Land Ethic
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
#44 Lakhan Clark
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lakhan Clark is an outdoorsman and writer from Auckland, New Zealand. He's passionate about connecting to the natural world through the pursuit of wil...
#43 Robert Kent
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Kent is the Texas State Director for The Trust for Public Land, where he leads a team of colleagues and volunteers working to make the health, ...
#42 Dr. Jason LaBelle
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jason LaBelle is a professor of anthropology at Colorado State University. He is the director of a research lab called the Center for Mountain and...
#41 Seth Wilson
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Wilson is the Executive Director of the Blackfoot Challenge, a leading collaborative conservation group based in western Montana. As an applied c...
#40 Jaden Bales
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jaden Bales is a sportsman and western hunting tag expert from Wyoming. He’s written for outdoor media websites like Rokslide and Modern Huntsman, a...
#39 Dr. Mark Elbroch
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Elbroch is a scientist, tracker, writer, and storyteller. His is the lead scientist for the Puma Program at Panthera, a global nonprofit focu...
#38 Steph Williams
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Williams (her friends call her Steph) is a mountain guide, field biologist, and co-founder of the Cascades Wolverine Project. She has over a...
#37 Kenyon Fields
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kenyon Fields is a conservationist and rancher from western Colorado. His background is in conservation biology and landscape scale conservation plan...
#36 Helena Norberg-Hodge
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Helena Norberg-Hodge is a Linguist, author and film maker. She is the founder and director of the international non-profit organization, Local Futures...
#35 Jeff Laszlo
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Laszlo is a fourth-generation owner of the Granger Ranches, a 13,000-acre cattle ranch in Montana’s Madison Valley. Over the past 20 years or s...
#34 Hallie Mahowald
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hallie Mahowald is the programs director for Western Landowners Alliance, a landowner-led group that advances policies and practices that sustain work...
#33 Travis Custer
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Travis Custer is the executive director of the Montezuma Land Conservancy, a Southwest Colorado land trust established in 1998 in the town of Cortez. ...
#32 Nelson Mathews
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nelson Mathews is the Vice President of Western Rivers Conservancy, a group whose slogan is “Sometimes, in order to save a river, you have to buy it...
#31 Juan Carlos Bravo
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Juan Carlos Bravo is the Conservation Director of Wildlands Network. Until recently, he led their efforts in Mexico and the borderlands region, where ...
#30 Vanessa Caldarelli
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa Caldarelli is the president of EcoEra, a conservation group protecting 7,500 acres of rainforest in one of the most biodiverse regions of Cost...
#29 Whit Fosburgh
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whit Fosburgh is the president and CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, an organization dedicated to advancing America’s legacy o...
#28 Kristy Bly
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kristy Bly works for World Wildlife Fund's Northern Great Plains Program as their Black-footed Ferret Restoration Manager. She’s involved in conserv...
#27 Jason Lauritsen
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Lauritsen is the Chief Conservation Officer for the Florida Wildlife Corridor, where he and his colleagues are helping to connect, protect and r...
#26 Gabe Brown
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gabe Brown is one of the pioneers of the current soil health movement, and a proponent of regenerative agriculture. He’s the author of Dirt to Soil:...
#25 Jess Johnson
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jess Johnson leads Wyoming Wildlife Federation's efforts on behalf of wildlife through policy and local advocacy. She grew up ranching in Montana, Nor...
#24 Natalie Dawson
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Dawson is the executive director of Audubon Alaska, a conservation organization dedicated to protecting habitat for Alaska’s birds and wildl...
#23 Kristine Tompkins
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kristine Tompkins is the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation, and former CEO of Patagonia Clothing Company. For nearly thirty years, she...
#22 Kurt Holtzen
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kurt Holtzen is a senior field advisor for the Wood River Wolf Project, based in central Idaho. He has 20 years of agriculture experience and a decade...
#21 Matt Brown
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Brown is the Managing Director of Global Conservation at The Nature Conservancy, and oversees their conservation initiatives in 59 countries acro...
#20 Preston McKelvey
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Preston McKelvey is a co-owner of Wild Willow Outfitters, a hunting and fishing guide service offering excursions in the Roaring Fork Valley and throu...
#19 Nephi Craig
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chef Nephi Craig is a White Mountain Apache who is interested in the development and preservation of Native American foodways. He is the founder of th...
#18 Will Harris
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will Harris is the owner of White Oak Pastures, a nearly 5,000 acre farm in southern Georgia that raises 10 species of livestock and produces organic ...
#17 Danny Christensen
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Christensen is a Danish photographer and director based in Northern Italy. While working and living in New York City, he began a project called ...
#16 Brian Yablonski
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Yablonski is the CEO of the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) based in Bozeman, Montana. PERC is a 40 year old research institute ...
#15 Tara Chapman
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tara Chapman is a beekeeper and beekeeping consultant from central Texas. After 10 years working in the Middle East for the C.I.A and other U.S. count...
#14 Dan Flores
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Flores is a writer and historian who specializes in cultural and environmental history of the American West. He has written ten books, most recent...
#13 Tyler Sharp
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Sharp is the CEO and Editor in Chief for Modern Huntsman, a print publication and lifestyle brand based in Livingston, Montana. His career as a ...
#12 Pam Houston
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pam Houston is a Western author of short stories, novels, and essays. She teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts, is a Professor of English ...
#11 J. Drew Lanham
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. J. Drew Lanham is an author, ornithologist, and professor of wildlife ecology at Clemson University. His research focuses on songbird ecology, as ...
#10 Alison Fox
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Fox is the CEO of American Prairie Reserve, a nonprofit working to create the largest nature reserve in the contiguous United States. With an u...
#9 Connor Coleman
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor Coleman is a land management consultant based in the Roaring Fork Valley near Carbondale, CO. His interdisciplinary experiences in wildland fir...
#8 Shane Hardy
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Hardy is the ecology director at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. He grew up in the Hudson River town of Nyack, NY, and has worked o...
#7 Taylor Collins
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Taylor Collins owns ROAM Ranch in Fredericksburg, TX, with his wife Katie Forrest. After selling their company, Epic Provisions, to General Mills in 2...
#6 Dr. Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen, Ph.D. is a leading authority on edible and medicinal plants in Texas. He grew up in the wilds of Minnesota, wher...
#5 Josh Crumpton
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Crumpton is the owner and operator of Spoke Hollow Outfitters, and the primary steward of Spoke Hollow Ranch. He is also the host of the Sporting...
#4 Ruben Cantu
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ruben Cantu is a Certified Wildlife Biologist & Certified Professional in Rangeland Management. He spent 27 years with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Depa...
#3 Chris Wood
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Wood is the President and CEO of Trout Unlimited. Before joining TU in September 2001, Chris served as the senior policy and communications advi...
#2 Daron Joffe
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daron "Farmer D" Joffe is the founder of Famer D organics and Farmer D Consulting, where he designs and builds biodynamic farms and gardens all over N...
#1 Duke Phillips III
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the inaugural episode of Land Ethic, I spoke with Duke Phillips III, CEO and founder of Ranchlands. Duke and his family manage over 300,000 acres o...