The Voice of Lands Podcast

Spreck Rosekrans is a leading expert on California water and power. As Executive Director of Restore Hetch Hetchy, he’s working to return Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Valley to its natural state.

He's spent 30+ years tackling major conservation challenges, from protecting the Colorado River to restoring California’s Trinity River and managing Central Valley wetlands.

He previously worked with the Environmental Defense Fund and authored Paradise Regained: Solutions for Restoring Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Valley. He’s recognized as an expert by the California legislature, state water board, and federal courts.

🔗 Learn more: Restore Hetch Hetchy

Dr. Carolyn Finney is a storyteller, cultural geographer, and scholar-in-residence at the Franklin Environmental Center at Middlebury College. Dr. Finney served on the U.S. National Parks Advisory Board for nearly a decade, and is the author of the book, Black Faces, White Spaces, which addresses the relationship of African Americans to the outdoors.

If there's something holding you back from being happy or getting to the next level, or if you're having problems putting together a game-plan, you need to "Burn Your Boat" and start simplifying your goals so that they can become achievable.

José Morales is a Pro Boxing Trainer in Northern California and the CEO/Founder of Jose Morales Boxing Academy. After a fight career that includes 58 bouts, today he's a successful entrepreneur who's work and motivation has been credited in helping many people change their lives.  

John "Griff" Griffith has dedicated his entire life to conservation and working with animals, & has mentored thousands of young adults in connection to the California Conservation Corps. He is the host of Animal Planet's show "Wild Jobs", and author of the book 'Totem Magic: Going MAD'.