All Land is Beautiful

All Land is Beautiful is a series of conversations around the obvious, and not so obvious, natural beauty of California and beyond. The motivation and nexus to start this podcast comes from an ever-evolving personal perspective shift on what contemporary habitat conservation means and looks like. You see, I, like I believe most people come to experience and perceive what’s good and bad for nature (at least the ones that I have interacted with) are of the mindset that the best we can do for nature is to simply remove ourselves from it and the natural of order of things will sort themselves out. You see a dense forest, you should leave it alone; you see a natural grassy field, well there certainly shouldn’t be any cows or sheep in it, and in that case why don’t we remove all of that old barbed-wire fencing; driving through huge swaths of agricultural land, jeez can you imagine what this all looked like before we turned it into row crops? And while those are all completely legitimate idea

All Land is Beautiful is a science podcast hosted by Marshall Gorham, with 32 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Marshall Gorham hosts All Land is Beautiful, a science show with 32 episodes published.

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  Episode #36

  E30: Landed: The Next Hands on the Land, with Brooks Lamb (American Farmland Trust)

  May 28, 20261h 16mS0

  <p>In this episode, I sit down with American Farmland Trust’s Brooks Lamb to unpack one of the biggest challenges facing agriculture today: the impending transition of 300 million acres of working lands to the next generation of farmers and ranchers.</p> <p>From aging farmers and skyrocketing land costs to succession planning, conservation easements, and the future of working lands, this conversation dives deep into the emotional and economic realities shaping rural America. Brooks shares stories of struggle, resilience, and innovation from farming communities across the country — and explains why protecting farmland isn’t just about food production, but also a...

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  Episode #35

  E29: The Million-Acre Man - Shelton Douthit: How Land Actually Gets Protected

  Apr 23, 20261h 17mS0

  <p>On this episode I sit down with a man who’s helped protect over a million acres of land.</p> <p>But before you picture sweeping landscapes and pristine wilderness, let me stop you—because this story isn’t just about nature. It’s about deals. Contracts. Legal puzzles. And the kind of detective work that happens long before a trail ever opens to the public.</p> <p>From scrambling through decades-old land records, to uncovering buried hazards in the middle of nowhere, to closing high-stakes, high-speed conservation deals—This is the not-so-glamorous behind-the-scenes world of land protection that almost nob...

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  Episode #34

  E28: They Held On, Someone Stepped In: Bringing Back the California Red-Legged Frog, with Rob Grasso (Yosemite NP)

  Mar 26, 20261h 15mS0

  <p>In this episode, I sit down with Yosemite National Park Aquatic Ecologist, Rob Grasso, to unpack the unlikely comeback of the California red-legged frog—a species that nearly vanished from the Sierra Nevada.</p> <p>From a childhood spent watching wetlands disappear in New Jersey to leading one of Yosemite National Park’s most ambitious restoration efforts, Rob shares the winding path that led him to this work—and the moment he realized there may be hope for these frogs after all.</p> <p>What follows is a story of persistence, partnership, and a bit of luck. We dig into t...

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  Episode #33

  E27: The Dirt on Saving Dirt, with Erin Tarr of the Bear Yuba Land Trust

  Feb 26, 20261 hourS0

  <p>In this episode, I sit down with Erin Tarr, Executive Director of the Bear Yuba Land Trust, to explore how community-driven conservation is shaping the future of the Sierra foothills. From our conversation in Grass Valley, we dive into the challenges and opportunities of protecting land in a rapidly growing region where rural landscapes, outdoor recreation, and development pressures collide.</p> <p>Erin shares how the land trust’s work goes far beyond protecting open space — from building connected trail systems and securing farmland for local food production to preserving wildlife habitat and responding directly to community needs. We expl...

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  Episode #32

  E26: Small Land Trust, Big Landscape with Ellie Routt of the Mother Lode Land Trust

  Jan 29, 20261h 1mS0

  <p>In this episode, I sit down with Ellie Routt, executive director of the Mother Lode Land Trust (MLLT), to explore the unique character and on-the-ground work of a land trust serving some of California’s most rural counties—Tuolumne, Alpine, Calaveras, Amador, and El Dorado. Ellie offers a look into the organization’s distinct, community-driven approach to conservation and how it shapes both the land and the people who depend on it.</p> <p>We talk about their flagship property, the C & C Ranch—more than protected open space, it’s a community hub that hosts programs and partnerships ranging fr...

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