WILDERNESS & WILDLIFE

In this interview, Clint talks about wildlife issues in western Montana and the threats to wildlife due to a hostile legislature and governor. GWA is involved in litigation re: clean water and the protection of wilderness - and strongly advocates for safe wildlife crossing structures over highways. 

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Don talks about his long-term involvement with wildlife issues in Nevada and his more recent defense of Mountain Lions as a member of the Mountain Lion Foundation. 

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Jay is joined by Tom Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network to discuss environmental issues and their effects on indigenous people. In this interview, Tom talks about tribal activism re: the climate crisis and tribal efforts to combat carbon infusions into the atmosphere. 

Tom B.K. Goldtooth (born July 27, 1953) is a Native American environmental, climate, and economic justice activist, speaker, film producer, and Indigenous rights leader within the climate and environmental justice and indigenous movement. Tom is active in local, national and international levels as an advocate for building healthy and sustainable Indigenous communities based upon the foundation of Indigenous traditional knowledge. Tom has served as executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) since 1996 after serving as a member of the IEN National Council since 1992.

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George Wuerthner is a professional photographer, writer and ecologist who writes frequently about wildfire. George has studied wildfire ecology as an undergraduate and then as a graduate student, studying with one of the major researchers who dealt with fire and climate issues. George has written more than two dozen books on various environmental topics, including several books on fire, after studying local fire regimes and literatures. His latest book is Protecting the Wild, available from Amazon. He is a Board member of a number of environmental organizations and is currently the ecological projects director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology.

Jay did a two-part interview with George about wildfire.

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George Wuerthner is a professional photographer, writer and ecologist who writes frequently about wildfire. George has studied wildfire ecology as an undergraduate and then as a graduate student, studying with one of the major researchers who dealt with fire and climate issues. George has written more than two dozen books on various environmental topics, including several books on fire, after studying local fire regimes and literatures. His latest book is Protecting the Wild, available from Amazon. He is a Board member of a number of environmental organizations and is currently the ecological projects director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology.

Jay did a two-part interview with George about wildfire.

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Jeannine Kimble is Visitor Services Manager of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, 20 miles north of Socorro, New Mexico, in the Chihuahuan Desert south of Albuquerque. Jeannine is a native New Mexican. She grew up in the Four Corners area and has worked for US Fish and Wildlife Service since 2002, including nearly seven years at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge   in Denver. Jeannine enjoys spending time in the out-of-doors and sharing her love of nature with others. In this interview, Jeannine takes us around the largest Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico which is bisected by the Rio Grande and has a huge and diverse wildlife population. So, c'mon down. 

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Mark Dowdle is Superintendent of Gates of the Arctic National Park in the far north of Alaska and above the Arctic Circle. Mark has been with the National Park Service for 24 years and started his new assignment at Gates of the Arctic in April of this year. He previously served as the deputy superintendent of Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina and has served as a park ranger, supervisor, and manager in a number of parks including the National Parks of Boston, Yosemite National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and Yellowstone National Park. In this interview, Mark introduces us to the wonders of the Gates of the Arctic. - and invites you to visit in person.

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Mark Dowdle is Superintendent of Gates of the Arctic National Park in the far north of Alaska. Mark has been with the National Park Service for 24 years and started his new assignment at Gates of the Arctic in April of this year. He previously served as the deputy superintendent of Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina and has served as a park ranger, supervisor, and manager in a number of parks including the National Parks of Boston, Yosemite National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and Yellowstone National Park. In this second interview, Mark  welcomes us back to the Gates of the Arctic. - and and tell us more about this vast expanse north of the Arctic Circle.

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Joan Maloof, Professor Emeritus at Salisbury University, founded the Old-Growth Forest Network to preserve, protect and promote the country’s few remaining stands of old-growth forest. She spends her time lecturing, writing, visiting forests, assisting private landowners, and supporting local groups trying to protect community forests from development.

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Jason Baldes is Wyoming Representative for the National Wildlife Federation and NWF’s Tribal Buffalo Coordinator for the Tribal Partnerships Program. He is a graduate of Montana State University where he earned his Master’s degree in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences. Jason oversees a range of projects and raises money to support the Center’s mission to empower Native Americans in Wyoming through community organizing, education, research, legal advocacy and leadership development.

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