alaska-for-now/" title="Episode 175: How Bedrock Environmental Laws Are Holding the Line in Alaska (For Now) with Cooper Freeman" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="200" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LACL-Bears-Cubs-Rebecca-Noblin-Center-for-Biological-Diversity-Small-300x200.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LACL-Bears-Cubs-Rebecca-Noblin-Center-for-Biological-Diversity-Small-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LACL-Bears-Cubs-Rebecca-Noblin-Center-for-Biological-Diversity-Small.jpeg 720w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary Cooper Freeman, Alaska director for the Center for Biological Diversity, returns to the Rewilding Earth podcast and joins host Jack Humphrey for a transparent, gritty, and surprisingly hopeful update from the frontlines of Alaskan conservation. Navigating a relentless onslaught of fast-tracked industrial projects and regulatory procedures gutted under the current administration, Cooper outlines […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-175-cooper-freeman-on-how-bedrock-environmental-laws-are-holding-the-line-in-alaska-for-now/">Episode 175: How Bedrock Environmental Laws Are Holding the Line in Alaska (For Now) with Cooper Freeman</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-174-how-fiction-moves-the-needle-on-real-world-conservation/" title="Episode 174: How Fiction Moves the Needle on Real-World Conservation" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="240" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1-300x240.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Photo by Andrew Shelley / Unsplash" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1-300x240.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1-768x614.jpeg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1.jpeg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>About the Author Julie Carrick Dalton is a novelist, former journalist, and farmer whose work explores the deep, often complicated relationship between humanity and the natural world. With decades of experience telling stories rooted in fact and reality as a reporter, Julie later turned to working the land, a pivot that ultimately unlocked her passion […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-174-how-fiction-moves-the-needle-on-real-world-conservation/">Episode 174: How Fiction Moves the Needle on Real-World Conservation</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-173-laiken-jordahl-on-the-battle-for-big-bend/" title="Episode 173: Laiken Jordahl on the Battle for Big Bend" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="225" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1-300x225.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1.jpeg 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary Jack Humphrey and the Rewilding Earth podcast sit down with the Center for Biological Diversity’s National Public Lands Advocate Laiken Jordahl to discuss the current administration’s plan to extend border wall construction to Big Bend National Park and the West Texas borderlands. This is an immediate, gargantuan threat to one of America’s most […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-173-laiken-jordahl-on-the-battle-for-big-bend/">Episode 173: Laiken Jordahl on the Battle for Big Bend</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-172-george-schaller-homesick-for-a-world-unknown-with-miriam-horn/" title="Episode 172: “Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller” with Miriam Horn" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-1079x1080.jpg 1079w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-250x250.jpg 250w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Summary In 1959, George Schaller entered the Virunga Mountains with nothing but a notebook and a folding chair. At a time when the world viewed the mountain gorilla as a savage, cinematic monster, George saw something else: a peaceful, social being whose world we were only just beginning to understand. By sitting lower than the […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-172-george-schaller-homesick-for-a-world-unknown-with-miriam-horn/">Episode 172: “Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller” with Miriam Horn</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/the-hidden-universe-of-springs-larry-stevens/" title="Episode 171: The Hidden Universe of Springs with Larry Stevens" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-300x300.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Episode 171 Springs with Larry Stevens" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-300x300.png 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-1080x1080.png 1080w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-150x150.png 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-768x768.png 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-38x38.png 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-250x250.png 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens.png 1400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Dr. Larry Stevens is the curator of ecology at the Museum of Northern Arizona and the director of Springs Stewardship Institute (SSI). He received his Ph.D in zoology from Northern Arizona University in 1989, and served as the ecologist for Grand Canyon National Park from 1989 to 1994. Well-respected in the field of ecology, Dr. […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/the-hidden-universe-of-springs-larry-stevens/">Episode 171: The Hidden Universe of Springs with Larry Stevens</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/paul-watson-on-defending-planet-ocean-with-operation-krill-wars/" title="Episode 170: Paul Watson Defending the Southern Ocean with Operation Krill Wars" rel="nofollow"><img width="240" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-240x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-864x1080.jpg 864w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" /></a><p>Paul Watson, Founder & Director, Paul Watson Foundation Captain Paul Watson is a marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist, renowned speaker, accomplished author, and master mariner. Watson was one of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. In 2022, he founded the Captain […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/paul-watson-on-defending-planet-ocean-with-operation-krill-wars/">Episode 170: Paul Watson Defending the Southern Ocean with Operation Krill Wars</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/reba-elliott-great-old-broads/" title="Episode 169: Reba Elliott on the Strategic Power of Older Women in Defense of Public Lands" rel="nofollow"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Reba-Elliott-headshot-Large-200x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Reba Elliott, Great Old Broads" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Reba-Elliott-headshot-Large-200x300.jpg 200w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Reba-Elliott-headshot-Large.jpg 720w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a><p>Reba Elliott Reba Elliott is the Executive Director of Great Old Broads for Wilderness, the only national environmental network for older women. Reba also serves on the Advisory Circle of Daughters for Earth, coordinates the Movement Building Committee of the National Wilderness Coalition, and is a fellow of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/reba-elliott-great-old-broads/">Episode 169: Reba Elliott on the Strategic Power of Older Women in Defense of Public Lands</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-168-american-prairie-sean-gerrity-art-of-thinking-bigger-rewild-the-planet/" title="Episode 168: American Prairie’s Sean Gerrity on the Art of Thinking Bigger to Rewild the Planet" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="200" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_6622-1-Dennis-Lingohr-copy-Large-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_6622-1-Dennis-Lingohr-copy-Large-300x200.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_6622-1-Dennis-Lingohr-copy-Large-768x512.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_6622-1-Dennis-Lingohr-copy-Large.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Show Notes Sean Gerrity – Author of Wild on Purpose: The American Prairie Story and the Art of Thinking Bigger Sean Gerrity, founder and former CEO of American Prairie, discusses building the largest wildlife reserve in the Lower 48 states — bigger than Yellowstone and Glacier Parks combined. He shares how an “interim CEO” role […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-168-american-prairie-sean-gerrity-art-of-thinking-bigger-rewild-the-planet/">Episode 168: American Prairie’s Sean Gerrity on the Art of Thinking Bigger to Rewild the Planet</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/paul-lister-on-rewilding-scotlands-highlands-at-alladale-wilderness-reserve/" title="Episode 167: Paul Lister on Rewilding Scotland’s Highlands at Alladale Wilderness Reserve" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Paul Lister, Trustee of European Nature Trust, Alladale Owner" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister.jpg 358w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Paul Lister, founder of the European Nature Trust and owner of Alladale Wilderness Reserve in Scotland, has spent 20 years restoring 23,000 acres through reforestation, peatland restoration, and deer management. He advocates for reducing meat consumption, addressing population growth, and redirecting wealth toward nature restoration, demonstrating through tourism and immersive experiences that rewilding degraded landscapes […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/paul-lister-on-rewilding-scotlands-highlands-at-alladale-wilderness-reserve/">Episode 167: Paul Lister on Rewilding Scotland’s Highlands at Alladale Wilderness Reserve</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-166-coral-reef-restoration-with-sam-teicher-of-coral-vita/" title="Episode 166: Coral Reef Restoration with Sam Teicher of Coral Vita" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="220" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Sam-and-Gator-1-300x220.webp" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Sam-and-Gator-1-300x220.webp 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Sam-and-Gator-1.webp 660w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>In this episode, we explore the frontlines of coral reef rewilding with Sam Teicher, co-founder of Coral Vita. While coral reefs cover a mere fraction of the ocean floor, they are the essential architects of marine life, providing the structural foundation for a quarter of all species in the ocean. We discuss the urgent shift […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-166-coral-reef-restoration-with-sam-teicher-of-coral-vita/">Episode 166: Coral Reef Restoration with Sam Teicher of Coral Vita</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-165-filming-the-elusive-jaguar-for-borderlands-jaguar-with-austin-alvarado/" title="Episode 165: Filming the Elusive El Tigre for “Borderlands Jaguar” with Austin Alvarado" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="225" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_3056-300x225.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Austin Alvorado, Filmaker, Fin & Fur Films" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_3056-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_3056-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_3056-rotated.jpeg 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode summary Jack Humphrey interviews filmmaker Austin Alvarado about his work on the new Fin & Fur Films documentary “Borderlands Jaguar,” which documents jaguars at the Northern Jaguar Reserve in Sonora, Mexico. Austin shares his journey from river guide in West Texas to wildlife cinematographer, detailing the intense dedication required for remote camera work — […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-165-filming-the-elusive-jaguar-for-borderlands-jaguar-with-austin-alvarado/">Episode 165: Filming the Elusive El Tigre for “Borderlands Jaguar” with Austin Alvarado</a></p>

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-164-cuenca-los-ojos-a-rewilding-success-story-still-being-written/" title="Episode 164: Cuenca Los Ojos – A Rewilding Success Story Still Being Written with Valerie Gordon" rel="nofollow"><img width="263" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Valerie-Gordon-photo-Jorge-Chacon-scaled-e1767032116220-263x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Valerie Gordon photo Jorge Chacon" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Valerie-Gordon-photo-Jorge-Chacon-scaled-e1767032116220-263x300.jpg 263w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Valerie-Gordon-photo-Jorge-Chacon-scaled-e1767032116220-948x1080.jpg 948w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Valerie-Gordon-photo-Jorge-Chacon-scaled-e1767032116220-768x875.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Valerie-Gordon-photo-Jorge-Chacon-scaled-e1767032116220-1348x1536.jpg 1348w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Valerie-Gordon-photo-Jorge-Chacon-scaled-e1767032116220.jpg 1498w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px" /></a><p>About Valerie and Cuenca Los Ojos Valerie Gordon’s conservation work spans more than two decades focused on endangered species, water, rangeland, and wildlife habitat. Most notably, she spearheaded the transition of Cuenca Los Ojos, a family foundation started by her mother, Valer Clark, into a non-profit that promotes land restoration in the U.S. and Mexico. […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-164-cuenca-los-ojos-a-rewilding-success-story-still-being-written/">Episode 164: Cuenca Los Ojos – A Rewilding Success Story Still Being Written with Valerie Gordon</a></p>