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#52 Dr. Jason Ransom - Grizzly Repopulation in the North Cascades
Dr. Jason Ransom is the wildlife program supervisor with the North Cascades National Park Service and adjunct professor at Washington State University School of the en...
#51 Alexandra Climent - Rainforest conservation + Sculpture Artist
Alexandra Climent is a rainforest conservationist, sculptural artist, and the founder of Endangered Rainforest Rescue, a women and Indigenous-led nonprofit organizatio...
#50 Dr. Aaron Adams - Bonefish + Tarpon Trust
Aaron Adams, PhD. has lived, worked, and fished on both coasts of the US, and in the Caribbean, where he has been conducting fish research for more than 25 years. His ...
#49 Skye Steritz - Noble Ocean Farms
Skye Steritz is a small business owner, an activist and a teacher. She co-owns Noble Ocean Farms with her husband, Sean, which aims to improve both human health and oc...
#48 Peter Gros - Co-Host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Protecting the Wild
Peter Gros is a veteran wildlife expert. As the co-host of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild, Peter Gros shares his love of wildlife and wilderness wi...
#47 Sarah Kathryn + Chance Ruder - Conservation Connection Podcast
Sarah, Kathryn and Chance Ruder are the husband and wife founders of the Conservation Connection podcast. Chance and Sarah Kathryn record rigorous and curious conversa...
SWYL + Conservation Connection Podcast
Hey, friends, just a heads up to let you know I'm going to be on the Conservation Connection podcast tomorrow with hosts Chance and Sarah Kathryn Ruder and then they'r...
#46 Erin Ranney - Wildlife Cinematographer
Erin Ranney is a wildlife cinematographer based in Alaska, Washington State and the Falkland Islands. With a variety of remote field experience, both on boats and land...
#45 Woody Tasch - Founder of the Slow Money Institute + Beetcoin
Woody Tasch is the founder and chairman of the Slow Money Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to catalyzing the flow of capital to local food systems, connecting investor...
#44 AlexAnna Salmon - President of the Igiugig Village Council
AlexAnna Salmon is President of the Igiugig Village Council. She is of Yup’ik and Aleut descent and was raised in the village of Igiugig, Alaska.In 2008, AlexAnna grad...
#43. Stacy Bare - Friends of Grand Rapids Parks + Adventure Not War
Stacy Bare is a husband, father, skier, rafter, surfer and climber. As a veteran of the Iraq war, he co-founded the Great Outdoors Lab (GO Lab) in 2014 to put scientif...
#42 Ash Rodriguez - Cookbook Author, Co-Creator + Host of Kitchen Unnecessary
Ash Rodriguez is a Seattle-based award winning food writer and photographer. She is the author of three cookbooks; Date Night In, Let’s Stay In, and Rooted Kitchen - w...
#41 - Robert Miller - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law - ASU
In this episode, Mark sits down for a compelling discussion with Indian Law expert, Robert Miller. Bob’s areas of expertise are Federal Indian Law, American Indians an...
#40 - Amy Gulick - Author of The Salmon Way
Amy Gulick is an award-winning nature photographer and writer. She is the author of celebrated books, The Salmon Way and Salmon In The Trees. This is one of the riches...
#39 - Ashley Koff RD
Ashley Koff, RD is Maine based, registered dietician who has seen it all. Ashley started on the other side of the divide with respect to holistic nutrition, in the big...
#38 - Leah Warshawski & Todd Soliday
Todd Soliday and Leah Warshawski spent a good portion of last week in the air, filming the wonder and fury of Mauna Loa, the world’s largest volcano erupting in Hawaii...
#37 - Tom Colicchio
Tom Colicchio was a co-founder of Bravo’s wildly popular, Top Chef reality-tv show. He’s also the chef and owner of Crafted Hospitality, which currently includes New Y...
#36 - Tim Troll - Executive Director, Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust
Tim Troll came to Alaska in 1978 as a VISTA volunteer lawyer and was assigned to an office in Bethel, a remote Yup’ik Indigeous community in Southwestern Alaska. Afte...
#35 - Phil Davis - Author, Salmon Activist
Phil Davis and his wife, Cathy moved to the Methow Valley in Washington State and fell in love. Not just with the land, but with the people and the history of this pla...
#34 - Nanci Morris Lyon - Owner, Bear Trail Lodge
Nanci Morris Lyon is a pioneer in the fly-fishing world. She's a decades-long champion for Bristol Bay and she's a good friend to SWYL host, Mark Titus. Nanci housed a...
#33 - Tom Douglas - James Beard Award-Winning Chef
Tom Douglas is a James beard award-winning chef and restaurateur based in Seattle. If you live in the PNW, chances are you've encountered Tom at one of his restaurants...
#32 - Dr. Jen McIntyre - Professor of Aquatic Ecology, Washington State University
Dr. Jen McIntyre is a professor of aquatic ecology for the Washington State University’s Puyallup division. Mark and Jen break down her work with stormwater runoff and...
#31 - Joel Reynolds – Western Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
On today's episode host, Mark Titus and Joel talk about Joel's work as a film producer and activist. Joel's award-winning film, Sonic Sea tackles the inordinate amount...
#30 - Kel Moody - Director of Salmon Nation's Festival of What Works
Kel Moody is an architect of place. They are the director of Salmon Nation's weeklong Festival of What Works, November 2nd-7th, 2021. Mark and Kel discuss what to expe...
#29 - Guido Rahr - CEO Wild Salmon Center
Guido Rahr is the president and CEO of the Wild Salmon Center a non-profit responsible for securing protection of 3 million acres of salmon habitat across the Pacific ...
#28 - Dr. Jennifer Galvin, Public Health Scientist and Filmmaker
A public health scientist by training, Dr. Jennifer Galvin left a fast-track academic career path to pursue filmmaking. She had a knack for finding narrative in the nu...
#27 - Kyle Gleason, Bristol Bay Commercial Fisherman
Kyle and SWYL host, Mark Titus met at a screening of The Breach back in 2015 at the San Francisco aquarium. Kyle’s a Bristol Bay commercial fisherman who knows tons ab...
#26 - Olivia Watkins, President of Black Farmers Fund
Olivia Watkins is a force. Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in 2020, Olivia is the co-founder and president of Black Farmer Fund, a thriving organization in New York creat...
#25 - Linda Behnken - Heinz-Award Winning Ocean-Warrior
Linda Behnken is a Heinz-Award winning Ocean-Warrior based in Sitka, Alaska. Teresa Heinz, Chairman of the Heinz Family Foundation said about her: “Linda’s success in ...
#24 - Ian Gill - Co-creator of Salmon Nation
Ian Gill is a writer, critic, bookseller, conservationist and co-creator of Salmon Nation, a bioregional network I am a proud member and resident of. Ian is also Princ...