On the Move – Details, episodes & analysis

The salmon journey sustains a way of life for people upstream and downstream. Learn what’s standing in the way of salmon migrations and why summoning the will to help them is now more important than ever before. 

References 

⁠On the Move ⁠ 

⁠Migrations in Motion Map ⁠ 

Credits 

Host  

Leah Palmer, Writer/Storyteller, The Nature Conservancy  

Speakers 

Sammy Matsaw Jr., Columbia Basin Program Director, The Nature Conservancy Oregon 

Jason Nuckols, Estuaries and Freshwater Project Manager, The Nature Conservancy Oregon  

Katie Moore, Bristol Bay Conservation Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy Alaska 

Storytelling Team  

Danielle Kagen, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC 

Mitch Maxson, Senior Creative Manager, TNC 

Kate O'Neill, Writer/Editor, TNC 

Erica Simek-Sloniker, Design Specialist, TNC 

Dustin Solberg, Writer/Editor, TNC 

Traci Swift, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC 

Episode Description

Migrations have always inspired us. But our planet is changing. What does that mean for the way animals come and go with the seasons? I decided to find out. 

References

On the Move

Migrations in Motion Map

Credits

Host

Leah Palmer, Writer/Storyteller, The Nature Conservancy

Speakers

Maia Murphy-Williams: Associate director of science, The Nature Conservancy

Josh Lawler: Professor, University of Washington; director of University of Washington Botanic Gardens; co-director of Nature and Health

Dan Majka: Developer, The Nature Conservancy

Storytelling Team

Danielle Kagen, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC

Mitch Maxson, Senior Creative Manager, TNC

Kate O'Neill, Writer/Editor, TNC

Erica Simek-Sloniker, Design Specialist, TNC

Dustin Solberg, Writer/Editor, TNC

Traci Swift, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC

From The Nature Conservancy comes a podcast mini-series about wild animals, their amazing migrations and how people are finding ways to free them up from all the things standing in their way.

On the Move, host Leah Palmer invites you on a journey. Along the way, she meets with top experts to uncover how and why animals are on the move, the things that stand in their way—and how you, yes, even you, can help keep their journeys wild and free.  

Not all birds migrate, but those that do never fail to inspire. High-tech tools now tell us where birds actually go. Can that help the animals we’re trying to save? 

References 

⁠On the Move ⁠ 

⁠Birds of the World  

eBird  

iNaturalist  

“How to Know the Birds: No. 33, Thirty Intense Seconds with an Extreme Robin,” 

Montana’s Norther Great Plains 

Rancher Stewardship Alliance 

Matador Ranch 

Tracy Avery 

Credits 

Host  

Leah Palmer, Writer/Storyteller, The Nature Conservancy  

Speakers 

Ted Floyd, American Birding Association Magazine Editor  

Kelsey Molloy, Norther Great Plains Director, TNC in Montana 

Edwin Juarez, Bird Biologist, Arizona Game and Fish Department 

Tully Frain, Conservation Ecologist, Tracy Avery 

Storytelling Team  

Danielle Kagen, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC 

Mitch Maxson, Senior Creative Manager, TNC 

Kate O'Neill, Writer/Editor, TNC 

Erica Simek Sloniker, Design Specialist, TNC 

Dustin Solberg, Writer/Editor, TNC 

Traci Swift, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC 

After every flight, birds need a safe place to land. Migrating birds rely on places to rest and fuel up for the journey ahead, but what happens when a rest stop disappears? 

References 

⁠On the Move ⁠ 

The Humbolt Current: A sea full of life to feed the planet  

TNC Chile  

Credits 

Host  

Leah Palmer, Writer/Storyteller, The Nature Conservancy  

Speakers 

Juan Jose Donoso, Director TNC Chile  

Aaron Mrotek, Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve Manager 

Storytelling Team  

Danielle Kagan, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC 

Mitch Maxson, Senior Creative Manager, TNC 

Kate O'Neill, Writer/Editor, TNC 

Erica Simek Sloniker, Design Specialist, TNC 

Dustin Solberg, Writer/Editor, TNC 

Traci Swift, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC 

Public lands in the West are common ground for us—and the animals we love. One policy expert says caring for animals by giving them the space they need to roam is actually a job for everyone. 

References 

Resilient and Connected Network 

Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States, Volume 4 

Credits 

Host  

Leah Palmer, Writer/Storyteller, The Nature Conservancy  

Speakers 

Nancy Fishbein, Director of Resilient and Connected Lands Program, TNC in Colorado 

Kelsey Schober, Director of Government Affairs, TNC in Alaska 

Storytelling Team  

Danielle Kagen, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC 

Mitch Maxson, Senior Creative Manager, TNC 

Kate O'Neill, Writer/Editor, TNC 

Erica Simek Sloniker, Design Specialist, TNC 

Dustin Solberg, Writer/Editor, TNC 

Traci Swift, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC 

Pronghorn and caribou have endured millennia of change, but what can we do to keep them out of harm’s way in the 21st century? 

References 

Pronghorn 

Pronghorn: Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail⁠ 

How Pronghorn Outran the Ice Age  

Wildlife Express: Pronghorn  

“New Long Distance Migration Route for Pronghorn Found in Idaho”  

Pronghorn Pass photo 

Braiding Sweetgrass, book by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

Pronghorn Photos by Jo Riis 

“Modeling Nature Connectedness Within Environmental Systems: Human-Nature Relationships from 1900 to 2020 and Beyond” by Miles Richardson 

Northern Indigenous Stewardship Circle 

Being Caribou, film by Leanne Allison 

Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges, February 2026 Advocacy Report  

Credits 

Host  

Leah Palmer, Writer/Storyteller, The Nature Conservancy  

Speakers 

Tess O’Sullivan, Land and Water Protection Program Manager, TNC in Idaho 

Dr. Corrina Riginos, Director of Science, TNC in Wyoming  

Amos Scott, Project Director, Northern Indigenous Stewardship Circle 

Leanne Allison, Documentary Filmmaker  

Storytelling Team  

Danielle Kagen, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC 

Mitch Maxson, Senior Creative Manager, TNC 

Kate O'Neill, Writer/Editor, TNC 

Erica Simek Sloniker, Design Specialist, TNC 

Dustin Solberg, Writer/Editor, TNC 

Traci Swift, Digital Marketing Specialist, TNC