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@jackhumphrey.com
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Host and producer of the #Rewilding Earth Podcast @ rewilding.org/pod, agitator for wildlife and biodiversity. Beaver believer. Nature for its own sake. Deep ecologist. Adventure rider.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trump wants to give part of Yosemite to a developer Yosemite, the crown jewel of the nation’s park system, should be off limits to development.
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Trump Live Updates: Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rules
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 28/08/2026
Chris Wood, president and CEO of Trout Unlimited and an original architect of the 2001 Roadless Rule, speaks with Rewilding Earth #Podcast host Jack Humphrey about the origins of the #RoadlessRule and why rescinding it is a problem for trout and salmon.
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 11/07/2026
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-...
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 11/07/2026
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...
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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The Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce today announced they have finalized a rule rescinding the outdated regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act.
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 11/07/2026
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...
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‘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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 16/06/2026
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 03/06/2026
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...
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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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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 29/05/2026
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
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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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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 16/05/2026
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
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 02/05/2026
Great talking to @laikenjordahl.bsky.social about how we're going to deal with this admin over Big Bend.
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 23/04/2026
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.
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 23/04/2026
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...
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 15/04/2026
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
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 06/04/2026
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...
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 02/04/2026
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
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 28/03/2026
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...
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 27/03/2026
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-...
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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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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 14/03/2026
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.
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 12/03/2026
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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 05/03/2026
ABSOLUTELY NOT! www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/03/big-...
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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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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 22/02/2026
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.
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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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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 19/02/2026
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.
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 19/02/2026
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...
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The Most Remote Homestead On Earth
YouTube video by Kamoka Pearl
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 18/02/2026
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.
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 15/02/2026
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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 12/02/2026
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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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 01/02/2026
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
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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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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 22/01/2026
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!
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 20/01/2026
It's only been one year. One.
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 17/01/2026
Remote camera footage released during the last two weeks of the year showed two different endangered #ocelots roaming the mountains of Southern Arizona.
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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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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 16/01/2026
"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
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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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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 14/01/2026
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
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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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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 15/01/2026
From the Rewilding Earth #podcast archive: History of #wilderness recovery and #rewilding with Reed Noss. Worth a re-listen or listen if you missed it!
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Episode 2: Reed Noss On History of Wilderness Recovery and Rewilding
What is "Rewilding?" Episode 2 - Part 2 of the "What is Rewilding" series on the Rewilding Earth podcast. Introduction "Reed Noss has been publishing on
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 08/01/2026
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 02/01/2026
One of the big rewilding headliners in North America. @americanprairie.bsky.social I still need to visit, but at least I got to interview Daniel Kinka for the podcast. (Which made wanting to visit even worse.) rewilding.org/episode-76-a...
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Episode 76: American Prairie Reserve – Big Rewilding On America’s Northern Great Plains
About Dr. Kinka Dr. Daniel Kinka is American Prairie Reserve's Wildlife Restoration Manager. His primary responsibilities include restoring and monitoring wild
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 21/12/2025
Look familiar? Nature always takes the back seat to lazy humans who are incapable of solving problems outside of the most remedial, disproven, destructive acts. Human political creativity is dead.
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 20/12/2025
Sometimes I'll show up on a podcast, too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTXk... #rewilding
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E39 — Jack Humphrey: Rewilding America, Wolves, Jaguars & the Case for Half the Earth
YouTube video by Naturally Scott
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
In conversation with Jack Humphrey on the Rewilding Earth Podcast... rewilding.org/episode-163-...
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 17/12/2025
As leader author of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Guidelines for Rewilding, Dr. Steve Carver joins the #podcast to discuss the challenges of implementing rewilding across diverse regions and cultures.
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 10/12/2025
A carnivore conservation biologist, Dave was instrumental in creating the Mexican #Wolf Recovery Program. This conversation explores the emotional impact of #wild places, the importance of public engagement, and the need for #advocacy to protect our natural heritage. buff.ly/iUzASXt
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Episode 162: Inside Dave Parsons' Battle to Bring Back El Lobo and the Decades of Carnivore Advocacy That Followed
Dave is retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where from 1990-1999 he led the USFWS’s effort to reintroduce the endangered Mexican gray wolf to the
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 11/12/2025
"If wild animals are not safe in Wilderness, then there is nowhere safe for them left in the world." #wilderness #grazing #sheep #publiclands www.thewildlifenews.com/2025/12/11/d...
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Domestic Sheep Grazing and Wilderness are Always at Odds
By Mason Parker, Wilderness WatchStumbling over the rugged alpine landscape of the High Uintas Wilderness, a bighorn lamb is coughing and struggling, afflicted with pneumonia as the cold skies of wint...
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 27/11/2025
While researchers are divided on the conclusion, the behavior shows #wolves may be smarter than we thought.
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This might be the first recorded tool use by a wild wolf
While researchers are divided on the conclusion, the behavior shows wolves may be smarter than we thought.
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 24/11/2025
[T]he natural world is in “such a systemic crisis that we need to rethink our position in the world as human beings.” #rivers
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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 16/11/2025
Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. The Rewilding Institute's John Davis is one of the interviewees here:
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Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier?
Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 21/11/2025
We need to stop messing with wolves! Let them disperse.
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 21/11/2025
Falling off a mountain, living to tell the tale, and starting a business out of what he was missing that day. It's all here in the latest episode of the Rewilding Earth Podcast! Please share and subscribe to the podcast. It really helps! Thanks! rewilding.org/episode-161-... #rewilding #podcasts
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Episode 161: Danny Giovale - The Vision to Innovate, the Passion to Rewild
About Danny Giovale Danny Giovale is the founder and president of Kahtoola, an outdoor equipment company he established in 1999. As a native of Flagstaff, Ariz
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 21/11/2025
I loved this chat with Kahtoola founder and rewilding advocate, Danny Giovale! #rewilding #podcasts
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 18/11/2025
It should go without saying that the first step in #rewilding is to keep what's left untouched. There's so little that hasn't been marred by humans left that there should be not one more inch of development on the relatively pristine wildands left. Not one more inch.
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 16/11/2025
A victory for nature and its people over 100 years in the making. Take time to pause and recharge in the victories. Some take generations to happen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FuG...
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First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath River after the largest dam removal in U.S. history
YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting
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Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com · 10/11/2025
I used to run around with Martin in the 90's working on the wolf reintroduction program in New Mexico. Still crazy to me to see him as a Senator! Glad for it though.
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