Nicole Whittington-Evans is Field Program Director for the Defenders of Wildlife in Alaska. Nicole started her environmental career studying and working on wildlife issues. She received her master’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana, where she focused on Alaska’s predator control efforts. Over the years, working with several conservation groups in Alaska, Nicole has developed expertise in Wildlife issues and public lands. Here Nicole describes the efforts of Defenders to sustain populations of wildlife in Alaska. More interviews at www.js-wilderness.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25149153)

WILDERNESS AND WILDLIFE

Nicole Whittington-Evans - Defenders of Wildlife-Alaska

Paula is a professional writer who writes about marine and terrestrial wildlife. She talks about her entry into the field and they training she took to become a published author and writer. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25149153)

PAULA MACKAY, a writer from Bainbridge Island, talks about wildlife and nature writing.

Working for Defenders of Wildlife out of Palmer, Alaska, Nicole, started her environmental career studying and working on wildlife issues. She received her master’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana, where she focused on Alaska’s predator control efforts. Over the years, working with several conservation groups in Alaska, Nicole has developed further expertise in Wildlife issues and public lands.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25149153)

NICOLE WHITTINGTON EVANS, Defenders of Wildlife in SE Alaska

Amanda Lollar, Founder and President of Bat World Sanctuary in Weatherford, Texas, continues her interview  about bats - how she came to start the Sanctuary in Texas that has been rehabilitating bats from all around the world and provides sanctuary for those that can&apos;t be released. Hear more interviews at  jswilderness5.net.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25149153)

AMANDA LOLLAR II

Doug Peacock  is a renowned grizzly bear expert and nature writer. A Vietnam vet and former Green Beret medic, his memoirs, The Grizzly Years and Walking it Off, chronicle the healing of his war-torn soul through his relationship with this quintessential carnivore. He is also the author of iBaja! and served as the wild grizzly consultant for the classic 1988 Jean-Jacques Junnaud film, The Bear. Doug is the author of In the Shadow of the Sabretooth and, with his wife Andrea, co-authored the book The Essential Grizzly. Doug also writes extensively for magazines, including Audubon, Backpacker and Outside. Peacock was named a 2007 Guggenheim Fellow and a 2011 Lannan Fellow. He lives just north of Yellowstone in the Paradise Valley of Montana.Hear more interviews at  jswilderness5.net.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25149153)

DOUG PEACOCK - More on Grizzlies

Jay talks with Myles Traphagen, Borderlands Program Coordinator for the Wildlands Network. Myles works out of Tucson and has over twenty years of experience working in the borderlands, working to protect endangered species. He has previous experience working on the Ted Turner ranches in New Mexico, monitoring the rangeland. Miles is a graduate of U.C. Santa Cruz and received his masters degree in the Geology Department from the University of Arizona where he did jackrabbit research . Myles talks about the damage done to the borderlands by the Trump Administrations work to build the border wall – and what is being done to restore the landscape.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25149153)

Myles Traphagen - Update on Border Wall

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