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Stay tuned for more episodes of Voices of the Wilderness! I’m currently working on films about Rachel Carson, Gifford Pinchot, Henry David Thoreau and Howard Zahniser — all who helped shape our views of conservation and wilderness.
Aldo Leopold and The Birth of the Land Ethic
Aldo Leopold was one of the most talented and important contributors to America’s conservation movement. In the 1920s, he successfully lobbied...
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Gifford Pinchot
America’s first forester Gifford Pinchot piloted the new US Forest Service into prominence and charted the way forward. This episode is...
Rachael Carson
Widely known for her groundbreaking book Silent Spring, Rachel Carson honed her craft working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service....
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Jeff Ryan
Author, photographer, historian and keynote speaker Jeff Ryan has hiked thousands of miles in the United States and spent the past several years relating his experiences to audiences throughout North America, traveling in his 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon camper van.
Jeff has written two critically acclaimed books about the Appalachian Trail. His research for his second book, Blazing Ahead, was the catalyst that sparked this series. Jeff is continually impressed by the forward-looking pioneers that saw the need to retain and protect pieces of American wilderness where we can, in the words of Benton MacKaye, “oxygenate, recreate and gain perspective.”
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Featured Guests
Thank you to the writers, conservationists and historians that generously share their knowledge and passion for America’s conservation history and help make Voices of the Wilderness possible,
Curt Meine, Ph.D
Aldo Leopold biographer
Stanley A. Temple
Aldo Leopold Foundation
Buddy Huffaker
Aldo Leopold Foundation
Episode 1 – Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold was a visionary forester, wilderness advocate, watershed expert and pioneer in land restoration. His life’s work culminated in the development of a “land ethic”, one that encouraged...