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Fitz Cahall: The Million-Signature Push to Save Public Lands

Fitz Cahall: The Million-Signature Push to Save Public Lands

Sep 15, 2026 | Community, Justice & Belonging, Land Use, Energy & Development, Outdoor Culture & Adventure, The Wild Idea

Fitz Cahall, founder of The Dirtbag Diaries podcast and co-founder of the storytelling studio Duct Tape Then Beer, discusses Save Public Lands, a coalition campaign he leads alongside Outdoor Alliance, The Conservation Alliance, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers,...
Jim Klug, Hal Herring & Alex Leone: River Access Is Not a Spectator Sport

Jim Klug, Hal Herring & Alex Leone: River Access Is Not a Spectator Sport

Sep 8, 2026 | Community, Justice & Belonging, Land Use, Energy & Development, Outdoor Culture & Adventure, The Wild Idea

Jim Klug, founder and CEO of Yellow Dog Flyfishing; journalist Hal Herring, host of the Carrying the Fire podcast; and Alex Leone, executive director of the Public Land/Water Access Association (PLWA), join Bill Hodge and Anders Reynolds to explain how Montana’s...
Christian Hunt & Kelly Cox: Can Wildlife Corridors Cross DC’s Political Divide?

Christian Hunt & Kelly Cox: Can Wildlife Corridors Cross DC’s Political Divide?

Sep 1, 2026 | Community, Justice & Belonging, Land Use, Energy & Development, The Wild Idea, Wildlife & Biodiversity

Christian Hunt, director of the National Wildlife Refuges and Parks Program at Defenders of Wildlife, and Kelly Cox, the program’s senior policy and planning specialist, join Bill Hodge and Anders Reynolds to explain how the Wildlife Corridors and Habitat...
Adam Cramer: How Outdoor Recreation Became a Conservation Coalition

Adam Cramer: How Outdoor Recreation Became a Conservation Coalition

Aug 25, 2026 | Community, Justice & Belonging, Land Use, Energy & Development, Outdoor Culture & Adventure, The Wild Idea

Adam Cramer, founding CEO of the Outdoor Alliance, a coalition of ten human-powered recreation organizations including American Whitewater, the Access Fund, and Winter Wildlands Alliance, discusses how the group organizes climbers, kayakers, mountain bikers, and...
Dan Puskar: DC’s Own National Park

Dan Puskar: DC’s Own National Park

Aug 18, 2026 | Climate & Environmental Change, Community, Justice & Belonging, Land Use, Energy & Development, The Wild Idea

Dan Puskar, executive director of the Rock Creek Conservancy, discusses Rock Creek Park, the 1,754-acre urban national park Congress created in Washington, DC the same week in September 1890 as Sequoia and Yosemite. Puskar traces the park’s reliance on partner...
Ryan Johnston: Building Cast Hope Through the Sport of Fly Fishing

Ryan Johnston: Building Cast Hope Through the Sport of Fly Fishing

Aug 11, 2026 | Community, Justice & Belonging, Outdoor Culture & Adventure, The Wild Idea, Wildlife & Biodiversity

Ryan Johnston, a fly fishing guide of 24 years and founder of the youth mentorship nonprofit Cast Hope, discusses guiding the South Fork of the Snake River in Idaho and Wyoming and, more recently, Montana’s Flathead Valley. He explains how Cast Hope, which he...
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