Rewilding Earth Podcast

About Dr. Kinka Dr. Daniel Kinka is American Prairie Reserve’s Wildlife Restoration Manager. His primary responsibilities include restoring and monitoring wildlife on the Reserve and managing the wildlife-friendly ranching program “Wild Sky.” He also acts as a liaison to scientists conducting research at American Prairie, other non-governmental organizations, agencies, and other external entities. He joined American Prairie in 2018, shortly after completing his doctoral degree in ecology at Utah State University. In graduate school, he studied the use of livestock guardian dogs to promote coexistence between large North American carnivores and ranchers. Originally from Florida and the Washington DC area, Daniel has enjoyed living “out west” since 2010. In addition to restoration ecology and applied science, Daniel harbors a deep passion for science communication, having worked as a science reporter for Utah Public Radio, publishing in High Country News, and serving as a National Geographic Society Fellow. Topics * What is the American Prairie Reserve? * Scope of the project (current size and planned) * Wildlands restoration on the Northern Great Plains * Wildlife of the American Prairie Reserve * Working on a human landscape to restore and protect wild nature Extra Credit Visit: American Prairie Reserve Article: Tribes Begin Five-Year Swift Fox Reintroduction at Fort Belknap Watch: “This Is American Prairie Reserve”  

About Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance’s Terri Martin, Intermountain West Organizer, Clayton Daughenbaugh, Organizing Director & Midwest Field Organizer, and Rewilding’s Wildlands Coordinator Kim Crumbo discuss the opportunity to make a huge impact in the 30×30 effort by finally passing America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act. New peer reviewed research shows that America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act also makes a significant contribution to mitigating climate change. Protecting these wild landscapes would keep a significant amount of fossil fuels in the ground, accounting for 5.7 percent of the carbon mitigation needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Additionally, scientists estimate that the lands proposed for protection currently sequester and store 247 million metric tons of organic carbon in plants and soils. Designating these lands as wilderness would even help preserve flows in the Colorado River (the lifeblood of the arid Southwest) by preventing surface-disturbing activities that cause windborne dust to coat Colorado snowpack, melting it faster and earlier. All lands proposed for wilderness designation in America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act are owned by the American public and administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The bill is supported by SUWA, Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Wasatch Mountain Club, and more than 200 other national and regional conservation organizations belonging to the Utah Wilderness Coalition. Topics * Mitigating climate crisis by protecting lands and keeping fossil fuels in Southern Utah in the ground * The impact that such a large wilderness bill can have on 30×30 and protecting biodiversity in North America * What you can do to ensure the passage of America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act Extra Credit Take action and let your congressperson know how important America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act is to you! Read: America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act: Moving America Closer to 30×30 and Enhancing Wildlife Connectivity About Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance’s Terri Martin, Intermountain West Organizer, Clayton Daughenbaugh, Organizing Director & Midwest Field Organizer, and Rewilding’s Wildlands Coordinator Kim Crumbo discuss the opportunity to make a huge impact in the 30×30 effort by finally passing America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act. New peer reviewed research shows that America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act also makes a significant contribution to mitigating climate change. Protecting these wild landscapes would keep a significant amount of fossil fuels in the ground, accounting for 5.7 percent of the carbon mitigation needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Additionally, scientists estimate that the lands proposed for protection currently sequester and store 247 million metric tons of organic carbon in plants and soils. Designating these lands as wilderness would even help preserve flows in the Colorado River (the lifeblood of the arid Southwest) by preventing surface-disturbing activities that cause windborne dust to coat Colorado snowpack, melting it faster and earlier. All lands proposed for wilderness designation in America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act are owned by the American public and administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The bill is supported by SUWA, Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Wasatch Mountain Club, and more than 200 other national and regional conservation organizations belonging to the Utah Wilderness Coalition.

About Keith In the early 1980s, an outdoorsy, nature-loving undergrad named Keith Bowers had an epiphany. Keith had been studying landscape architecture at the University of Virginia when he met Ed Garbisch, a pioneering practitioner of marsh restoration along the Chesapeake Bay. “Wait a minute,” thought Keith. “I can apply my education to restoring the places I love?” After graduating in 1982, Keith started Biohabitats, an ecological restoration company. 36 years later, with a mission to “restore the earth and inspire ecological stewardship,” Biohabitats has become one of the most recognized names in ecological restoration and conservation. Topics * Why conservationists need to work more tightly with companies to achieve the lofty goals ahead. * What is a B Corporation or “B-Corp?” * Why we can’t wait for regulations to force businesses to do the right thing. * How to be a profitable while giving back to the planet, workers, and communities. * Environment, people, and business as “nested” pieces of a whole, rather than business as usual. Extra Credit Benefit Corporations – A benefit corporation is a legal tool to create a solid foundation for long term mission alignment and value creation. B-Corps (Biohabitats B-Corps score) – Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit. They are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment. This is a community of leaders, driving a global movement of people using business as a force for good. * 1% for the Planet (Biohabitats) – 1% for the Planet is a global movement inspiring businesses and individuals to support environmental solutions through annual memberships and everyday actions. JUST – Just is a nutrition label for socially just and equitable organizations. Biohabitats 2019 Annual Benefit Report – The annual benefit report is the backbone of a benefit corporation,

About Carey Peterson is a professional writer, editor and conservationist. She is co-author, with friend and former husband Robert Glenn Ketchum, of The Tongass: Alaska’s Vanishing Rainforest, published by Aperture. In addition to many local conservation initiatives in the various places she has lived, including New York, Hawaii, California, and Washington State, she served as development director for Rod Jackson and Darla Hillard at The Snow Leopard Conservancy. She has traveled through all 50 states, and much of China, Japan, Europe, Central America, and Africa. She is currently a Managing Director of the Solitaire Land Trust in Namibia, a habitat and migration corridor restoration project and has lived on the edge of the Namib Desert for the past 9 years. Topics * Letting Namibia rewild itself * How fencing challenges wildlife movement and the ongoing work to remove fences and save wild lives * The importance of private landowners being able to connect to national international databases and tracking soil, species, rainfall, and other metrics for operations under 100,000 acres * What kills more wildlife than poaching? * The impacts of cattle grazing in Namibia * What it’s like to be trapped on the wrong side of a fast-moving wildfire * Water issues challenge rewilding Namibia * Human wildlife conflict in Namibia Extra Credit Visit and support Solitaire Land Trust Reading Read Carey’s article here on Rewilding.org: Solitaire Land Trust – A Contribution to Rewilding Namibia Biodiversity and the need for refuge * Biodiversity, climate change, and mass extinctions * Mammals Going Nocturnal to Avoid Humans * Vultures in Africa Connectivity, fences and migration * Wildebeast Faces Extinction * How Bison Create Spring Connectivity_CLLC_and_partners from The Center on Vimeo. The colonial origins of a fenced-off Southern Africa Caught between a Rock and a Hyrax: Consequences of Vermin Control in Namibia wild oryx, Namibia from carey peterson on Vimeo. 30 x 30: where will the money come from? * Restoring Farmland Could Drastically Slow Extinctions, Fight Climate Change * The World’s Banks M...

About Former Vice President of IUCN, former leader of the Australian Green Party and current Global Greens Ambassador, Christine Milne took up the role of Co-Convenor of the Lake Pedder Restoration Committee in the lead up the United Nations Decade of Ecological Restoration (2021-2030) to campaign for an agreement (by the summer of 2021-22) to restore Lake Pedder and surrounding environs. Topics * The history of Lake Pedder * The future of Lake Pedder * Tasmania’s conservation leadership: a history of success and long fights for the rights of nature * How you can help restore Lake Pedder and bring attention to this globally significant Rewilding project Extra Credit Visit: Restore Lake Pedder Read: “An Activist Life” by Christine Milne Watch: 1971 – A Last Look At Lake Pedder Before Flooding Rewilding Tasmania’s Finest Lake About Former Vice President of IUCN, former leader of the Australian Green Party and current Global Greens Ambassador, Christine Milne took up the role of Co-Convenor of the Lake Pedder Restoration Committee in the lead up the United Nations Decade of Ecological Restoration (2021-2030) to campaign for an agreement (by the summer of 2021-22) to restore Lake Pedder and surrounding environs. Topics * The history of Lake Pedder * The future of Lake Pedder * Tasmania’s conservation leadership: a history of success and long fights for the rights of nature * How you can help restore Lake Pedder and bring attention to this globally significant Rewilding project Extra Credit Visit: Restore Lake Pedder Read: “An Activist Life” by Christine Milne Watch: 1971 – A Last Look At Lake Pedder Before Flooding Rewilding Tasmania’s Finest Lake

About Leon Kolankiewicz is scientific director of NumbersUSA and vice-president of Scientists and Environmentalists for Population Stabilization (SEPS).  He is also a consulting environmental scientist and natural resources planner. He has managed many Environmental Impact Statements (EIS’s) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on proposed projects ranging from dams and reservoirs to flood control facilities, roads, parks, coal-fired power plants, wind farms, power lines, nuclear facilities, oil & gas drilling, and mines. Leon has assisted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the preparation of long-term management plans of habitat, wildlife populations, and public use at more than 40 national wildlife refuges in many states and territories.  Receiving his B.S. at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) and M.Sc. at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, B.C. Canada), during his career Leon has worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, National Marine Fisheries Service, Orange County (CA) Environmental Management Agency, University of Washington, University of New Mexico, the NGO Carrying Capacity Network, as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras, and as an environmental consultant.  As a contractor, he has consulted for the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers, NASA, and NOAA, among other federal agencies.  He is the author of two books and chapters in three other books, scores of technical environmental reports, a dozen studies on population growth and urban sprawl, and hundreds of articles and blog posts.  Among other writings, Leon co-authored “The Environmental Movement’s Retreat from Advocating U.S. Population Stabilization: A First Draft of History” in the scholarly Journal of Policy History, and wrote the chapter “Overpopulation versus Biodiversity: How a Plethora of People Produces a Paucity of Wildlife” in Life on the Brink: Environmentalists Confront Overpopulation (University of Georgia Press), an excerpt of which appeared alongside other classic and contemporary selections in the anthology Environment and Society: A Reader (New York University Press).    Leon is an avid naturalist, star-gazer, hiker, mountain climber, ocean kayaker, angler, and wilderness enthusiast.   Topics * Having productive, effective conversations about population stabilization * The culture and history of building large numbers for safety * The economics of endless growth and how it is destroying biodiversity Extra Credit * Reading: Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change and “Too Smart For Our Own Good“ * Listen to other Rewilding Earth Podcast episodes on population stabilization * For you University of New Mexico Daily Lobo fans, check out Leon’s 1988 article “Overpopulation A Real Concern” Daily Lobo, Nov. 1988   About Leon Kolankiewicz is scientific director of NumbersUSA and vice-president of

Intro music: Native American Flute “Welcome Song” by Robert TallTree Outro Music: “Healing Song” by Robert TallTree About Robert and Terri TallTree Robert and Terri TallTree are spiritual leaders to a great many people around the world. Robert is a direct lineal descendent of Black Elk of the Swan Creek Black River Band of Chippewa Indians of Michigan. Multi-talented and boundlessly energetic, TallTree appears to have found his own balance through numerous outlets, not just as a professional speaker, but in the arts as well. An accomplished flautist, Robert was nominated for the prestigious Native American Music Awards. He is also an author, business owner, and former elected Chief of the Lone Feather Indian Council of Colorado Springs. Terri TallTree has used her skill in identifying and motivating human potential to create and develop innovative training programs in a wide variety of fields. She was presented a Humanitarian Award for outstanding contributions in developing programs for children with asthma. After 25 years in the corporate world, Terri now focuses on empowering people to live with purpose and vision in their professional and personal lives. A singer/songwriter and international recording artist, it’s been said “she has the voice of an angel”; “her voice is a gift which she uses with humility and grace.” Topics * River personhood – sentient being * The feather nation, the swimmers, the crawlers, we are all interdependent. * Staying grounded when you’re bombarded by tough issues and the daily modern grind * Creating peace in whatever space you’re provided – taking the forest with you * Music as prayer * Getting back to balance, lead with your heart, staying connected * An Ojibwe prayer for Earth Extra Credit Chief Robert TallTree’s “Healing Song” * Visit the TallTrees at their website “How To Live On Purpose“ * New York Times article mentioned this episode: “They Want to Start Paying Mother Nature for All Her Hard Work“   Intro music: Native American Flute “Welcome Song” by Robert TallTree Outro Music: “Healing Song” by Robert TallTree About Robert and Terri TallTree Robert and Terri TallTree are spiritual leaders to a great many people around the world. Robert is a direct lineal descendent of Black Elk of the Swan Creek Black River Band of Chippewa Indians of Michigan. Multi-talented and boundlessly energetic, TallTree appears to have found his own balance through numerous outlets, not just as a professional speaker, but in the arts as well. An accomplished flautist, Robert was nominated for the prestigious Native American Music Awards. He is also an author, business owner, and former elected Chief of the Lone Feather Indian Council of Colorado Springs. Terri TallTree has used her skill in identifying and motivating human potential to create and develop innovative training programs in a wide variety of fields. She was presented a Humanitarian Award for outstanding contributions in developing programs for children with asthma. After 25 years in the corporate world, Terri now focuses on empowering people to live with purpose and vision in their professional and personal lives. A singer/songwriter and international recording artist, it’s been said “she has the voice of an angel”; “her voice is a gift which she uses with humility and grace.” Topics * River personhood – sentient being * The feather nation, the swimmers, the crawlers, we are all interdependent. * Staying grounded when you’re bombarded by tough issues and the daily modern grind

About Aimee joined the Trust in 2009 as the California Program Manager. Her experience includes serving as executive director of the Sacramento Valley Conservancy. Previously, she was a founder of Friends of the Sacramento River Greenway. She worked with the American Institute of Architects as Director of Governmental Relations, and served as legislative advocate for the California Bicycle Coalition. She holds a BA from Pomona College. Aimee is based in South Lake Tahoe, California. Topics * Putting wilderness back together * What happens when we love a place too much and how to fix * Abacho Canyon project * Mt Shasta Trail association and sisquiyou land trust * Restoring inholdings to wilderness quality * Flying cabins * Trail route restoration Extra Credit Visit & Support The Wilderness Land Trust Read: “Conserving Canyon Country” about New Mexico’s Organ Mountains Wilderness About Aimee joined the Trust in 2009 as the California Program Manager. Her experience includes serving as executive director of the Sacramento Valley Conservancy. Previously, she was a founder of Friends of the Sacramento River Greenway. She worked with the American Institute of Architects as Director of Governmental Relations, and served as legislative advocate for the California Bicycle Coalition. She holds a BA from Pomona College. Aimee is based in South Lake Tahoe, California. Topics * Putting wilderness back together * What happens when we love a place too much and how to fix * Abacho Canyon project * Mt Shasta Trail association and sisquiyou land trust * Restoring inholdings to wilderness quality * Flying cabins * Trail route restoration Extra Credit Visit & Support The Wilderness Land Trust Read: “Conserving Canyon Country” about New Mexico’s Organ Mountains Wilderness

About Gary Gary joined SJCA in April 2020 and was a board member for several years prior to that. Gary worked for the Colorado Division of Wildlife for 23 years. Throughout his professional career, Gary focused on threatened and endangered species management and spearheaded the agency’s efforts on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. He has also worked for Great Old Broads for Wilderness and as an environmental consultant and monitoring conservation easements for La Plata Open Space Conservancy. Gary has a B.S. in wildlife management from the University of New Hampshire and a M.S. in wildlife biology from Colorado State University. He enjoys a wide range of outdoor activities and lives near Aztec, NM with his wife, Kate Pickford, and three dogs. Topics * The importance of collaboration with landowners for a successful Colorado wolf reintroduction * How soon can Colorado wolf reintroduction proceed? * How much habitat is needed for a healthy wolf population in Colorado? * How will private landowners coexist with wolves? Extra Credit * Visit and Support San Juan Citizens Alliance * Gary Skiba’s wolf posts on the San Juan Citizens Alliance site YouTube video describing the impacts of wolves on the environment in Yellowstone: How wolves change rivers Visit: Yellowstone Wolves website Two Great Books Wolves by Mech/Boitani Yellowstone Wolves , book trailer About Gary Gary joined SJCA in April 2020 and was a board member for several years prior to that. Gary worked for the Colorado Division of Wildlife for 23 years. Throughout his professional career, Gary focused on threatened and endangered species management and spearheaded the agency’s efforts on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. He has also worked for Great Old Broads for Wilderness and as an environmental consultant and monitoring conservation easements for La Plata Open Space Conservancy. Gary has a B.S. in wildlife management from the University of New Hampshire and a M.S. in wildlife biology from Colorado State University. He enjoys a wide range of outdoor activities and lives near Aztec, NM with his wife, Kate Pickford, and three dogs. Topics * The importance of collaboration with landowners for a successful Colorado wolf reintroduction * How soon can Colorado wolf reintroduction proceed? * How much habitat is needed for a healthy wolf population in Colorado? * How will private landowners coexist with wolves? Extra Credit * Visit and Support San Juan Citizens Alliance * Gary Skiba’s wolf posts on the San Juan Citizens Alliance site YouTube video describing the impacts of wolves on the environment in Yellowstone: How wolves change rivers Visit: Yellowstone Wolves website Two Great Books Wolves by Mech/Boitani Yellowstone Wolves , book trailer

“For decades, eight lower Snake and Columbia river dams and reservoirs have hampered, harmed, killed, and rendered threatened and endangered four anadromous fish species. The lack of Snake River chinook salmon, a primary food source for the Salish Seas’ southern resident orcas, has concurrently brought these orcas to the brink of extinction.” ~Great Old Broads Don’t Dam Salmon page Today’s Guests Mickey is a co-chair of the board of the national conservation group Great Old Broads for Wilderness. Co-founder of the CV chapter (or “broadband” as we call them) of Great Old Broads, covers the region of NW Oregon and SW Washington. Mickey is a lawyer and in her career she focused on social justice work, representing people without housing and low income tenants in their housing and related legal needs. Amy worked for the past 40 years as a fish and wildlife biologist and spent 3 of those 4 decades with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Most of her work was as a fish biologist in central and eastern Oregon with experiences including fish habitat and population management and restoration, hydropower project relicensing and dam removals, and most recently as the Deschutes Basin manager. “I have been involved with opposition to the Four Lower Snake River Dams since the late 1960s. They were not a good idea even before their installation!” -Julie Weikel Forty five years as a large animal veterinarian, including academia, private practice, and regulatory medicine, gave Julie a big window on the American West. All those observations led inevitably to a realization that much of our natural world is in jeopardy and needs a more thoughtful and longer view. Maps   Extra Credit Learn More About The Salmon Wars: The $34 Billion Dollar Plan To Breach The Lower Snake River Dams What if ? | Simpson on Salmon Recovery” * Great Old Broads Don’t Dam Salmon page * Watch: Dammed to Extinction movie * Niimipuu Protecting the Environment * Earth Justice Here is a short list of actions that you can take based on the Dammed to Extinction movie: * Letters to governors, congress and legislators * Letters to editors (LTEs) for local and regional newspapers. * Tell 5 people (and your family) what you have learned about salmon restoration. (Send them a link to this podcast page!) * Donate to non-profit groups that take action to restore rivers and promote dam breaching of the LSRD. * Join and participate in non-profit groups that advocate for dam removal of the LSRD. * Participate in activities by non profits such as the flotilla to restore salmon. “For decades, eight lower Snake and Columbia river dams and reservoirs have hampered, harmed, killed, and rendered threatened and endangered four anadromous fish species. The lack of Snake River chinook salmon, a primary food source for the Salish Seas’ southern resident orcas, has concurrently brought these orcas to the brink of extinction.” ~Great Old Broads Don’t Dam Salmon page Today’s Guests Mickey is a co-chair of the board of the national conservation group Great Old Broads for Wilderness. Co-founder of the CV chapter (or “broadband” as ...

In this episode Rewilding’s Wildlands Coordinator Kim Crumbo clarifies how the conservation community must lean into the 30×30 campaign. He reminds us, while we have a friendly administration, we still have much work to do. And The Rewilding Institute is ready to provide the on-the-ground plan for protecting at least 30% land and water by 2030 for North America. Also: * The Wild Horses issue * Wolf recovery in Colorado About Kim Crumbo As The Rewilding Institute’s Wildlands Coordinator, Kim Crumbo leads our efforts to restore native carnivores to their rightful place on landscapes across the West. He works closely with diverse conservation partners and regional coalitions to engage scientists, communities, and elected leaders in the effort to secure species recovery and public support for wolves, bears, lynx, cougars, and other native carnivores. Kim served 20 years with the National Park Service in Grand Canyon, first as a river ranger and later as Wilderness Coordinator. He also worked as a river guide for a decade, and as Utah Wilderness Coordinator for the Sierra Club for 2 years. Beginning in 2000, Kim assumed various roles with the Grand Canyon Wildlands Council, including a stint as the northern representative for the Arizona Wilderness Coalition. Before working on rivers and in wilderness activism, he spent 4 years with the Navy’s SEAL Team One, completing two combat deployments in Vietnam. Extra Credit * Learn more about the Rewilding Institute’s efforts toward 30×30 * Download a transcript of this episode. (PDF) In this episode Rewilding’s Wildlands Coordinator Kim Crumbo clarifies how the conservation community must lean into the 30×30 campaign. He reminds us, while we have a friendly administration, we still have much work to do. And The Rewilding Institute is ready to provide the on-the-ground plan for protecting at least 30% land and water by 2030 for North America. Also: * The Wild Horses issue * Wolf recovery in Colorado About Kim Crumbo As The Rewilding Institute’s Wildlands Coordinator, Kim Crumbo leads our efforts to restore native carnivores to their rightful place on landscapes across the West. He works closely with diverse conservation partners and regional coalitions to engage scientists, communities, and elected leaders in the effort to secure species recovery and public support for wolves, bears, lynx, cougars, and other native carnivores. Kim served 20 years with the National Park Service in Grand Canyon, first as a river ranger and later as Wilderness Coordinator. He also worked as a river guide for a decade, and as Utah Wilderness Coordinator for the Sierra Club for 2 years. Beginning in 2000, Kim assumed various roles with the Grand Canyon Wildlands Council, including a stint as the northern representative for the Arizona Wilderness Coalition. Before working on rivers and in wilderness activism, he spent 4 years with the Navy’s SEAL Team One, completing two combat deployments in Vietnam. Extra Credit * Learn more about the Rewilding Institute’s efforts toward 30×30 * Download a transcript of this episode. (PDF)

“Women – educated, empowered, integrated in to the workforce, and with access to family planning technologies – hold the key to our ecological salvation.” -Chris Tucker About Dr. Christopher Tucker is chairman of the American Geographical Society, and serves on the boards of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation and the Open Geospatial Consortium. He is the author of “A Planet of 3 Billion: Mapping Humanity’s Long History of Ecological Destruction and Finding Our Way to a Resilient Future” Today we explore a more productive way to talk about how to ethically and responsibly lower global human population. Without dealing with bringing human population into balance with what Earth is capable of supporting, we can’t fully accomplish the rewilding work it will take to restore and protect all life on this planet. Topics * How to talk about human population issues productively. * What does “overpopulation” really mean? * Calculating a “total fertility rate” (TFR) target for 2030 * What does “half-earth” really mean on the ground? * How are rewilding and human population inextricably linked? * How empowering women and girls is the key to lowering human population. Extra Credit * Calling for 1.5TFR by 2030 – Dr. Christopher Tucker * Phoebe Barnard, PhD: “It’s Time To Talk About Population Stabilization” * World Scientists’ Warning of A Climate Emergency“ * Some great women (and a few men) talking population: Earth Overshoot Day * Visit American Geographical Society * Read: “A Planet of 3 Billion“ “Women – educated, empowered, integrated in to the workforce, and with access to family planning technologies – hold the key to our ecological salvation.” -Chris Tucker About Dr. Christopher Tucker is chairman of the American Geographical Society, and serves on the boards of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation and the Open Geospatial Consortium. He is the author of “A Planet of 3 Billion: Mapping Humanity’s Long History of Ecological Destruction and Finding Our Way to a Resilient Future” Today we explore a more productive way to talk about how to ethically and responsibly lower global human population. Without dealing with bringing human population into balance with what Earth is capable of supporting, we can’t fully accomplish the rewilding work it will take to restore and protect all life on this planet. Topics * How to talk about human population issues productively. * What does “overpopulation” really mean? * Calculating a “total fertility rate” (TFR) target for 2030 * What does “half-earth” really mean on the ground? * How are rewilding and human population inextricably linked? * How empowering women and girls is the key to lowering human population. Extra Credit * Calling for 1.5TFR by 2030 – Dr.

About Brian Czech Brian Czech is the founding president of the Center For The Advancement Of The Steady State Economy (CASSE). Czech served as the first conservation biologist in the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1999-2017, and concurrently as a visiting professor of natural resource economics in Virginia Tech’s National Capitol Region. He is the author of several books including Supply Shock, Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train, and The Endangered Species Act: History, Conservation Biology, and Public Policy, as well as over 50 academic journal articles. His primary contributions to ecological economics pertain to the “trophic” origins of money, the process of technological progress, and the political “steady state revolution.” Czech is a frequent speaker, moderator, commentator, and regular contributor to the Steady State Herald. He has a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, an M.S. from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. “A steady state economy is an economy of stable or mildly fluctuating size. The term typically refers to a national economy, but it can also be applied to a local, regional, or global economy. An economy can reach a steady state after a period of growth or after a period of downsizing or degrowth. To be sustainable, a steady state economy may not exceed ecological limits.” -From CASSE’s Steady State Economy Definition page Topics * How can a steady state economy help restore and protect wild nature and biodiversity? * How to put population and immigration into perspective in order to have a civil discussion. * Steady state GDP and what that looks like. * The basic truth that economic growth fundamentally conflicts with environmental protection. Extra Credit * Visit CASSE to learn more and sign the petition of support for SSE. About Brian Czech Brian Czech is the founding president of the Center For The Advancement Of The Steady State Economy (CASSE). Czech served as the first conservation biologist in the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1999-2017, and concurrently as a visiting professor of natural resource economics in Virginia Tech’s National Capitol Region. He is the author of several books including Supply Shock, Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train, and The Endangered Species Act: History, Conservation Biology, and Public Policy, as well as over 50 academic journal articles. His primary contributions to ecological economics pertain to the “trophic” origins of money, the process of technological progress, and the political “steady state revolution.” Czech is a frequent speaker, moderator, commentator, and regular contributor to the Steady State Herald. He has a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, an M.S. from the University of Washington,

About Jack Loeffler With the temperament of Santa Claus and the tenacity of a badger, Jack Loeffler reveals his compassion and concern for Southwestern traditional cultures and their respective habitats in the wake of Manifest Destiny. Working both as an individual and with comrades—including Edward Abbey and Gary Snyder—he was part of an early coterie of counterculturalists and environmentalists who fought to thwart the plunder of natural resources in the Southwest. Loeffler, a former jazz musician, fire lookout, museum curator, bioregionalist, and self-taught aural historian, shares his humor and imagination, his adventures, observations, reflections, and meditations along the trail in his retelling of a life well lived. He advises each and every one of us to go skinny-dipping joyfully in the flow of Nature to better understand where we’re headed. Acclaim For “Headed Into The Wind” “Over these pages, we relive Loeffler’s life and learn why he might honestly come to the title of America’s most interesting and thoughtful man.”—Sean Prentiss, author of Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave Topics * Re-naturalizing human consciousness * Counterculture, beat generation, bohemian culture * Ed Abbey, Gary Snyder, Alan Watts, Stewart Brand * Federal vs grassroots vs self governance * Zen, Taoism * “Nature Abhors A Maximum” * “If you look at nature and don’t see yourself in it, you’re too far away.” * The Song of the Leaf Cutter Ant * Culture is shaped by the habitat that sprouts it Extra Credit   Listen to this 54 minute podcast of a radio program Jack produced regarding Aldo Leopold in the Southwest that was broadcast over Public Radio in 2009 * Aldo Leopold and the Emerging Land Ethic PBS interview from last year with Lorene Mills Books by Jack Loeffler:           2013 Quivira Conference, Gary Snyder & Jack Loeffler   About Jack Loeffler With the temperament of Santa Claus and the tenacity of a badger, Jack Loeffler reveals his compassion and concern for Southwestern traditional cultures and their respective habitats in the wake of Manifest Destiny. Working both as an individual and with comrades—including Edward Abbey and Gary Snyder—he was part of an early coterie of counterculturalists and environmentalists who fought to thwart the plunder of natural resources in the Southwest. Loeffler, a former jazz musician, fire lookout, museum curator, bioregionalist, and self-taught aural historian, shares his humor and imagination, his adventures, observations, reflections, and meditations along the trail in his retelling of a life well lived. He advises each and every one of us to go skinny-dipping joyfully in the flow of Nature to better understand where we’re headed. Acclaim For “Headed Into The Wind” “Over these pages, we relive Loeffler’s life and learn why he might honestly come to the title of America’s most interesting and thoughtful man.”—Sean Prentiss, author of Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave Topics * Re-naturalizing human consciousness

About Kevin As the son of a naval officer, Kevin grew up all over the world, but the American West has always been home. While attending high school in Oakland, he began his activist career by volunteering at the Berkeley Ecology Center. After graduating with a B.A. in biology from Dartmouth College in 1978, he returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and began volunteering at Friends of the Earth where he rubbed elbows with the late, great David Brower. Working to save condors and whales by day, he made a living by driving a San Francisco taxicab at night. Realizing that more education might be useful, Kevin set off to the School of Natural Resources at the University of Michigan in 1985, where he earned a Master’s degree in Natural Resources Policy. But the West beckoned, and in 1988 Kevin moved to New Mexico with his future wife, Lisa LaRocque, and started the Southwest Environmental Center in 1991. Topics * How wildlife management by states is controlled special interests and how to protect biodiversity rather than game and introduced species on public lands * Follow the money: state game and fish departments are primarily funded with hunting and fishing licenses, effectively locking out public interest in favor of a minority * How you can make a change in your state Extra Credit Read Kevin’s article: “Why Hunting Isn’t Conservation And Why It Matters” Visit Southwest Environmental Center About Kevin As the son of a naval officer, Kevin grew up all over the world, but the American West has always been home. While attending high school in Oakland, he began his activist career by volunteering at the Berkeley Ecology Center. After graduating with a B.A. in biology from Dartmouth College in 1978, he returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and began volunteering at Friends of the Earth where he rubbed elbows with the late, great David Brower. Working to save condors and whales by day, he made a living by driving a San Francisco taxicab at night. Realizing that more education might be useful, Kevin set off to the School of Natural Resources at the University of Michigan in 1985, where he earned a Master’s degree in Natural Resources Policy. But the West beckoned, and in 1988 Kevin moved to New Mexico with his future wife, Lisa LaRocque, and started the Southwest Environmental Center in 1991. Topics * How wildlife management by states is controlled special interests and how to protect biodiversity rather than game and introduced species on public lands * Follow the money: state game and fish departments are primarily funded with hunting and fishing licenses, effectively locking out public interest in favor of a minority * How you can make a change in your state Extra Credit Read Kevin’s article: “Why Hunting Isn’t Conservation And Why It Matters” Visit Southwest Environmental Center