WILDERNESS & WILDLIFE

Ranger Ryan Trimbath - Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio part 1

Ryan Trimbath, a Biologist at Cuyahoga Valley National Park where he has worked for the last eight years. Prior to working for the NPS, Ryan got a degree in Wildlife & Conservation Biology from Ohio University (2007) then traveled around the country working as a field biologist on various research projects. During this time, he honed his skills as a field biologist and pursued his interests in forest and avian ecology. Ryan has the honor of being the only Ornithologist to ever hold a living ...

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Ryan Trimbath - Cuyahoga Valley National Park - Part 2

Ryan Trimbath, a Biologist at Cuyahoga Valley National Park where he has worked for the last eight years. Prior to working for the NPS, Ryan got a degree in Wildlife & Conservation Biology from Ohio University (2007) then traveled around the country working as a field biologist on various research projects. During this time, he honed his skills as a field biologist and pursued his interests in forest and avian ecology. Ryan has the honor of being the only Ornithologist to ever hold a living ...

Jihadda Govan - Sand to Snow National Monument, CA.

Jay interviews Jihadda Govan, the Monument Manager of Sand to Snow National Monument in Southern California which encompasses 154,000 acres and is co-managed by the Bureau of Land Management (83,000 acres) and U.S. Forest Service (71,000 acres). Jihadda holds a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic University, Humboldt, where she studied wildlife management with an emphasis in ornithology, botany, and environmental planning. She grew up in the Pasadena/Altadena areas, where she spent...

Jessica Karjala @ Footloose Montana

Jay talks to Jessica Karjala about Footloose Montana and her efforts to end trapping in Montana. Mrs. Karjala served in the Montana Legislature in the House of Representatives for 8 years. The first bill she sponsored defined capture, spay/neuter, return programs from trapping, and Footloose Montana supported the bill. She fought alongside other Democrats against legislation to increase wolf quotas, bills to allow silencers on rifles when hunting, spotlight hunting, hound hunting, to name a ...

Rick McIntyre - Yellowstone Wolf Update - Part I

Jay is joined by Rick McIntyre, a Wolf Researcher in Yellowstone National Park. No one has spent more time observing and documenting wild wolves than retired National Park Ranger Rick McIntyre, who has watched wolves in America’s national parks for more than forty years—twenty-six of those years in Yellowstone, where he has accumulated over 100,000 sightings. McIntyre is the author of the ongoing “Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone” series, including The Rise of Wolf 8, The Reign of Wolf 21, The Re...

Rick McIntyre - Yellowstone Wolves Update, Part 2

Jay is joined by Rick McIntyre, a Wolf Researcher in Yellowstone National Park. No one has spent more time observing and documenting wild wolves than retired National Park Ranger Rick McIntyre, who has watched wolves in America’s national parks for more than forty years—twenty-six of those years in Yellowstone, where he has accumulated over 100,000 sightings. McIntyre is the author of the ongoing “Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone” series, including The Rise of Wolf 8, The Reign of Wolf 21, The Re...

Jessica Karjala - Footloose Montana

Jay talks to Jessica Karjala about Footloose Montana and her efforts to end trapping in Montana. Mrs. Karjala served in the Montana Legislature in the House of Representatives for 8 years. The first bill she sponsored defined capture, spay/neuter, return programs from trapping, and Footloose Montana supported the bill. She fought alongside other Democrats against legislation to increase wolf quotas, bills to allow silencers on rifles when hunting, spotlight hunting, hound hunting, to name a ...

Michael Kellett - RESTORE - Part 1

Michael Kellett is the co-founder and Executive Director of RESTORE: The North Woods. Michael has over 35 years of experience in the land conservation movement. In 1994, he wrote the first white paper proposing a 3.2 million-acre Maine Woods National Park & Preserve, and has been actively involved in efforts to restore the endangered wildlife such as the eastern wolf, Atlantic salmon, and Canada lynx; to protect federal and state public lands from unsustainable logging and development; and t...

Amy Lewis, Executive Director of the WILD Foundation

Amy Lewis is Chief Executive Officer of the WILD Foundation. For more than two decades Amy has worked as a social movement scholar and practitioner in the environmental and human rights sectors. In 2015, she brought a unique, social science approach to the WILD Foundation, first as its development officer, and later as its vice president of policy and communications, adding to her existing knowledge and insights about building effective social movements while working on wilderness policy pro...

Michael Kellett - RESTORE - Part 2

Michael Kellett is the co-founder and Executive Director of RESTORE: The North Woods. Michael has over 35 years of experience in the land conservation movement. In 1994, he wrote the first white paper proposing a 3.2 million-acre Maine Woods National Park & Preserve, and has been actively involved in efforts to restore the endangered wildlife such as the eastern wolf, Atlantic salmon, and Canada lynx; to protect federal and state public lands from unsustainable logging and development; and t...

Amy Lewis, E.D. The Wild Foundation - Part 2

Amy Lewis is Chief Executive Officer of the WILD Foundation. For more than two decades Amy has worked as a social movement scholar and practitioner in the environmental and human rights sectors. In 2015, she brought a unique, social science approach to the WILD Foundation, first as its development officer, and later as its vice president of policy and communications, adding to her existing knowledge and insights about building effective social movements while working on wilderness policy pro...

Erin Gless, Executive Director of Pacific Whale Watch Association, Part 1

Eric talks about seeing Orcas, Humpback Whales and other marine animals in the Salish Sea, NW of Seattle - and the regulations regarding whale watching. A very informative program: a two-part interview Support the show

Erin Gless, Pacific E.D. Whale Watch Association, Part 2

Erin is Executive Director of the Pacific Whale Watch Association and a trained marine biologist. She. continues her very informative discussion of the marine life found in the Salish Sea and the regulations whale watchers much observe.  Support the show

Myles Traphagen, Wildlands Network - Part 1

Jay does a two-part interview with Myles Traphagen, the Borderlands Program Coordinator for the Wildlands Network. Myles keeps tabs on the Border Wall that has been partially completed along the 1954 border with Mexico. In these two interviews, he talks about the consequences in the region of the Border Wall and its effects on wildlife and plant life all along the border – and the efforts of Wildlands Network and other allied NGOs, tribal groups and communities to reverse these effects. This...

Maureen McGee-Bollinger & Blake McGann. T.R. Roosevelt National Park

Jay is joined by Maureen McGee-Bollinger and Blake McGann, officials at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. They discuss the park, its features, and its management. Audio Player Support the show

Sean O'Brien at NatureServ - Part 2

ay has a two-part interview with Sean O’Brien, the CEO of NatureServe, based in Arlington, VA. NatureServ collects and monitors wildlife data all across the U.S. This is  Part 2 Audio Player Support the show

Ranger Scott Anderson - Mt. Rainier Amphibians

Jay interviews Scott Anderson, a ranger in Rainier National Park. Scott is one of the park’s biological science technicians. He graduated from the University of Washington and has since worked for the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service, the University of Washington, and the University of Oregon. Support the show

Sean O'Brien at NatureServ - Part 1

Jay has a two-part interview with Sean O’Brien, the CEO of NatureServe, based in Arlington, VA. NatureServ monitors data about wildlife all across the country. This is part 1. Support the show

Myles Traphagen at Wildlands - Border Wall - Part 2

Jay does a two-part interview with Myles Traphagen, the Borderlands Program Coordinator for the Wildlands Network. Myles keeps tabs on the Border Wall that has been partially completed along the 1954 border with Mexico. In these two interviews, he talks about the consequences in the region of the Border Wall and its effects on wildlife and plant life all along the border – and the efforts of Wildlands Network and other allied NGOs, tribal groups and communities to reverse these effects. Supp...

George Nickas - Wilderness Watch - Part 1

Jay is joined by George Nickas, policy coordinator for Wilderness Watch. George joined the organization in 1996. Prior to Wilderness Watch, George served 11 years as a natural resource specialist and assistant coordinator for the Utah Wilderness Association. George is regularly invited to make presentations at national wilderness conferences, agency training sessions, and other gatherings where wilderness protection is discussed. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview series. Support the show

Marianna Wright - National Butterfly Center

Jay talks today with Marianna Trevino Wright, Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas. Marianna Wright grew up at a time when Cabbage Whites and Coral snakes were commonplace in south Texas. She is fervent in her desire to protect the special creatures and features peculiar to that area near the Rio Grande. As executive director of the National Butterfly Center, on the U.S.-Mexico border, she currently manages almost 500 acres of land in restoration and preserva...

Supt. Bob DeGress - Voyageurs National Park

Jay interviews Bob DeGross, Superintendent of Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota. Bob studied forestry and natural resource management at Fox Valley College in Appleton, Wisconsin and has been a Park Service Ranger at Mammoth Cave, Everglades and Big Cypress National Parks and came to Voyageurs in 2016. In this interview, he talks about the wolves, moose, lynx and beaver that can be found at Voyageurs and the great campgrounds that are enjoyed by campers when not paddling across t...

George Nickas - Wilderness Watch - Part 2

Jay is joined by George Nickas, policy coordinator for Wilderness Watch. George joined the organization in 1996. Prior to Wilderness Watch, George served 11 years as a natural resource specialist and assistant coordinator for the Utah Wilderness Association. George is regularly invited to make presentations at national wilderness conferences, agency training sessions, and other gatherings where wilderness protection is discussed. This is Part 2 of a September  interview.  Support the show

George Wuerthner - Kobuk River Trip

George Wuerthner, ecologist, writer and photographer, and former hunting guide, has just returned from an exploratory trip to Alaska, checking out a proposed mining development project and road near the Kobuk River in the north part of the state. The access road required would intrude on wilderness and national park land. George has previously been a guest on Wilderness & Wildlife. He writes frequently about wildlife, deforestation and wildfire. Support the show

Jerry Emory writes about George M. Wright, 1st NPS Wildlife Biologist

Jerry Emory's latest book is about George Meléndez Wright, the first wildlife biologist for the National Park Service in the 1930s. Following research and work based out of both Latin America and the Western U.S. in the 1980s, Jerry spent a year at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galápagos Islands and an equivalent amount of time in the Brazilian Pantanal for grad work. He became a professional writer and communications consultant. Jerry worked at the Gordon and Betty Moore Founda...

George Wuerthner - Expand Yellowstone - Part 1

George Wuerthner, an ecologist, writer, photographer who has He recently published an article about the need to expand Yellowstone National Park to embrace the much larger Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.  George has studied, written about, and photographed natural habitats in many American locales, especially the mountains of the eastern U.S., the lake region of Minnesota, the Sierras, the Cascades, and the Rocky Mountains of the west. Holds degrees from the University of Montana and Universi...

George Wuerthner - Expand Yellowstone - Part 2

George Wuerthner is an ecologist, writer, photographer who has He recently published an article about the need to expand Yellowstone National Park to embrace the much larger Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. George has studied, written about, and photographed natural habitats in many American locales, especially the mountains of the eastern U.S., the lake region of Minnesota, the Sierras, the Cascades, and the Rocky Mountains of the west. Holds degrees from the University of Montana and Univers...

JENNY WADDELL- Olympic Coastal National Marine Sanctuary

Jenny Waddell is Research Coordinator at Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary at her office in Port Angeles, Washington. Jenny has been with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2001 and with Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary since 2016. Her background is in marine conservation science, and she holds a Master’s degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. She talks about the coastal responsibility of the OCNMS in the area which it monitors in the ...

Leonel Arguello, Dep. Sup't. Redwoods National Park - Part 2

Leonel Arguello, the Deputy Superintendent at Redwoods National Park is Jay's guest in this second half of the interview. He has been in that position for four months, but he worked for the National Park Service at Redwood National Park for many years. Prior to the current position, he worked in the Resource Management Science Division. He earned his Masters degree in Botany at Humboldt State University. Support the show

Leonel Arguello, Dep. Sup't Redwoods National Park - Part 1

Jay interviews Leonel Arguello, the Deputy Superintendent at Redwoods National Park. He has been in that position for four months, but he worked for the National Park Service at Redwood National Park for many years. Prior to the current position, he worked in the Resource Management Science Division. He earned his Masters degree in Botany at Humboldt State University. In this part of the interview, Leonel talks about the wildlife that can be found in Redwoods N.P. Support the show

Jenny Waddell, Olympic Coast Nat'l Marine Sanctuary - part 2

Jenny Waddell, Research Coordinator at Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, is interviewed by Jay from her office in Port Angeles, Washington. Jenny has been with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2001 and with Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary since 2016. Her background is in marine conservation science, and she holds a Master’s degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. She talks about the huge responsibility of the NMS for the coast along...

Dr. Rick Toomey - Mammoth Cave National Park

Jay is joined by Dr. Rick Toomey, cave resource management specialist and research coordinator at Mammoth Cave National Park, about the flora and fauna and distinctive features at the Park. Support the show

Lisa Bate - Birds & Bats in Glacier National Park - Part 1

Lisa Bate is a Wildlife Biologist for the National Park Service in West Glacier, Montana. She specializes in the monitoring of birds and bats in the Park and in northern Montana. A graduate of the University of Idaho, she operated her own wildlife consulting business for several years before joining the National Park Service. This is a two-part series; the first part discusses birds in Glacier and the second is about Glacier’s bats. Support the show

Lisa Bate - Birds & Bats in Glacier National Park - Part 2

Lisa Bate is a Wildlife Biologist for the National Park Service in West Glacier, Montana. She specializes in the monitoring of birds and bats in the Park and in northern Montana. A graduate of the University of Idaho, she operated her own wildlife consulting business for several years before joining the National Park Service. This is a two-part series; the first part discusses birds in Glacier and the second is about Glacier’s bats. Support the show

Robert Serrouya - Caribou

Dr. Robert Serrouya is a Wildlife Biologist and Director of Biological Pathways working out of his home in Revelstoke, British Columbia. Since 1952, he has been author or co-author of more than 100 studies on various forms of wildlife, involving the interactions of predators and prey as well as various influences on the behavior of each – methods used for obtaining reliable data and conclusions drawn for maintaining wildlife diversity during the time of global warming. Since they are now abs...

DR. Kristina Ernest - Wildlife in the E. Cascades and Highway Crossings over I-90

Jay interviews Dr. Kristina Ernest, Biology Professor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, on I-90 about 50 miles east of Snoqualmie Pass. Kristina earned her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of New Mexico in 1993 and now teaches Mammology, Field Techniques, and Fisheries, Conservation and Community Ecology at CWU. Support the show

Supt. Cam Sholly - Yellowstone N.P. - Pt.1

Supt. Sholly talks about the devastating rainfall & flods during the Spring of 2022, the washout of the roads and the success of road repair in record time.  Support the show

Chip Taylor - Monarchs and other butterflies

Jay discusses lepidotera and lepidopterists with Orley R. “Chip” Taylor, Founder and Director of Monarch Watch and Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas. Trained as an insect ecologist, Chip Taylor has published papers on species assemblages, hybridization, reproductive biology, population dynamics and plant demographics and pollination. Starting in 1974, Chip Taylor established research sites and directed students studying Neotropical Af...

Supt. Cam Sholly - Yellowstone N.P. - Part 2

In this interview, Supt. Sholly talks about the currrent status of wildlife in Yellowstone following the 2022 flooding and the slaughter of more than a thousand bison during the winter of 2023.  Support the show

Dr. Noel Brizuela - Scripps Institute - Oceanography

Noel talks about the oceanic depths and the temperature and tidal changes he observes as he researches the oceans of the world.  Support the show

Dr. Harvey Locke - Wildlife Conservation in Southern Canada

Jay interviews Harvey Locke. Initially trained as a lawyer, Harvey worked as a lawyer and partner of Calgary law firm for 14 years before pursuing his passion for protecting wild places. In 1999, after many years of volunteer work for conservation initiatives, Harvey became a full-time conservationist dedicated to national parks, wilderness, wildlife, large landscape and connectivity conservation and climate change. Harvey is co-founder and senior advisor for Yellowstone to Yukon Conservati...

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Mitch Doherty - Vital Ground (Grizzly Habitat)

Jay talks with Mitch Doherty, the conservation director for Vital Ground. Vital Ground’s Land and Conservation Program focuses on habitat protection and stewardship projects that encompass the Northern Continental Divide, Selkirk, Cabinet-Yaak, Bitterroot, Yellowstone and North Cascades ecosystems. Support the show

Lucas Rhoads -NRDC Attorney - BEES

Jay talks with Lucas Rhoads. As a staff attorney within NRDC‘s Wildlife Division, Lucas works to protect bees and other pollinators from a wide range of threats, including pesticide use, habitat destruction, and climate change. He advocates at both the federal and state levels for policies that protect these vital species—while employing litigation to enhance and enforce existing protections.  Support the show

Dr. Barbara King - Animal Emotion & Cognition

Barbara is author of the newly released book “Animals’ Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild”, Barbara discusses animal emotion and cognition, the ethics of our relationships with animals, and the evolutionary history of language, culture, and religion. Her book “How Animals Grieve” has been translated into 7 languages, and her TED talk on animal love and grief has now received over 3 million views. Support the show

Chris Servheen - U.S. Fish & Wildlife - Grizzly Bear Recovery

As the Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator, Chris talks about coordinating all the research and management on grizzly bears in the lower 48 states and working closely with grizzly biologists in Alberta and British Columbia. Servheen wrote the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan and was the EIS Team Leader for the Bitterroot Grizzly Bear Reintroduction EIS and was responsible for the delisting rule for the Yellowstone grizzly population in 2007, and he drafted the delisting rule in 2016 prior to his ret...

Justin Schwabedissen - Grand Teton National Park

Justin Schwabedissen is the Bear Biologist for Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Here he talks about his work with Grizzlies and Black Bear in the Park.  Support the show

Derek Goldman - Advocating for Endangered Species

Derek Goldman is National Field Director and Northern Rockies Field Representative for the Endangered Species Coalition, based in Washington, D.C. Derek has worked with the Endangered Species Coalition since 2005. He has advocated and organized primarily around gray wolf and grizzly bear issues, in addition to other species issues in the region.  Support the show

Hanem Abouelezz [ Species Conservation in National Parks

Hanem Abouelezz is Wildlife Biologist for Wide Ranging Species Conservation for the National Park Service. She is based in Colorado and recently transferred from Rocky Mountain National Park where for several years she had studied Elk and Beaver impacts on Vegetation. Support the show