WILDERNESS & WILDLIFE

Erin is Executive Director of the Pacific Whale Watch Association and a trained marine biologist. She. continues her very informative discussion of the marine life found in the Salish Sea and the regulations whale watchers much observe. 

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ay has a two-part interview with Sean O’Brien, the CEO of NatureServe, based in Arlington, VA. NatureServ collects and monitors wildlife data all across the U.S. This is  Part 2

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Jay has a two-part interview with Sean O’Brien, the CEO of NatureServe, based in Arlington, VA. NatureServ monitors data about wildlife all across the country. This is part 1.

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Jay is joined by Maureen McGee-Bollinger and Blake McGann, officials at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. They discuss the park, its features, and its management.

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Jay does a two-part interview with Myles Traphagen, the Borderlands Program Coordinator for the Wildlands Network. Myles keeps tabs on the Border Wall that has been partially completed along the 1954 border with Mexico. In these two interviews, he talks about the consequences in the region of the Border Wall and its effects on wildlife and plant life all along the border – and the efforts of Wildlands Network and other allied NGOs, tribal groups and communities to reverse these effects.

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Jay does a two-part interview with Myles Traphagen, the Borderlands Program Coordinator for the Wildlands Network. Myles keeps tabs on the Border Wall that has been partially completed along the 1954 border with Mexico. In these two interviews, he talks about the consequences in the region of the Border Wall and its effects on wildlife and plant life all along the border – and the efforts of Wildlands Network and other allied NGOs, tribal groups and communities to reverse these effects. This is Part 1.

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Jay interviews Scott Anderson, a ranger in Rainier National Park. Scott is one of the park’s biological science technicians. He graduated from the University of Washington and has since worked for the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service, the University of Washington, and the University of Oregon.

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Jay is joined by George Nickas, policy coordinator for Wilderness Watch. George joined the organization in 1996. Prior to Wilderness Watch, George served 11 years as a natural resource specialist and assistant coordinator for the Utah Wilderness Association. George is regularly invited to make presentations at national wilderness conferences, agency training sessions, and other gatherings where wilderness protection is discussed. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview series.

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Jay is joined by George Nickas, policy coordinator for Wilderness Watch. George joined the organization in 1996. Prior to Wilderness Watch, George served 11 years as a natural resource specialist and assistant coordinator for the Utah Wilderness Association. George is regularly invited to make presentations at national wilderness conferences, agency training sessions, and other gatherings where wilderness protection is discussed. This is Part 2 of a September  interview. 

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Jay talks today with Marianna Trevino Wright, Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas. Marianna Wright grew up at a time when Cabbage Whites and Coral snakes were commonplace in south Texas. She is fervent in her desire to protect the special creatures and features peculiar to that area near the Rio Grande. As executive director of the National Butterfly Center, on the U.S.-Mexico border, she currently manages almost 500 acres of land in restoration and preservation on behalf of the North American Butterfly Association. Her fierce determination to protect access to a once-vibrant recreational waterway and the only source of freshwater for 6 million people, along with public and private green space, threatened and endangered species, and the integrity of a critical migration corridor were recognized by the Defenders of Wildlife with their Spirit of Defenders Award for Conservation Advocacy. A graduate of Columbia University and mother of six, she seeks to preserve the beauty and diversity of this land for generations to come. 

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