The Landscape

The Landscape


Latest Episodes

Behind the headlines: old growth logging ban
December 21, 2023

Kate and Aaron are joined by Dr. Dominick DellaSala, Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage, a project of the Earth Island Institute. We had Dr. DellaSala on the Landscape back in June to talk about the Bid

Sins of the shovel: How archaeology evolved from pot hunting to science
December 06, 2023

Kate and Aaron are joined by Rachel Morgan, author of Sins of the Shovel: Looting, Murder, and the Evolution of American Archaeology. Rachel is an archaeologist based near Washington, DC, and her book

How a Wyoming land use plan ended up in a misinformation war
November 17, 2023

Aaron and Kate are joined by Julia Stuble, Wyoming State Senior Manager with the Wilderness Society. Julia is a Wyomingite whos lived and worked in the state for decades. Shes here to talk about a p

Balancing trails, wilderness, and ATV’s in Moab’s backcountry
November 02, 2023

Aaron and Kate are joined by Laura Peterson, staff attorney with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, to talk about the Bureau of Land Managements recently finalized Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges T

Opening up the Conservation Toolbox to protect public lands
October 25, 2023

Kate and Aaron are joined by three other members of the Center for Western Priorities for this episode focused on a new report from CWP. The Conservation Toolbox report is a directory of the major lan

Protecting the wild, vast Owyhee Canyonlands
October 11, 2023

Kate and Aaron are joined by Tim Davis, founder and executive director of Friends of the Owyhee, and Karly Foster, campaign manager at the Oregon Natural Desert Association, to talk about how we can b

The problem with Wall Street getting into public lands drilling
September 26, 2023

Kate and Aaron are joined by Alan Zibel with Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group focused on the influence of big business in government, and Nichole Heil with the Private Equity Stakeholder Proj

Author Ben Goldfarb on the power—and peril—of roads
September 12, 2023

Aaron and Kate are joined by Ben Goldfarb, an award-winning environmental journalist and author who covers wildlife conservation, marine science, and public lands management, to talk about his new boo

Digging into our 2023 Winning the West poll results
August 28, 2023

Kate and Aaron are joined by pollster Lindsay Vermeyen, senior vice president at Benenson Strategy Group, and Center for Western Priorities Executive Director Jennifer Rokala to dig into the results o

How urban parks improve public health
August 22, 2023

Aaron and Kate are joined by I Ling Thompson, vice president of strategy and engagement at the Trust for Public Land, to discuss a new report from the Trust called the Power of Parks to Promote Health