Save the Boundary Waters, Join the National Wilderness Coalition What does it take to protect one of the most visited, and most threatened, wilderness areas in America? Executive Director of Save the Boundary Waters, Ingrid Lyons, joins us to talk about the fight to...
“We don’t need to convert people to the outdoors. We need to invite them.” In this episode of The Wild Idea, we speak with José González, founder of Latino Outdoors and co-founder of The Outdoorist Oath, about identity, community, and redefining what it means to...
Deconstructing the idea of "wild" "Home isn’t just where you’re from - it’s where your heart settles into the land and says,‘I see you. I know you. I’m part of you.’" -- Dr. J. Drew Lanham What does it mean to belong to a place, and who gets to decide what counts as...
Conservation is about People Today we're joined by wildlife scientist Corina Newsome, as we explore the roots of her passion for birds before diving into how her career has brought her into spaces of seeking environmental justice and equity and helping...
Connecting Americans and Public Lands We're excited to welcome journalist Nate Schweber to the show! Today our conversation delves into how journalism has told the story of our public lands across the years, and Nate shares more about his recent book This America of...