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Rewilding Earth Unplugged

By: John Davis - editor, Susan Morgan - editor
Narrated by: Sarah McEnerney
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Rewilding is restoring natural processes and species, then stepping back so that nature can express its own will. In essence, rewilding means giving the land back to wildlife and wildlife back to the land.

Recalling the late, great Wild Earth journal, this provocative anthology showcases the most notable original articles published by Rewilding Earth (rewilding.org) in 2018. Rewilding Earth Unplugged is an inspiring, informative, and user-friendly manual for how to protect and restore wild places and their residents.

Table of contents:

"Introduction: Rewilding Distilled" by John Davis

Wildlands Philanthropy

"Bringing Back the American Serengeti" by Nicole Rosemarino

"Filling the Arc of Appalachia: Restoring Wildness to Southern Ohio" by Nancy Stranahan

"Safeguarding an Adirondack Wildlife Corridor for Wildlife and People" by Jon Leibowitz

"Rewilding Argentina: Park by Park" by Sofia Heinonen & Luli Masera

Original Ecosystems

"Eastern Old-Growth Forests Then and Now" by Robert T. Leverett

"Working to Restore the American Chestnut" by Sara Fern Fitzsimmons

Wildlands Defense

"Deconstructing Today’s Great Land Grab" by Dave Foreman

"The Attack on the National Park System" by John Miles

"Forest Protection in the Trump Era" by Douglas Bevington

"BLM Under Trump and Zinke: A Disaster for Public Lands" by George Wuerthner

Population

"Why Family Planning Is Good for People and the Planet" by Suzanne York

"Daring to Tell the Truth about Sustainability" by Terry Spahr

Poetry

"The Good News" by Gary Lawless

"Through High Still Air" by Tim McNulty

Coexistence

"The Saga of the Mexican Gray Wolf (El Lobo)" by Dave Parsons

"Wildlife Governance Reform: Where to Begin" by Kirk Robinson & Dave Parsons

"Fostering Wildlife-Friendly Farming and Recognizing Biodiversity as Critical to a Fully Functioning Farm" by Jo Ann Baumgartner

"Bowman Divide Critter Crossing" by Brad Meiklejohn

"WANTED: Missing Cat" by Sherry Nemmers

"The Killing Roads" by Sandra Coveny

Rewilding Initiatives

"Mogollon Wildway Ramble: Field Notes from Scouting a Proposed National Scenic Trail" by Kelly Burke and John Davis

"Following Alice the Moose: Notes from an A2A Reconnaissance Hike" by John Davis

"Facing the Challenges of Dam Removal in Alaska" by Brad Meiklejohn

"Rescuing an Endangered Cactus: Restoring the Santa Fe Cholla" by Nancy Lehrhaupt

"Puma Recovery for Eastern Wildways: A Call to Action" by Chris Spatz and John Laundre

"A National Corridors Campaign for Restoring America the Beautiful" by Michael Soulé

Rewilding Bookstore

"Rewilding at Many Scales: A Book Review Essay" by John Miles

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Starts Off Well, and That's About It

This book starts off with some interesting stories, then launches into a non-ending complaint about politics. That's unhelpful, depressing, and makes people lose hope. There's nothing I can do about elected officials, but there's a lot I can personally do to help the environment. I find the podcast similar to the book - I subscribe to the podcast for the few amazing episodes about the success stories, and delete the other 90% of episodes because I'm not interested in listening to people complain about politics.

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Elevator pitches for non-profits with no real substance

Consists mostly of the kind of information you would expect to find free in the associated websites; lots of sales pitch with minimal science.

Also, it highlights a bunch of projects that claim to value all life, but clearly embrace outdated nativist pseudoscience that favors some organisms over others, even at the cost of functional restoration. Ironic that some of the projects specifically complain about actions like predator eradication efforts while continuing to embrace this same kind of approach to recent-comers.

This is the least worthwhile purchase I’ve made on Audible.

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