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Rewilding Earth Podcast

Rewilding Earth Podcast

Hosted by The Rewilding Institute

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179

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Aug 2026

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The Rewilding Earth podcast, hosted by Jack Humphrey, highlights the work of the people involved in saving nature’s building blocks, whether they be intact wilderness or key corridors and buffers surrounding wilderness, as well as people invested in protecting and reintroducing extirpated species to these areas. You’ll hear from conservation biologists, activists, naturalists, organizers, artists, and authors as we interview key players in the fight to Rewild Planet Earth.

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August 7, 202651 min

Episode 180: Activists Take to the Canopy to Defend Centuries-old Cottonwood, Cats, and Connectivity

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-180-activists-take-to-the-canopy-to-defend-centuries-old-cottonwood-cats-and-connectivity/" title="Episode 180: Activists Take to the Canopy to Defend Centuries-old Cottonwood, Cats, and Connectivity" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-300x300.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Photo by Russ McSpadden" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-1080x1080.jpeg 1080w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-768x768.jpeg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-38x38.jpeg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-07-at-15.04.51-250x250.jpeg 250w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Summary To make way for double 30-foot, steel border walls in Lochiel, Arizona, federal contractors have clearcut a grove of three 200-year-old Fremont cottonwood trees that reached their boughs across the U.S.-Mexico border in a sign of connectivity, friendship, and anchoring the headwaters of the Santa Cruz River. On the heels of this destruction, grassroots […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-180-activists-take-to-the-canopy-to-defend-centuries-old-cottonwood-cats-and-connectivity/">Episode 180: Activists Take to the Canopy to Defend Centuries-old Cottonwood, Cats, and Connectivity</a></p>

July 24, 202639 min

Episode 179. The ESA Harm Rescission: Ecologically Disastrous and a Trap for Companies Attempting to Destroy the Wild — with Earthjustice’s Ben Levitan

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-179-the-esa-harm-rescission-ecologically-disastrous-and-a-trap-for-companies-attempting-to-destroy-the-wild-with-earthjustices-ben-levitan/" title="Episode 179. The ESA Harm Rescission: Ecologically Disastrous and a Trap for Companies Attempting to Destroy the Wild — with Earthjustice’s Ben Levitan" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marbled_murrelet-copy.jpg 563w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>About Ben Levitan is a senior attorney at Earthjustice, the nation’s largest and most active public interest environmental law organization — know for its motto “Because the Earth needs a good lawyer.” As part of Earthjustice’s Biodiversity Defense Program, Ben advocates for the protection of imperiled species and ecosystems and opposes attempts to weaken environmental laws. […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-179-the-esa-harm-rescission-ecologically-disastrous-and-a-trap-for-companies-attempting-to-destroy-the-wild-with-earthjustices-ben-levitan/">Episode 179. The ESA Harm Rescission: Ecologically Disastrous and a Trap for Companies Attempting to Destroy the Wild — with Earthjustice’s Ben Levitan</a></p>

July 10, 202643 min

Episode 178: The High Stakes of State Wildlife Governance and the Fight for Direct Democracy with Michelle Lute

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-178-the-high-stakes-of-state-wildlife-governance-and-the-fight-for-direct-democracy-with-michelle-lute/" title="Episode 178: The High Stakes of State Wildlife Governance and the Fight for Direct Democracy with Michelle Lute" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MichelleLute_Gila-SQ.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>About Michelle Lute is a wildlife scientist and conservation leader with two decades of experience in wildlife conservation, nonprofit leadership, and public policy. As executive director of Wildlife for All, she’s leading the charge to transform state wildlife governance and center justice, compassion, and democracy in conservation. Michelle holds a PhD in wildlife management and […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-178-the-high-stakes-of-state-wildlife-governance-and-the-fight-for-direct-democracy-with-michelle-lute/">Episode 178: The High Stakes of State Wildlife Governance and the Fight for Direct Democracy with Michelle Lute</a></p>

June 26, 202647 min

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

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-177-jack-loefflers-lifelong-quest-to-rewild-the-colorado-river-watershed-and-human-consciousness/" title="Episode 177: Jack Loeffler’s Lifelong Quest to Rewild the Colorado River Watershed and Human Consciousness" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Jack recording wildlife at Chaco Canyon, 1981 (Photo by Philip Shulz)" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/16-JL-Chacoloeffler_fig.16-copy-2.jpg 718w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary In this poignant and historic episode of the Rewilding Earth podcast, legendary Southwest author, activist, and audio naturalist Jack Loeffler connects with host Jack Humphrey, just ahead of Loeffler’s 90th birthday. A living thread to the bedrock of the modern conservation movement, Loeffler shares deeply personal stories of running wild rivers and backpacking […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-177-jack-loefflers-lifelong-quest-to-rewild-the-colorado-river-watershed-and-human-consciousness/">Episode 177: Jack Loeffler’s Lifelong Quest to Rewild the Colorado River Watershed and Human Consciousness</a></p>

June 12, 202643 min

Episode 176: Protecting and Restoring the Wild Heart of the Sky Islands with Louise Misztal

<a href="https://rewilding.org/protecting-and-restoring-the-wild-heart-of-the-sky-islands-with-louise-misztal/" title="Episode 176: Protecting and Restoring the Wild Heart of the Sky Islands with Louise Misztal" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square.jpg 981w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary Louise Misztal, executive director of Sky Island Alliance (SIA), sits down with Rewilding Earth podcast host Jack Humphrey to explore the unique, biodiverse, and threatened Sky Island Region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. They discuss how these isolated mountain ranges rise out of the surrounding valleys to create a biological […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/protecting-and-restoring-the-wild-heart-of-the-sky-islands-with-louise-misztal/">Episode 176: Protecting and Restoring the Wild Heart of the Sky Islands with Louise Misztal</a></p>

May 29, 202644 min

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

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-175-cooper-freeman-on-how-bedrock-environmental-laws-are-holding-the-line-in-alaska-for-now/" title="Episode 175: How Bedrock Environmental Laws Are Holding the Line in Alaska (For Now) with Cooper Freeman" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="200" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LACL-Bears-Cubs-Rebecca-Noblin-Center-for-Biological-Diversity-Small-300x200.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LACL-Bears-Cubs-Rebecca-Noblin-Center-for-Biological-Diversity-Small-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LACL-Bears-Cubs-Rebecca-Noblin-Center-for-Biological-Diversity-Small.jpeg 720w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary Cooper Freeman, Alaska director for the Center for Biological Diversity, returns to the Rewilding Earth podcast and joins host Jack Humphrey for a transparent, gritty, and surprisingly hopeful update from the frontlines of Alaskan conservation. Navigating a relentless onslaught of fast-tracked industrial projects and regulatory procedures gutted under the current administration, Cooper outlines […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-175-cooper-freeman-on-how-bedrock-environmental-laws-are-holding-the-line-in-alaska-for-now/">Episode 175: How Bedrock Environmental Laws Are Holding the Line in Alaska (For Now) with Cooper Freeman</a></p>

May 16, 202642 min

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

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-174-how-fiction-moves-the-needle-on-real-world-conservation/" title="Episode 174: How Fiction Moves the Needle on Real-World Conservation" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="240" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1-300x240.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Photo by Andrew Shelley / Unsplash" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1-300x240.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1-768x614.jpeg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1.jpeg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>About the Author Julie Carrick Dalton is a novelist, former journalist, and farmer whose work explores the deep, often complicated relationship between humanity and the natural world. With decades of experience telling stories rooted in fact and reality as a reporter, Julie later turned to working the land, a pivot that ultimately unlocked her passion […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-174-how-fiction-moves-the-needle-on-real-world-conservation/">Episode 174: How Fiction Moves the Needle on Real-World Conservation</a></p>

May 1, 202636 min

Episode 173: Laiken Jordahl on the Battle for Big Bend

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-173-laiken-jordahl-on-the-battle-for-big-bend/" title="Episode 173: Laiken Jordahl on the Battle for Big Bend" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="225" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1-300x225.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1.jpeg 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary 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. This is an immediate, gargantuan threat to one of America’s most […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-173-laiken-jordahl-on-the-battle-for-big-bend/">Episode 173: Laiken Jordahl on the Battle for Big Bend</a></p>

April 17, 202655 min

Episode 172: “Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller” with Miriam Horn

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-172-george-schaller-homesick-for-a-world-unknown-with-miriam-horn/" title="Episode 172: “Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller” with Miriam Horn" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-1079x1080.jpg 1079w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-250x250.jpg 250w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Summary In 1959, George Schaller entered the Virunga Mountains with nothing but a notebook and a folding chair. At a time when the world viewed the mountain gorilla as a savage, cinematic monster, George saw something else: a peaceful, social being whose world we were only just beginning to understand. By sitting lower than the […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-172-george-schaller-homesick-for-a-world-unknown-with-miriam-horn/">Episode 172: “Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller” with Miriam Horn</a></p>

April 3, 202640 min

Episode 171: The Hidden Universe of Springs with Larry Stevens

<a href="https://rewilding.org/the-hidden-universe-of-springs-larry-stevens/" title="Episode 171: The Hidden Universe of Springs with Larry Stevens" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-300x300.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Episode 171 Springs with Larry Stevens" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-300x300.png 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-1080x1080.png 1080w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-150x150.png 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-768x768.png 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-38x38.png 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-250x250.png 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens.png 1400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Dr. Larry Stevens is the curator of ecology at the Museum of Northern Arizona and the director of Springs Stewardship Institute (SSI). He received his Ph.D in zoology from Northern Arizona University in 1989, and served as the ecologist for Grand Canyon National Park from 1989 to 1994. Well-respected in the field of ecology, Dr. […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/the-hidden-universe-of-springs-larry-stevens/">Episode 171: The Hidden Universe of Springs with Larry Stevens</a></p>

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