Rewilding Earth

Episode Summary Investigative reporter and author Ryan Devereaux joins the Rewilding Earth Podcast to discuss his book, The Hunt: A True Story of Resurrection and Retribution in the West. The conversation centers around the winter of 2021–2022, when sweeping policy and legislative shifts loosened hunting and trapping rules on the boundary of Yellowstone National Park […] Read full article: Episode...

Field biologist Omar Khayam joins the Rewilding Earth Podcast to discuss the Pakistan Wolf Project, an initiative that bridges a critical data gap for wolves in the country’s poorly documented southern reaches. Building on a decade of foundational genetic research by Dr. Hira Fatima and Dr. Lauren Hennelly, the Pakistan Wolf Project investigates the Indian […] Read full article: Episode 186: Track...

Episode Summary Randy Young Villegas returns to the Rewilding Earth Podcast after a devastating flood at La Tierra del Jaguar in Sonora, Mexico. In late September, Hurricane Polo — amplified by recent upstream wildfire burn scars — forced the Río Sahuaripa to crest more than six feet, obliterating historical floodmarks and protective berms. The surge […] Read full article: Episode 185: When Floodw...

Episode Summary Independent filmmaker and wildlife biologist Ben Masters, founder of Fin & Fur Films, joins the Rewilding Earth Podcast to discuss his journey from riding wild mustangs across the Continental Divide for “Unbranded” to capturing cinematic, Planet Earth-style natural history right here in North America.  We dig into his latest feature, “Deep in the […] Read full article: Episode...

Summary Fourteen years in the making, the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over Southern California’s ten-lane Highway 101 is finally nearing completion. In this episode of the Rewilding Earth Podcast, Beth Pratt, California regional executive director with the National Wildlife Federation and founder of the The Wildlife Crossing Fund, sits down with host Jack Humphrey to […] Read full article:...

Summary Chris Wood, president and CEO of Trout Unlimited and an original architect of the 2001 Roadless Rule, speaks with Rewilding Earth Podcast host Jack Humphrey about the origins of the Roadless Rule and why rescinding it is a problem for trout and salmon. With renewed threats of deregulation proposed for nearly 45 million acres […] Read full article: Episode 182: Millions Upon Millions of Acr...

Legendary naturalist, author, and veteran grizzly bear defender Doug Peacock joins the podcast from his home in Montana’s Paradise Valley. In this frank, wide-ranging conversation with host Jack Humphrey, Doug cuts through modern anthropocentric environmentalism to refocus on what apex predators and wild country truly require: vast, unbroken, self-willed wilderness. We dig into the persistent […]...

Summary To make way for double 30-foot, steel border walls in Lochiel, Arizona, federal contractors have clearcut a grove of three 200-year-old Fremont cottonwood trees that reached their boughs across the U.S.-Mexico border in a sign of connectivity, friendship, and anchoring the headwaters of the Santa Cruz River. On the heels of this destruction, grassroots […] Read full article: Episode 180: A...

About Ben Levitan is a senior attorney at Earthjustice, the nation’s largest and most active public interest environmental law organization — know for its motto “Because the Earth needs a good lawyer.” As part of Earthjustice’s Biodiversity Defense Program, Ben advocates for the protection of imperiled species and ecosystems and opposes attempts to weaken environmental laws. […] Read full article:...

About Michelle Lute is a wildlife scientist and conservation leader with two decades of experience in wildlife conservation, nonprofit leadership, and public policy. As executive director of Wildlife for All, she’s leading the charge to transform state wildlife governance and center justice, compassion, and democracy in conservation. Michelle holds a PhD in wildlife management and […] Read full ar...

Episode Summary In this poignant and historic episode of the Rewilding Earth podcast, legendary Southwest author, activist, and audio naturalist Jack Loeffler connects with host Jack Humphrey, just ahead of Loeffler’s 90th birthday. A living thread to the bedrock of the modern conservation movement, Loeffler shares deeply personal stories of running wild rivers and backpacking […] Read full articl...

Episode Summary Louise Misztal, executive director of Sky Island Alliance (SIA), sits down with Rewilding Earth podcast host Jack Humphrey to explore the unique, biodiverse, and threatened Sky Island Region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. They discuss how these isolated mountain ranges rise out of the surrounding valleys to create a biological […] Read full article: Episode...

Episode Summary In this episode, Jack welcomes back Cooper Freeman from the Center for Biological Diversity for a transparent, gritty, and surprisingly hopeful update on the frontlines of conservation in Alaska. Navigating a relentless onslaught of fast-tracked industrial projects and gutted regulatory procedures under the current administration, Cooper outlines how the Alaska team is successfully...

About the Author Julie Carrick Dalton is a novelist, former journalist, and farmer whose work explores the deep, often complicated relationship between humanity and the natural world. With decades of experience telling stories rooted in fact and reality as a reporter, Julie later turned to working the land, a pivot that ultimately unlocked her passion […] Read full article: Episode 174: How Fictio...

Episode Summary In this episode, Jack sits down with Laiken Jordahl to discuss the immediate and unprecedented threat to Big Bend National Park and the surrounding West Texas borderlands. The conversation centers on current administration plans to extend border wall construction through one of America’s most iconic “crown jewel” landscapes. Laiken reveals how this project […] Read full article: Ep...

Summary In 1959, George Schaller entered the Virunga Mountains with nothing but a notebook and a folding chair. At a time when the world viewed the mountain gorilla as a savage, cinematic monster, Schaller saw something else: a peaceful, social being whose world we were only just beginning to understand. By sitting lower than the […] Read full article: Episode 172: George Schaller “Homesick for a...

Dr. Larry Stevens is the Curator of Ecology at the Museum of Northern Arizona, and the Director of Spring Stewardship Institute. He received his Ph. D in Zoology from Northern Arizona University in 1989, and served as the ecologist for Grand Canyon National Park from 1989 to 1994. Well respected in the field of ecology, Dr. […] Read full article: Episode 171: The Hidden Universe of Springs with La...

Paul Watson, Founder & Director, Paul Watson Foundation Captain Paul Watson is a marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist, renowned speaker, accomplished author, and master mariner. Watson was one of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. In 2022, he founded the Captain […] Read full articl...

Reba Elliott, Executive Director, Great Old Broads for Wilderness Reba has over a decade of experience in collaborating with grassroots leaders to protect our planet. Before coming to Broads, she most recently helped lead a faith-based environmental movement with over 700 member organizations and 19,000 certified volunteers around the globe. A native of Virginia, Reba […] Read full article: Episod...

Show Notes Sean Gerrity – Author of Wild on Purpose: The American Prairie Story and the Art of Thinking Bigger Sean Gerrity, founder and former CEO of American Prairie, discusses building the largest wildlife reserve in the lower 48 states — bigger than Yellowstone and Glacier Parks combined. He shares how an “interim CEO” role […] Read full article: Episode 168: American Prairie’s Sean Gerrity on...

Paul Lister, founder of the European Nature Trust and owner of Alladale Wilderness Reserve in Scotland, has spent 20 years restoring 23,000 acres through reforestation, peatland restoration, and deer management. He advocates for reducing meat consumption, addressing population growth, and redirecting wealth toward nature restoration, demonstrating through tourism and immersive experiences that rew...

In this episode, we explore the front lines of coral reef rewilding with Sam Teicher, Co-Founder of Coral Vita. While coral reefs cover a mere fraction of the ocean floor, they are the essential architects of marine life, providing the structural foundation for a quarter of all species in the sea. We discuss the urgent […] Read full article: Episode 166: Coral Reef Restoration with Sam Teicher of...

Episode summary Jack Humphrey interviews filmmaker Austin Alvarado about his work on the new Fin & Fur Films documentary “Borderlands Jaguar,” which documents jaguars at the Northern Jaguar Reserve in Sonora, Mexico. Austin shares his journey from river guide in West Texas to wildlife cinematographer, detailing the intense dedication required for remote camera work – […] Read full article: Epi...

About Valerie and Cuenca Los Ojos Valerie Gordon’s conservation work spans more than two decades focused on endangered species, water, rangeland, and wildlife habitat. Most notably, she spearheaded the transition of Cuenca Los Ojos, a family foundation started by her mother, Valer Clark, into a non-profit that promotes land restoration in the U.S. and Mexico. […] Read full article: Episode 164: Cu...

Dr. Carver is a Geographer and Professor at the University of Leeds. He has over 30 years of experience in GIS and multi-criteria evaluation, with special interests in wilderness, wildland, rewilding, landscape evaluation, and public participation. He has worked extensively on the development of methodologies for wildland mapping and assessment. He has tested and applied […] Read full article: Epi...