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How Elon Musk is trying to dismantle the Interior department
Kate and Aaron are joined by Jimmy Tobias, a public lands reporter and contributor to the Public Domain substack, and Jacob Malcom, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Environmental Manag
How nature makes us feel happier, healthier, and more connected to humanity
This week, we take a break from bad news to talk about what nature does to your brain. Kate and Aaron speak to author Florence Williams about her book, The Nature Fix, which came out in 2017 but is ju
Western voters reject Trump agenda on public lands
Aaron and Kate break down the results of Colorado Colleges annual State of the Rockies Conservation in the West poll with pollsters Lori Weigell and Dave Metz. The poll found that voters in the West
Layoffs at Interior are causing chaos and heartbreak
Kate and Aaron are joined by Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and Mitch Flanigan, a former ranger at Denali National Park, to talk about recent
Can President Trump even do that? Public lands edition
Aaron and Kate are joined by Mark Squillace, natural resources law professor at the University of Colorado Law School. Professor Squillace provided legal counsel to the Interior Department under Presi
Trump’s Day One attack on public lands
Kate and Aaron talk through the effects of President Donald Trumps first executive orders on public lands with Drew McConville, a senior fellow on the Conservation Policy team at the Center for Ameri
Looking back on Biden’s conservation record
Kate and Aaron talk to CWP colleagues Lauren Bogard and Sterling Homard about our recent report on President Joe Bidens final year on public lands, which looks at the presidents conservation achieve
What Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda means for public lands
Kate and Aaron are joined by Alan Zibel, a research director at Public Citizen who focuses on energy and environmental issues. He breaks down what Donald Trump and the incoming Congresss so-called e
This company is trying to drain an aquifer in the Mojave Desert
Kate and Aaron talk to Chris Clarke, host of the 90 Miles from Needles podcast, about the Cadiz pipeline project, a water mining project that poses a huge threat to the Mojave Desert. This project has
Special episode: Inside the Dolores River Canyons
In this special episode of The Landscape, Kate visits the Dolores River Canyon Country in southwest Colorado, along with CWPs Lauren Bogard and Sterling Homard, to meet with folks who support protect