Happy Birthday to a Legend! Jack Loeffler, Ed Abbeys hiking buddy and legendary Southwest US conservation activist, author, and natural audiophile, turns 90 years old today! Here's my interview with him from a couple weeks ago: rewilding.org/episode-177-...

Episode 177: Jack Loeffler's Lifelong Quest to Rewild the Colorado River Watershed and Human Consciousness

Episode Summary In this poignant and historic episode of the Rewilding Earth podcast, legendary Southwest author, activist, and audio naturalist Jack Loeffler

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Wonder how many decades it will take to unfuck all of the incorrect, politically-driven harm on all government websites where they've been defaced? www.doi.gov/pressrelease...

Department of the Interior Restores Clear ESA Enforcement by Rescinding Misguided “Harm” Definition | U.S. Department of the Interior

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce today announced they have finalized a rule rescinding the outdated regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act.

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Trump admin rolls back ESA protections by eliminating the regulatory definition of harm. Removes habitat destruction from the definition. Private interests can now drill, log, or pave over the places where endangered species live, feed, and raise their young. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Death sentence’: Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining

Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinct

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Thinking about how to edge our way back into human consciousness. Conservation has taken the very back seat of the bus when it comes to daily headlines and discussion. The very thing we need to be talking about every single day is the thing humanity is largely ignoring. rewilding.org/episode-51-k...

Episode 51: Kim Vacariu On Changing Our Message To Win Way More Conservation Battles

About Kim Kim Vacariu is the former Western Director for Wildlands Network (1998-2017) where he organized and led the 25 conservation organizations making up

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Navigating a relentless onslaught of fast-tracked industrial projects and regulatory procedures gutted under the current administration, Cooper outlines how conservationists in #Alaska are successfully using bedrock environmental laws to keep major ecological harm at bay. buff.ly/ZblsuQS

Episode 175: How Bedrock Environmental Laws Are Holding the Line in Alaska (For Now) with Cooper Freeman

Episode Summary Cooper Freeman, Alaska director for the Center for Biological Diversity, returns to the Rewilding Earth podcast and joins host Jack Humphrey

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From the underground fungal networks of the soil to redefining climate hope, this conversation reveals why imagination is a vital laboratory for our future, reminding us that we do not just live in #nature, we are nature. buff.ly/cIX92jw

Episode 174: How Fiction Moves the Needle on Real-World Conservation

About the Author Julie Carrick Dalton is a novelist, former journalist, and farmer whose work explores the deep, often complicated relationship between humanit

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Great talking to @laikenjordahl.bsky.social about how we're going to deal with this admin over Big Bend.

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Jack Humphrey and the Rewilding Earth podcast sit down with the Center for Biological Diversity’s National Public Lands Advocate Laiken Jordahl to discuss the current administration’s plan to extend border wall construction to Big Bend National Park and the West Texas borderlands.

Homesick for a World Unknown is an extraordinarily engaging & eloquent biography of an extraordinarily effective conservation biologist. Whether you’ve been following George Schaller’s pioneering studies for half a century or have just learned of him, you will devour this book & admire its subject.

In the Pantheon of Wildlife Heroes: Meet George Schaller

Book review of Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller by Miriam Horn. Penguin Press, 2026. If there is a pantheon of wildlife heroes, Geo

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I remember hearing about a river catching on fire. It was the most shocking thing I'd ever heard. Wild how the passage of time and the stacking of ever more atrocities can all but wipe out such a core memory. Great reminder in this article by Alicia Silverstone thekindlife.com/what-is-eart...

Patagonia Action Works: This just in: the Senate is expected to vote today on a bill that paves the way for copper mining in Minnesota's Boundary Waters. Let's flood our Senators with calls: paw.attn.tv/apRNRv1giLl4

Boundary Waters - Patagonia Action Works

Congress is about to force a vote that will pave the way for copper mining in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a 1.1-million-acre public area with federally protected forests and fre...

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Often overlooked, definitely misunderstood, springs are the life-giving underdogs in humanity's fight for more of everything. Check out my chat with Dr. Larry Stevens of the Spring Stewardship Institute and bring springs to mind. rewilding.org/the-hidden-u...

Oak Flat is officially no longer public land nestled within the Tonto National Forest. The roughly 2,400 acres just east of Phoenix — long-considered #Apache holy land — is now private property belonging to a multinational #mining company. buff.ly/fPDhlo0 #OakFlat

What’s next for Oak Flat — the Apache holy land that now belongs to Resolution Copper?

Despite being under new ownership, the Resolution Copper president and general manager stresses Oak Flat will remain mostly untouched. Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, as Apaches call it, was listed on the…

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Jose Gonzalez dropped his new album at exactly the right time. Already falling in love with some of the songs. Years of road trips ahead with this new soundtrack. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Against The Dying Of The Light - Album by José González

Listen to Against The Dying Of The Light by José González on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.

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This really hit home this morning. If you are a conservationist, there's a good chance you need to read this. news.mongabay.com/2026/03/the-...

A profession built on hope, strained by loss

Earlier this month, Jeremy Hance’s “‘An epidemic of suffering’: Why are conservationists breaking down?” and the follow-up commentary “Emotional and psychological stresses beleaguer conservation profe...

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Exciting news! HB597, the Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund, has passed both the Virginia House and Senate and is now headed to the Governor’s desk. This landmark bill will give Virginia the tools it needs to turn wildlife corridor planning into action.

Virginia Takes a Major Step Toward Safer Roads and Thriving Wildlife — Wildlands Network - Biodiversity Conservation + Wildlife Crossings

Celebrate the wild on March 18 \u2014 join Wildlands Network and Grammy-nominated violinist Scarlet Rivera for Animal Voices, a night of music and conservation in Oro Valley, AZ.

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Talking with Reba brought tons of memories back from working and exploring with some of the movement's most effective, passionate, and fun women. Hope you get a chance to listen in! #rewilding #rewildingpodcast

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This episode of the Rewilding Earth #podcast explores Great Old Broad for Wilderness’ role as the only national environmental organization specifically for older women and examines why public lands are essential to both human survival and ecological health.

ABSOLUTELY NOT! www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/03/big-...

Big Bend National Park's Big Wall

With billions of dollars to spend, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol is turning its eyes towards extending a wall of some sort along the United States' boundary with Mexico that runs through Big Bend...

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The large-scale #rewilding efforts across Chile & Argentina stand out as compelling case studies of what’s possible when bold vision, private capital, and ecological urgency collide. For anyone in business today, it challenges us to rethink what meaningful contribution looks like.

What Next Generation Leaders Can Learn From The Tompkins' Legacy — SEVENSEAS Media

The Tompkins conservation legacy transformed Patagonia through bold rewilding, creating national parks and proving business leaders can reshape ecosystems.

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Nearly 40 years ago, Bettina & Georg Peterseil found their way to a #bog in the middle of County Mayo, #Ireland. They discovered a place to heal both the soul and the land. They restored the flow of the water into a nearby Loch, cared for the soil, & planted more than 3,000 native plants and trees.

Rewilding a Bog and Mindset in Ireland

It was on a bog in the middle of County Mayo, Ireland, where I had a profound realization that rewilding is a movement rooted in awareness and compassion. Walki

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This is balance. This is coexistence. This is the past and the future. If humans want to continue to live on Earth, this is the kind of example we need to follow. Beautiful short film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRdp...

The Most Remote Homestead On Earth

YouTube video by Kamoka Pearl

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There will be no passing the new wall for anything larger than a mouse, unless it has wings. The jaguars, pronghorn, cougar, black bears, ocelots, javelina, deer, bobcats, badgers, and other #wildlife will all be cut off.

Resistance Grows as Border Wall Construction Threatens Jaguars

On a sunny and modestly warm day in mid-November, I have a clear view of the San Rafael Valley from high in Montezuma Pass in the Coronado National

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If we ever get them out of power, these types of people can never be elected to do this kind of damage again. Earth cannot afford this level of corruption against nature from here on out.

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On Jan. 22, the House Natural Resources Committee overwhelmingly approved Rep. Paul Gosar’s, R-Ariz., “Enhancing Safety for Animals” bill. It would remove Endangered Species Act protection from Mexican wolves, the smallest, shyest, and most endangered wolf subspecies.

Someday I'll interview Paul and his team in Scotland. Until then, we have my recent chat with Paul about Alladale, wildlands philanthropy, rewilding in Scotland highlands and much more! #alladale #scotland #rewilding

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In this #podcast episode, Paul addresses population growth, meat consumption, and advocates for redirecting wealth and philanthropic investment toward nature. He shares his mission to make some noise for #nature and connect people to our wild world. buff.ly/QGUpHBV

In a leaked tape, a National Park Service official said Trump’s employee policies are a “reign of terror” aimed at driving NPS staff to quit. #NationalParks

Trump Admin “Deliberately” Tanking Morale to Get Parks Staff to Quit, Official Says in Leaked Tape

In a leaked tape, a National Park Service official said Trump’s employee policies are a “reign of terror” aimed at driving NPS staff to quit.

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From the Rewilding Earth #podcast archive: "Lessons from #Alaska – Winning the #Conservation Battles Ahead While Keeping Your Fire Alive with Brad Meiklejohn." Worth a re-listen or listen if you missed it!

Episode 87: Lessons From Alaska - Winning The Conservation Battles Ahead While Keeping Your Fire Alive With Brad Meiklejohn

About Brad Meiklejohn is a member of the Rewilding Institute Leadership Council, and he is currently Senior Alaska Representative for The Conservation Fund, wh

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It's only been one year. One.

Remote camera footage released during the last two weeks of the year showed two different endangered #ocelots roaming the mountains of Southern Arizona.

Seeing spots: 2025 ends with new footage of endangered ocelots in Arizona

Recently released footage shows two different ocelots in Southern Arizona, including just the second detection in the Santa Rita Mountains and another cat that might be new to the state.

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"The protection of corridors for wildlife movement has been a central tenet of rewilding since Dave Foreman coined the term." rewilding.org/corridors-in... #rewilding #flyways #birds

Corridors in the Sky: A Call for Aerial Connectivity

The protection of corridors for wildlife movement has been a central tenet of rewilding since Dave Foreman coined the term. Although the importance of connectiv

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She also describes the 4Cs of #civil discourse in a rewilding context, a fitting way to start the New Year: Be #charitable, #curious, #conscientious, and #constructive. buff.ly/USXKxpp

Does Rewilding Need Taking Back?

Must rewilding be “taken back” from forces that corrupt its meaning? A few years ago, I contributed an aborted series to Rewilding Earth that suggested as m

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