Wildlife Wire
Tune in each week as wildlife advocates Samantha Miller and Mark Surls deliver the top 4 wildlife stories making waves across the U.S. and chat with humans making a difference for wild animals. From Florida panthers to Washington orcas and Colorado wolves to Montana grizzlies, Wildlife Wire is your go-to podcast for wildlife news and the humans who care about animals.
Episodes
Join Sam and Mark as they dive into the top wildlife news stories of the week, including:
Join Mark and Sam for the top wildlife news stories including coyotes in cemeteries, ticks on the move, not killing coyotes in the springtime, and the most epic videos of wildlife on an elk carcass!
Learn more about tick impacts on wildlife here. A kid friendly coyote story here.Keegan Kuhn is an acclaimed documentary film director, producer, writer, cinematographer, and composer. His work has sparked global conversations about the environment, health, and animal rights. His films have been executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Joaquin Phoenix. He has challenged industries and inspired countless people to reconsider their impact on the planet and their own well-being. With a passion for storytelling...
Join Mark and Sam as they discuss the top wildlife news, including:
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Join Mark and Sam as they chat with Nick Gevock, the Sierra Club's Campaign Organizing Strategist for the Northern Rockies. The discussion revolves around ethical hunting, public lands, and the privatization of wildlife.
Join Mark and Sam as they dive into top wildlife news stories of the week, including:
- Smiling Salamanders learn to live
- Money up for grabs!
- Lead poisoned bald eagles
- Hellbenders need help
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On this episode, we are joined by the executive producer of The Snake and The Whale, Scott Levy. This film won Best Feature at this year's Colorado Environmental Film Festival. We dive into why this film is important, some of the characters, and the challenges that resident orcas and wild salmon face because of the Snake River dams.
You can watch the trailer for the film here.
Find out more about the dire situation at https://blue...
Join Mark and Sam for the top wildlife news stories, including:
Michelle Lute is a conservation scientist and advocate with nearly twenty years’ experience in biodiversity conservation on public and private lands around the globe. She dedicates her professional life to promoting human-wildlife coexistence through effective public engagement, equitable participatory processes, and evidence-based decision-making.
Michelle holds a PhD in wildlife management from Michigan State University, an MS in...
We are shifting formats here at the Wildlife Wire! News is coming every Tuesday and Interviews on Thursday. Today's news has the following:
- https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/how-colorados-first-elk-migration-agreement-marks-a-big-step-for-conservation-and-agricultural-productivity
- Billboards celebrate parks, call out DOGE
- Right-way Right Whales
The Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust and the Property and...
Join Mark and Sam for the top wildlife news stories, including:
- New Mexico wildlife agency gets new name and mission
- Cougars coming back to Vermont?
- After 11 more bears killed, judge orders stop to Alaska predator control program
- California California county declares state of emergency over gray wolf activity
Then we are joined by Matt Barnes. Matt is a conservation scientist, rangeland ecologist, and advocate for human-...
Join Mark and Sam for the top wildlife news stories, including:
**Mark said that an animal lacking pigment is melanistic, but they are actually leucistic.**
We will be back to our standard format next week!
Join Mark and Sam for the top wildlife news stories, including:
- The US government’s war on wildlife, explained in 3 charts
- 'Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times
- This cute animal is one of Yosemite’s ‘most dangerous,’ rangers say
- Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film
Then we interview Chris Schadler about eastern coyotes and w...
Join Mark and Sam for the top wildlife news stories, including:
- Feds kill endangered, potentially pregnant, Mexican wolf
- Is killing animals an effective way to regulate populations?
- Why are we afraid of snakes?
- Building bobcat alley in New Jersey
Then, Mark and Sam are joined by Ryan Sedgeley, an advocate for gray wolves and other imperiled species in Colorado for the Endangered Species Coalition.
He holds an M.A. in Env...
Join Mark and Sam for the weekly top wildlife news stories including:
- Trump threatens to revoke tax-exempt status of environmental nonprofits
- Frog, Lizard, Salamander Added to New York’s Endangered Species List
- Patenting woolly mammoths
- Are Dire wolves Pontiacs with a body kit?
- Baby Colossal Squid caught on camera
Then, we are joined by Max Seigal, renowned photographer and biologist, to talk wildlife expeditions, how to...
Join Mark and Sam for the nation's top wildlife news stories, including:
- REI backtracks endorsement
- Demonic sea lions (they can be treated!)
- Colossal Dire Wolf de-extincted
- Italian town welcomes bears
Then, urban wildlife rehabbers Jack Murphy and Katherine McGill join to discuss nonlethal wildlife conflict solutions for folks encountering unwelcome possums, raccoons, squirrels and more!
Join Mark and Sam for the top wildlife news stories including:
- Monarch butterflies get sick from the wrong milkweed
- Landowners in Wyoming paid for elk presence?
- Unlimited wolf hunting bill dies in Montana
- Essay on insights into human wildlife coexistence using indigenous and traditional knowledge
Then, an interview with leading Grizzly Bear expert, Dr. Chris Servheen on how we can support Grizzly Bear recovery in today'...
Join Mark and Sam for the weekly top wildlife news stories including:
- Sharktopus
- Lauren Boebert wants to delist wolves federally
- Point Reyes public access
- Turtle leaps to safety from eagles nest
Then, an interview with Dr. Fred Koontz an ethological zoologist on ethical considerations in wildlife management.
Dr. Koontz has a long, diverse, wildlife career at the Wildlife Conservation Society, Wildlife Trust (now “EcoHe...
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