How Wild

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  • How Wild hits trails around the country, exploring the meaning of wilderness. A century ago, the U.S. set aside the first official wilderness. You'll hear stories from rangers, scientists, hikers, environmentalists, and Tribal leaders as they grapple with the realities of wilderness on a changing planet, and whether the concept of "wilderness" has ever really existed.
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  • Introducing How Wild

    Introducing How Wild
    Aug 1 2024
    Put on your hiking shoes. Pack some water and snacks. We're heading out on trails around the West to explore the meaning of wilderness and how it's changing.

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    3 mins
  • Untrammeled

    Untrammeled
    Aug 13 2024
    Untrammeled. No, that's not a typo. We don't mean untrampled.
    Wilderness areas are supposed to remain free from human intervention unless absolutely necessary. But in a world where every part of the planet is affected by climate change, how do we decide when to intervene? We're heading off-trail in Sequoia National Park with land managers and environmentalists who are at odds.

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    32 mins
  • Undeveloped

    Undeveloped
    Aug 20 2024
    What do you mean by "undeveloped" — weren't there people living here?

    We're wading through rivers in the nation's first wilderness in New Mexico's Gila National Forest to learn how the idea of capital "W" Wilderness came to be.

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    29 mins

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what is the human role in nature?

This series asks some essential and critical questions, provides a variety of perspectives, and challenges us to think deeply about the whole community of life in which we are participants. it does so with eloquence and should be helpful to the discernment needed to find new ways of living in solidarity with each other and the broader communities of life and life processes that should claim our loyalties, our gratitude and our love.

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