Amy Bowers Cordalis, a Yurok Tribe member, attorney, and executive director of Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group, explains how a legal and grassroots fight led to the removal of four PacifiCorp-owned hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, completed in...
Andrew Mergen, faculty director of Harvard Law School's Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic and a 33-year veteran of public lands litigation at the Department of Justice, and Justin Pidot, a University of Arizona law professor and former general counsel of the...
Lynn Scarlett, former Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Department of the Interior and now Managing Director for Public Policy at The Nature Conservancy, and Matt Lee-Ashley, Executive Director of Ground Shift, discuss the initiative, sponsored...
A close look at what protecting 219 miles of wild river actually requires. The Three Forks of the Flathead River in northwest Montana didn't just earn Wild and Scenic designation — they inspired the law that made it possible. In the 1950s, a proposed dam at Spruce...
The hollowing out of agencies is not something that can be reversed quickly. John Leshy is an Emeritus Professor at UC Law San Francisco, former Solicitor of the Interior Department under President Clinton, and the author of Our Common Ground: A History of America’s...
A wide-ranging conversation about one of the most contested and celebrated landscapes in the American West In this episode, Bill and Anders are joined by Autumn Gillard, coordinator for the Grand Staircase Intertribal Coalition, and Steve Bloch, legal director for the...
January is Roadless Month on The Wild Idea. Throughout the month, we’re exploring the landscapes, communities, and ideas shaped by America’s roadless public lands — and what’s at stake as these protections face renewed threats. Why? Because decisions being discussed...
What happens when we let nature lead? How do we decide when to help and when to stay out of the way? Award-winning author, environmental philosopher, and clean energy enthusiast Christopher Preston joins Bill and Anders to discuss his book Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife...
How community voices, cultural history, and conservation wins are shaping the future of the Okefenokee Swamp. This week, Bill and Anders head deep into the Okefenokee with guest Kim Bednarek, the executive director of the Okefenokee Swamp Park. Kim shares the...
How the outdoor industry, conservation groups, and public land policy work together to create the idea of “wilderness” Bill and Anders sit down with environmental justice scholar Joe Whitson to talk about how our stories about nature shape the land itself. Joe’s new...