Dive into our conversation with Whisper Camel Means, a wildlife biologist from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, as she illuminates the critical role of Indigenous knowledge in wildlife conservation. Discover the stark realities facing Turtle Island's wildlife, explore the rich history of the Salish and Kootenai peoples [https://csktribes.org/], and learn how we can alter our behaviors to coexist harmoniously with our non-human relatives. This episode, recorded at the end of last year, is a profound reminder of our interdependence with nature and a call to action for preserving the legacy of our planet's diverse ecosystems for generations to come.

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Whisper Camel-Means is the Division Manager of the Division of Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Conservation in the Natural Resources Department for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes on the Flathead Reservation [https://csktribes.org/] in Western Montana. She is a wildlife biologist by training and now an administrator over multiple disciplines including restoration of the Bison Range for the Tribes [https://bisonrange.org/about/]. She works on outreach projects and climate change planning. She is an enrolled tribal member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

Carry Kim, Co-Host of EcoJustice Radio. An advocate for ecosystem restoration, Indigenous lifeways, and a new humanity born of connection and compassion, she is a long-time volunteer for SoCal350, member of Ecosystem Restoration Camps, and a co-founder of the Soil Sponge Collective, a grassroots community organization dedicated to big and small scale regeneration of Mother Earth.

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