Explore every episode of the podcast The Wolf Connection
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| Episode #189 Taylor Rabe - Wildlife Technician, Yellowstone National Park | 30 Aug 2024 | 01:02:53 | |
Taylor Rabe has been a Wildlife Technician in Yellowstone National Park for the Wolf, Cougar and Elk Projects for over 2 1/2 years. She is also the Inaugural Fellow for Conservation Nation. | |||
| Episode #188 Marc Bekoff - The Emotional Lives of Animals | 24 Aug 2024 | 01:17:01 | |
Marc Bekoff is a professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Marc has published 31 books and has won many awards for his research on animal behavior, animal emotions (cognitive ethology), compassionate conservation, and animal protection. He has worked closely with Jane Goodall as co-chair of the ethics committee of the Jane Goodall Institute, and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. | |||
| Episode #179 Ashley Avis - UPDATE: Filming at Wolf Connection, "A Cry for the Wild" rally in Washington, D.C. | 07 Jun 2024 | 00:20:20 | |
Screenwriter, director and producer Ashley Avis came back to Wolf Connection for the second time in 2 weeks! Ashley filmed at Wolf Connection for the new initiative, A Cry for the Wild, which will culminate in a 3-day event & rally for wolves and wildlife in Washington, D.C. this month. She also disclosed information about the next steps in the new film project, American Wolf. | |||
| Episode #89 Kira Cassidy & Connor Meyer - Toxoplasmosis in Wolves | 09 Sep 2022 | 01:14:00 | |
Kira Cassidy has been a Biologist and Research Associate for Yellowstone Forever for over a decade. Connor Meyer is a PhD Student in Wildlife Biology at the University of Montana. | |||
| Episode #88 Julia Huffman - Today As I Run & The Wild One | 01 Sep 2022 | 01:05:29 | |
Julia Huffman is an award winning independent documentary filmmaker who produced Medicine of the Wolf. Her latest works include the animated story Today As I Run, andThe Wild One, based on an excerpt from Jim Brandenburg's book Brother Wolf. | |||
| Episode #87 Bridgett VonHoldt - Genomic Studies in Wolves & 'Ghost' Genes | 26 Aug 2022 | 01:20:48 | |
Bridgett VonHoldt is the Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. She has been studying ecological epigenomics which address the ecological and evolutionary questions regarding animals adaptations & response to selection. | |||
| Episode #86 Ryan Devereaux - Rocky Mountain Massacre | 18 Aug 2022 | 01:12:16 | |
Ryan Devereaux has been an investigative journalist for The Intercept for almost a decade. His piece titled "Rocky Mountain Massacre", details the events leading up to, during, and after the recent wolf hunt in Montana. | |||
| Episode #85 Aaron Bott - Wolf Roots in the West | 12 Aug 2022 | 01:07:51 | |
Aaron Bott is a Wildlife Biologist and a PhD student at Utah State University studying wolves across the American West. He has recently become an Associate Researcher for the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative. Aaron's family roots in the American West date back into the mid-1800's where they have lived ever since. | |||
| Episode #84 Bernd Blossey - The Impact of Wolves & Deer Across Ecosystems | 05 Aug 2022 | 01:13:01 | |
Bernd Blossey has been a Professor of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University for almost 30 years. His research has involved assessing impacts of deer on ecosystems and how large carnivores may, or may not, aid in ecosystem recovery. Another focus of Bernd’s work is addressing the responsibility and accountability of humans on the conservation and management of these species. | |||
| Episode #82 Arthur Lefo - Wolves & Conservational Photography | 21 Jul 2022 | 01:12:08 | |
Arthur Lefo is a French-American wildlife and conservation photographer, writer, nature guide and storyteller. His inspiring visual arts work has captured the attention of global audiences and has been featured by acclaimed outlets such as National Geographic & World Wildlife Fund. | |||
| Episode #81 Wolves of the Rockies - Wolf Management in Montana, Idaho & Colorado | 15 Jul 2022 | 01:13:30 | |
Marc Cooke and Kim Bean are the President and Vice President of the non-profit organization Wolves of the Rockies. Since 2011, their mission has been to protect and defend wolves from Yellowstone & the Rocky Mountains while trying to enact positive change for all wolves across the country. | |||
| Wolf Tales - Edward Amaya, Wolf Connection Program Assistant | 01 Jul 2022 | 00:06:41 | |
Wolf Tales is where you'll hear stories from Wolf Connection's staff and volunteers about their experiences. We'll also be speaking with musicians, artists, photographers and videographers about how the wolf has impacted their work. | |||
| Episode #178 Ashley Avis - American Wolf | 31 May 2024 | 00:34:21 | |
Ashley Avis is a screenwriter, director and producer of 6 feature films and is the President of The Wild Beauty Foundation. She is the writer, director and editor for Black Beauty on Disney+ and directed the award winning documentary Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West. | |||
| Wolf Tales - Renee Alfero, Wolf Connection Lead of Pack Behavior | 24 Jun 2022 | 00:13:45 | |
Wolf Tales is where you'll hear stories from Wolf Connection's staff and volunteers about their experiences. We'll also be speaking with musicians, artists, photographers and videographers about how the wolf has impacted their work. | |||
| Episode #80 Project Coyote - Promoting Compassionate Conservation Nationwide | 17 Jun 2022 | 01:16:16 | |
Welcome to the 100th episode of The Wolf Connection Podcast! Thank you to all our guests and listeners who have been along for the journey. Here's to the next 100 episodes and beyond! HOWLS! | |||
| Episode #79 Brenna Cassidy - Effects of State Harvest on the Wolves of Yellowstone | 10 Jun 2022 | 01:16:50 | |
Brenna Cassidy is a PhD Candidate at the University of Montana where she is studying the recent effects of Montana's wolf harvest on the packs in Yellowstone National Park. Her research is vital to understanding how humans can impact the survival of wolves that live most of their lives inside Yellowstone. | |||
| Episode #78 Rick McIntyre - The Redemption of Wolf 302 | 03 Jun 2022 | 01:00:05 | |
Rick McIntyre has been watching wolves for over 40 years, with 25 of those years in Yellowstone National Park. Rick has spent more time documenting wolves in the wild than almost anyone, surpassing 9,000 days in the field with over 100,000 sightings in that time. | |||
| Episode #77 Cheryl Alexander - The Story of Takaya | 27 May 2022 | 01:18:09 | |
Cheryl Alexander is an environmental photographer with a focus on wilderness. She is increasing the awareness of the natural world and encouraging a sustainable human relationship with the earth. She has authored the book Takaya: Lone Wolf that chronicled the journey of a sea wolf on a group of uninhabited islands in British Colombia's Salish Sea. | |||
| Wolf Tales - Kacey Manjarrez, Wolf Connection Development Assistant & Volunteer | 20 May 2022 | 00:06:59 | |
Wolf Tales is where you'll hear stories from Wolf Connection's staff and volunteers about their experiences. We'll also be speaking with musicians, artists, photographers and videographers about how the wolf has impacted their work. | |||
| Episode #76 Brad Orsted - Tragedy and Redemption in the Wild | 14 May 2022 | 01:10:57 | |
Brad Orsted is an award-winning conservation and wildlife filmmaker, photographer and writer. He has spent the better part of a decade sharing stories of the wild through the lens of his camera, podcast and upcoming memoir due out in 2023. | |||
| Episode #75 Laurie McConnell - Pacific Wild and Sea Wolves of British Columbia | 06 May 2022 | 01:17:35 | |
Laurie McConnell is the Director of Community and Systems for Pacific Wild. She also is the Wolf Campaigner for Save BC Wolves which is working to stop the wolf cull and resist ongoing efforts to escalate the persecution of wolves across the province. | |||
| Episode #74 Daniel Curry - G.R.I.P.H. Ecotourism and Conservation | 29 Apr 2022 | 00:39:04 | |
Daniel Curry joins us once more to talk about the expansion of his business into ecotourism. He is inviting guests to go on guided trail rides, photography tours and be a range rider for a day, all in the name of conservation and coexistence. | |||
| Episode #73 Cara McGary & Casey Anderson - Wild Livelihoods Business Coalition | 22 Apr 2022 | 00:53:35 | |
Casey Anderson is the Creative Director of VisionHawk Films, an Emmy nominated filmmaker, explorer and adventurer. Cara McGary is the owner of In Our Nature Guiding Services and has a Masters in Biology. | |||
| Episode #177 Cara Love - Wolves of Chernobyl | 24 May 2024 | 00:46:28 | |
Cara Love is an Evolutionary Biologist and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. She has been studying wolves in the exclusion zone of Chernobyl for over a decade. Cara’s goal is to help further our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary ramifications anthropogenic stressors have on wildlife populations. | |||
| Wolf Tales - Elena Albanese, Wolf Connection Manager of Pack Services | 15 Apr 2022 | 00:12:39 | |
Wolf Tales is where you'll hear stories from Wolf Connection's staff and volunteers about their experiences. We'll also be speaking with musicians, artists, photographers and videographers about how the wolf has impacted their work. | |||
| Episode #72 Maggie Howell - Wolf Conservation Center | 08 Apr 2022 | 01:01:44 | |
Maggie Howell has been the Executive Director of the Wolf Conservation Center since 2013. They are a not-for-profit environmental education organization working to protect and preserve wolves in North America through science-based education, advocacy, and participation in the federal recovery and release programs for two critically endangered wolf species - the Mexican gray wolf and the red wolf. | |||
| Episode #71 Gary Skiba - Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Updates | 01 Apr 2022 | 01:02:51 | |
For over two decades Gary Skiba was a Wildlife Biologist for the Colorado Division of Wildlife. He is now the Wildlife Manager for the San Juan Citizens Alliance. | |||
| Episode #70 Erin Johnston & Austin Ayres - The KBIC, Michigan Wolves & Tribal Influence on Wildlife Management | 25 Mar 2022 | 01:09:06 | |
Erin Johnston is a Biologist and Wildlife Lead for the Natural Resources Department in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC). Austin Ayres is a Wildlife Technician and a KBIC Tribal Member. | |||
| Episode #69 Louise Liebenberg - Predator Friendly Ranching in Canada | 18 Mar 2022 | 01:03:57 | |
Louise Liebenberg has been a rancher in Alberta, Canada since 2008 after immigrating from Europe. | |||
| Episode #68 Matt Barnes - Predator & Livestock Coexistence Management | 11 Mar 2022 | 01:03:51 | |
Matt Barnes is a Rangeland Scientist who continues to study and apply methods for livestock & predator coexistence management in the western United States. | |||
| Episode #67 Dan MacNulty - The Effects of Wolf Hunts on Ecosystems | 04 Mar 2022 | 01:07:53 | |
Dan MacNulty is an Associate Professor at Utah State University. He has focused his research on the long-term collaborative study of carnivores, ungulates, and woody-deciduous plants in northern Yellowstone National Park since 1995. | |||
| Episode #66 Raymond Toney - The Colorado Howl & Colorado Wolf Reintroduction | 25 Feb 2022 | 01:03:09 | |
Raymond Toney is the voice of The Colorado Howl, a radio program that discusses a wide range of wolf topics as well as the wolf reintroduction taking place in Colorado. | |||
| Episode #65 Hanna Pettersson - Wolves Social Impact Across Europe | 18 Feb 2022 | 01:01:58 | |
Hanna Pettersson is a 4th year PhD Researcher at the University of Leeds. She has a Masters in Biodiversity, Conservation & Management, and for the past few years has been studying the impact of wolves in Spain across different communities. | |||
| Episode #64 Stephen Rivera & John Calfa - Recent Wolf News & Episode Recaps | 12 Feb 2022 | 00:50:30 | |
**UPDATE** After this podcast was recorded, impactful news broke in the wolf community! As of February 10th, a federal judge has reinstated protections for grey wolves under the Endangered Species Act in 44 states, including Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. Wolves in the Northern Rockies (Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana ) were not re-listed as part of the decision. You can read more about the ruling here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/10/climate/wolves-endangered-species-list.html Stephen and John discuss wolf articles pertaining to wolf hunts, impacts on livestock farming and coexistence measures around the United States. They point listeners to key episodes where these topics have been discussed and give updates on future guests. @srprodllc @calfanation Wolf Connection | |||
| Episode #176 Carter Niemeyer - Wolf Tracks #3 | 17 May 2024 | 01:01:08 | |
This is the third edition of 'Wolf Tracks'! We discussed the Cody Robert's fallout in Wyoming, along with other stories pertaining to wolves with Carter Niemeyer. | |||
| Wolf Tales - Laurie Cousins, Program Lead & Volunteer | 04 Feb 2022 | 00:09:07 | |
Wolf Tales is where you'll hear stories from Wolf Connection's staff and volunteers about their experiences. We'll also be speaking with musicians, artists, photographers and videographers about how the wolf has impacted their work. | |||
| Episode #63 Tom McNamee - Wolf Hunts in the Western United States | 29 Jan 2022 | 00:48:24 | |
Tom McNamee has authored multiple books, including The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone & The Killing of Wolf Number Ten. He recently penned a guest essay in the New York Times describing the current wolf hunts in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. | |||
| Episode #62 Vicente Palacios - Iberian Wolves & Coexistence in Spain | 21 Jan 2022 | 00:58:47 | |
Vicente Palacios has been studying Iberian wolves in Spain for over 20 years. | |||
| Wolf Tales - Matt Thomas, Wolf Connection Volunteer | 07 Jan 2022 | 00:10:18 | |
Wolf Tales is where you'll hear stories from Wolf Connection's staff and volunteers about their experiences. We'll also be speaking with musicians, artists, photographers and videographers about how the wolf has impacted their work. | |||
| Episode #61 Barbara Marti - Wolf Communication in North America & Spain | 31 Dec 2021 | 00:57:03 | |
It's our first international episode! | |||
| Wolf Tales - Morgan Heim, Photojournalist & Conservationist | 23 Dec 2021 | 00:54:57 | |
Wolf Tales is where you'll hear stories from Wolf Connection's staff and volunteers about their experiences. We'll also be speaking with musicians, artists, photographers and videographers about how the wolf has impacted their work. | |||
| Wolf Tales - Julie Argyle, Wildlife Photographer | 03 Dec 2021 | 01:08:41 | |
Wolf Tales is where you'll hear stories from Wolf Connection's staff and volunteers about their experiences. We'll also be speaking with musicians, artists, photographers and videographers about how the wolf has impacted their work. | |||
| Episode #60 Tom Gable - Voyageurs Wolf Project | 26 Nov 2021 | 00:59:18 | |
Tom Gable is the Project Lead for the Voyageurs Wolf Project based in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem in Northern Minnesota. One of their main goals is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the summer ecology of wolves. | |||
| Wolf Tales - Ted Heistman, Artist and Sculptor | 19 Nov 2021 | 00:34:10 | |
Wolf Tales is where you'll hear stories from Wolf Connection's staff and volunteers about their experiences. We'll also be speaking with musicians, artists, photographers and videographers about how the wolf has impacted their work. | |||
| Episode #59 Jon T. Coleman - Vicious: Wolves and Men In America | 12 Nov 2021 | 00:54:13 | |
Jon T. Coleman is a Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He has authored 3 books including Vicious: Wolves and Men in America which documents the fraught relationship between early American settlers and wolves over three centuries. | |||
| Episode #175 Bill Watkins - Denali Wolf Tourism Impacts | 09 May 2024 | 00:54:55 | |
Bill Watkins has been part of the Transportation System and Wilderness Tour Guide at Denali National Park for over 30 years. He is also the Administrator for the Denali Wolves group on Facebook, and is a conservation, wildlife and landscape photographer. | |||
| Episode #58 Dan Vermillion - Wolf Hunts & Legislation in Montana | 05 Nov 2021 | 00:58:44 | |
Dan Vermillion was the former Montana Fish & Wildlife Commissioner and Chairman for over 10 years. Dan and other former Commissioners penned a guest essay in the Mountain Journal stating their opposition to Montana's current state regulations regarding wolves. | |||
| Wolf Tales - Monica Stahlmann & Regan Downey, Trumpet the Miracle Wolf Pup | 29 Oct 2021 | 00:44:23 | |
Monica Stahlmann is the author of the children's book Trumpet the Miracle Wolf Pup and Regan Downey is the Director of Education for the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY. | |||
| Wolf Tales - Jen GaNun, Lost Walks and Wolf Reintroduction | 08 Oct 2021 | 00:50:20 | |
Jen GaNun is a vocalist and choreographer for the performance group Lost Walks since their inception in 2014. The group is rooted in movement, music, collaboration and conservation. By partnering with wildlife organizations, they are working to raise awareness, empathy and action toward protecting wolves and returning them to Colorado. | |||
| Episode #57 Marc Cooke & Kim Bean - Wolves of the Rockies | 01 Oct 2021 | 01:14:33 | |
Marc Cooke and Kim Bean are the President and Vice President of the non-profit organization Wolves of the Rockies. Since 2011, their mission has been to protect and defend wolves from Yellowstone & the Rocky Mountains while trying to enact positive change for all wolves across the country. | |||