WILDERNESS & WILDLIFE

George Wuerthner, ecologist, writer and photographer, and former hunting guide, has just returned from an exploratory trip to Alaska, checking out a proposed mining development project and road near the Kobuk River in the north part of the state. The access road required would intrude on wilderness and national park land. George has previously been a guest on Wilderness & Wildlife. He writes frequently about wildlife, deforestation and wildfire.

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Jay interviews Bob DeGross, Superintendent of Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota. Bob studied forestry and natural resource management at Fox Valley College in Appleton, Wisconsin and has been a Park Service Ranger at Mammoth Cave, Everglades and Big Cypress National Parks and came to Voyageurs in 2016. In this interview, he talks about the wolves, moose, lynx and beaver that can be found at Voyageurs and the great campgrounds that are enjoyed by campers when not paddling across the many lakes in the Park.

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Jerry Emory's latest book is about George Meléndez Wright, the first wildlife biologist for the National Park Service in the 1930s. Following research and work based out of both Latin America and the Western U.S. in the 1980s, Jerry spent a year at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galápagos Islands and an equivalent amount of time in the Brazilian Pantanal for grad work. He became a professional writer and communications consultant. Jerry worked at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in San Francisco in the early 2000s followed by 10 years at the California State Parks Foundation. A graduate of Stanford and U.C. Berkeley, he lives with his family in Mill Valley, California.

Jerry has written dozens of magazine articles on the environment, conservation and science with a focus on Latin America and the Western U.S. He is the author of 5 books, including the San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide and the Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide, and has served twice as a board member of The George Wright Society. 

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George Wuerthner is an ecologist, writer, photographer who has He recently published an article about the need to expand Yellowstone National Park to embrace the much larger Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. George has studied, written about, and photographed natural habitats in many American locales, especially the mountains of the eastern U.S., the lake region of Minnesota, the Sierras, the Cascades, and the Rocky Mountains of the west. Holds degrees from the University of Montana and University of California Santa Cruz, and graduate work at MSU and U of Oregon. He’s worked in many places in the U.S., border to border, and he specializes in studying predators. He is the author of 38 books and innumerable articles. 

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George Wuerthner, an ecologist, writer, photographer who has He recently published an article about the need to expand Yellowstone National Park to embrace the much larger Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.  George has studied, written about, and photographed natural habitats in many American locales, especially the mountains of the eastern U.S., the lake region of Minnesota, the Sierras, the Cascades, and the Rocky Mountains of the west. Holds degrees from the University of Montana and University of California Santa Cruz, and graduate work at MSU and U of Oregon. He’s worked in many places in the U.S., border to border, and he specializes in studying predators. He is the author of 38 books and innumerable articles. 

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Jenny Waddell is Research Coordinator at Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary at her office in Port Angeles, Washington. Jenny has been with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2001 and with Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary since 2016. Her background is in marine conservation science, and she holds a Master’s degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. She talks about the coastal responsibility of the OCNMS in the area which it monitors in the Strait of Juan DeFuca. 

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Jay interviews Leonel Arguello, the Deputy Superintendent at Redwoods National Park. He has been in that position for four months, but he worked for the National Park Service at Redwood National Park for many years. Prior to the current position, he worked in the Resource Management Science Division. He earned his Masters degree in Botany at Humboldt State University. In this part of the interview, Leonel talks about the wildlife that can be found in Redwoods N.P.

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Jenny Waddell, Research Coordinator at Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, is interviewed by Jay from her office in Port Angeles, Washington. Jenny has been with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2001 and with Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary since 2016. Her background is in marine conservation science, and she holds a Master’s degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. She talks about the huge responsibility of the NMS for the coast along Juan De Fuca Strait. 

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Leonel Arguello, the Deputy Superintendent at Redwoods National Park is Jay's guest in this second half of the interview. He has been in that position for four months, but he worked for the National Park Service at Redwood National Park for many years. Prior to the current position, he worked in the Resource Management Science Division. He earned his Masters degree in Botany at Humboldt State University.

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Jay is joined by Leonel Arguello, the Deputy Superintendent at Redwoods National Park. He has been in that position for four months, but he worked for the National Park Service at Redwood National Park for many years. Prior to the current position, he worked in the Resource Management Science Division. He earned his Masters degree in Botany at Humboldt State University.