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In this episode, I speak with Erik Molvar, executive director of Western Watersheds Project. We discuss his guidebook writing, the state of our public lands system, the work of Western Watersheds Project, the influence of domestic livestock on Wilderness and public lands, attitudes and historical context of wilderness, Native American omission from the Wilderness Act, the relevancy and importance of the wilderness designation, how to manage public lands for the benefit of ecosystems and the human, collaborative conservation and challenging the dominant culture of colonialism and dominion over nature. 

In this episode, Sierra will be talking about just more the empowering of women and her transformation over the last year.

Sierra has been with the Forest Service for 18 years. Her current position with the agency is Contracting Officer. She began working for the Forest Service in high school (work release) and all through college. While obtaining her college education, she worked various positions in the Forest Service including Public Affairs, Fire Prevention Officer, Fire Education (Smokey Bear education), Forest Visitor Center Supervisor, Nature Camp Director, and Fire Contracting Officer. She earned her Master’s Degree from the University of Utah in 2010 and began working permanently as a Fire Contracting Officer. Early in her career, she obtained her qualifications as a wildland firefighter, and currently works on wildfires across the country as a Public Information Officer.

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Impacts from rapid climate change are challenging traditional land & wildlife management strategies that were based on a stable baseline condition. In some locations we are already observing early-stage ecosystem reorganization in response to historic land management practices combined with recent novel climate stresses. Dr. Craig Allen and Dr. Nate Stephenson discuss how the convergence of climate stress, human land use patterns and histories, and disturbance trends in the southwestern United States are leading to forest ecosystem changes and transformation. Image source: Pixabay.

Papers mentioned during the interview:

Allen, C.D., Macalady, A.K., Chenchouni, H., Bachelet, D., McDowell, N., Vennetier, M., Kitzberger, T., Rigling, A., Breshears, D.D., Hogg, E.T. and Gonzalez, P., 2010. A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests. Forest ecology and management, 259(4), pp.660-684.

Janzen, D., 1998. Gardenification of wildland nature and the human footprint. Science, 279(5355), pp.1312-1313.

Millar, C.I., Stephenson, N.L. and Stephens, S.L., 2007. Climate change and forests of the future: managing in the face of uncertainty. Ecological applications, 17(8), pp.2145-2151.

Milly, P.C., Betancourt, J., Falkenmark, M., Hirsch, R.M., Kundzewicz, Z.W., Lettenmaier, D.P. and Stouffer, R.J., 2008. Stationarity is dead: whither water management?. Science, 319(5863), pp.573-574.

Bioscience. January 2022 Issue (RAD spotlight)

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President Biden recently rolled out a plan to treat 50 million acres of land with fire over the next 10 years. The question is—is 50 million acres actually realistic with the system we have in place right now? We spoke with environmental law and policy expert Michael Wara about the logistics of actually putting that much fire on the ground to reduce risk in vulnerable communities, how we may not be in a place to scale it to that level yet, and what we can do to get to the necessary level of fuels reduction and fire resilience. We also talked a bit about Michael's job as the Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford, and what he and his students are doing in the environmental and wildland fire spaces to help fire practitioners and build fire resilience into law and policy. This is our episode one of two with Michael, with the next publishing in two weeks.

Timestamps:
7:55 — Wildfire risk to utilities.
15:30 — Biden's plan to burn 50 million acres in 10 years.
21:35 — Limitations of Forest Service resources in achieving those acreage goals.
26:00 — Thinking radically about the future of fire policy.

Leander catches up with Inclusivity Social Scientist, Nikki Cox, to discuss the importance of recognizing privilege on a path to a more inclusive conservation movement. Nikki currently works for the U.S. Forest Service and has dedicated her career towards the betterment and empowerment of ALL people. Nikki is a shining example of a person doing their best to recognize privilege, elevate social science, and support others in viewing the possibilities of building collaborations with new and innovative allies. This podcast should motivate you to step up your game!

Episode Highlights:

5:45 - What is an Inclusivity Social Scientist? 

11:08 - Why would a white person focus on JEDI in conservation?

19:00 - How do you get your voice heard? 

28:55 - What is the future of public lands?

36:01 - Finding representation 

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In this episode, John Mulcahy, Vice President of Sustainability at Georgia-Pacific, speaks with Dr. Jennie Stephens, CEO of the Center for Heirs' Property Preservation, and Yvonne Knight Carter, a landowner and Board Chair of the Center for Heirs' Property Preservation. John also speaks with Brian Brashaw, Assistant Director for the Wood Innovations Program at the USDA Forest Service.  

Dr. Stevens heads the Center for Heirs' Property Preservation, which helps ensure low wealth landowners have access to the tools needed to protect and sustainably use their family land. Knight Carter helps the Center forge alliances and collaborations with conservationists, funders, foresters, and community economic development organizations and is a direct recipient of the Center’s services. They emphasize the importance of getting resources to communities that have had limited access to forest protection, which benefits the environment and landowners alike. 

Brian talks about USFS's efforts in using market-based approaches to support forest management and rural economies and the importance of both hardwood and softwood markets.  Produced by Lee Schneider. Music by Chuck Leavell. Executive Producer: Judy A. Takats

Wilderness 30x30 | A Wilderness Podcast miniseries

In this episode, I speak with Mike Garrity, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies. We talk about the history of the Alliance,  the work they are involved with, how the Alliance has sued the FS more than any other group in the country, all about the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), protecting entire ecosystems over state-centric wilderness  bills, protecting endangered species as a means of securing future wilderness, proposed landscape restoration work under NREPA, livestock grazing buyout provisions, Native American considerations, prominent supporters of NREPA, the economic benefits of the Bill, progress in Congress, thinking big and considering seemingly inconceivable political changes in this country as a beacon of hope for the Northern Rockies and beyond.

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In this episode, I speak with Gary Macfarlane, Ecosystems Defense Director and Katie Bilodeau, Staff Attorney with the Friends of the Clearwater in Idaho. We talk all about roadless areas, their history, RARE I, RARE II (Roadless Area Review and Evaluation), fractures in the wilderness community over RARE II, the National Forest Policy Act, the influence of industry on roadless areas, the nitty gritty of the Clinton 2001 Roadless Rule, state specific roadless rules, loopholes in the Roadless Rule, all about the new Friends of the Clearwater Roadless Report for Idaho and Montana, duplicity in the Forest Service on what constitutes protections, out of control and accelerating timber extraction and why we must begin taking roadless lands protection seriously.

Dr. Tom Hofstra Ph.D Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is the head of the Forestry and Natural Resources Department at Columbia College in Sonora CA. He and I discuss how wildfires are a forgotten part of the natural ecosystem and how a mixture of bad policy and environmental changes are contributing to the massive wildfires that we are seeing today. We also discuss strategies for making your home and property more resistant to wildfire, as well as what to think about when looking for a new property in a fire prone area.

In this episode, I speak with Adam Rissien of Wild Earth Guardians and Connie Wilbert of the Sierra Club about a massive Forest Service proposal to cut hundreds of thousands of acres of trees (including 80,000 acres in roadless areas!) in the Medicine Bow National forest in Wyoming called the LaVA Project. We talk about Adam and Connie’s organizations and backgrounds, the scale and scope of the LaVA project, its impacts, the harmful effects of road building on the ecosystem, lack of environmental analysis and oversight, similarities to the Four Forests Initiative in Arizona, rewriting the rules of the National Environmental Policy Act to allow for ambiguity, history of fires and logging on the Medicine Bow National Forest, how we should be managing our forests, the false promises of “Forest Heath” initiatives, climate change, forest resiliency and the Forest Service burying scientific information in support of their motives.  

In this episode, I speak with Christopher Ketcham, author of This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism and Corruption are Ruining the American West. We talk about his new book, the cowboy mythos, corruption in federal land management agencies, cattle ranching and grazing on public lands in The West. We also talk about the pending Owyhee wilderness bill (Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act)in Oregon and the influence of the cattle industry on the process. We also discuss the failures of the conservation groups at the table. I had a great chat with Chris and I hope you enjoy the conversation. Thanks for listening. 

Luke Channer is on his way to exploring all the fire lookout towers and cabins in Montana and Idaho. Listen to him talk about his goal of hiking in (and sometimes being flown in!) to 300+ lookouts in the western wilderness.

Hear more about how fire lookout enthusiasts join forces and share knowledge in order to reach sometimes very challenging - but rewarding - historic places.

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Join Amber and Kendra this week as we explore why wildfires matter! In this episode you will learn about wildfires and the impact on the environment - both good AND bad, in addition to how wildfires are tracked and even some of the contributing factors with the Amazon rainforest fires. 

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Under a new proposal, the United States Forest Service (USFS) is seeking to do away with 98% of the cases where the public would be able to comment and participate in project (timber harvesting, road building, etc.) scoping and design under the National Environmental Policy Act or NEPA. 

NEPA is not well understood and something we often take for granted; but it is absolutely critical. It is the means by which the public and conservation groups provide input and oversight to our federal land managers. We must maintain a properly functioning NEPA so we are not kept in the dark and to ensure that Forest Service lands are being managed for the greatest public benefit.

In this episode, I speak with Mary O'Brien of the Grand Canyon Trust for clarity and context. *** Please make your voice heard! Head on over to www.ourforestsourvoice.org Deadline is August 12th. Tell the Forest Service that you value NEPA and it must not be compromised.***