The Wild Line

The podcast where land stories are the lead stories. Hosted by Bill Hodge and Anders Reynolds, The Wild Line is a quick Friday digest of the week’s top conservation and public lands policy news in plain language so our community stays informed, engaged and ready to act.

The Wild Line is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 64 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.

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  Episode #64

  Chinook Salmon Return to Mount St. Helens, a Deadly Grand Canyon Flood, and a Renewed Fight for Bears Ears

  Sep 4, 202616 min

  This week, Chinook salmon return to the Mount St. Helens watershed for the first time since the 1980 eruption, while the Trump administration weighs handing a piece of Yosemite National Park to a private developer and conservation groups head back to court over the reduced Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. We also cover a deadly flash flood that shut down the bottom of the Grand Canyon, a halted data center on Nevada public land, a rollback of national park crowd control, and a Climate Week panel on Southern Appalachian wildlife. Full show notes and links at our website, thewildidea.com. Support our show with a one-time or recurring gift through Buy Me a Coffee.

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  Episode #63

  Endangered Species Rallies Head to the Gulf, Forest Service Travel Rule Upheaval, and Nevada Takes on the Colorado River Cuts

  Aug 28, 20268 min

  This week, the Forest Service proposes to flip its travel management rule, opening national forests to motorized vehicles everywhere except specifically closed areas. Nevada sues the federal government over Colorado River cuts that could slash its water allocation by up to 71 percent annually, and Gulf Coast advocates rally this weekend to defend endangered species from an oil-and-gas exemption to the Endangered Species Act. We also cover record glyphosate use on California's national forests, a reshuffling of dozens of senior career staff at the Interior Department, a Texas music compilation raising money for the Big Bend Conservation Alliance, and the close of National Park Week. Full show notes and links at our website, thewildidea.com. Support our show with a one-time or recurring gift through Buy Me a Coffee .

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  Episode #62

  USDA Moves to Rescind the Roadless Rule, Mining Claims Surface in Downsized Utah Monuments, and Minnesota Acts to Protect the Boundary Waters

  Aug 21, 202616 min

  This week, USDA opens a public comment period on its plan to rescind the Roadless Rule, which protects close to 45 million acres of National Forest. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issues new state-level protections for the Boundary Waters watershed, and mining claims surface inside Utah's downsized Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments as Senator Mike Lee moves to challenge Bears Ears' management plan. We also cover a federal court blocking a road through Alaska's Izembek refuge, a paused CBP border project in Big Bend, scrutiny of a Forest Service official's firefighting request near his own ranch, proposed winter access changes at Glacier National Park, and a plug for the new podcast On Common Ground: An American Inheritance . Full show notes and links at our website, thewildidea.com .

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  Episode #61

  Final Hours to Comment on Wilderness Policy, a Data Center Eyes National Park Land, and Bulldozers Carve Through Big Bend

  Aug 14, 202614 min

  This week, USDA nears a draft decision on rescinding the Roadless Rule, which protects 48 million acres of National Forest land, and today is the final day to comment on a related Interior Department review of wilderness management policy. President Trump has nominated Project 2025 co-author Dennis Kirk as Interior's inspector general, and new reporting reveals the National Park Service is weighing a land swap that would clear the way for data center development inside Virginia's Prince William Forest Park. We also cover a muted offshore oil lease auction in the Gulf of Mexico, continued construction on the Big Bend National Park border road, and honor the wildland firefighters killed in this summer's intense fire season. Full show notes and links at our website, thewildidea.com . Support our show with a one-time or recurring gift through Buy Me a Coffee .

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  Episode #60

  A New Management Plan for the Colorado River, BLM Approves Data Center on Public Land, and Forest Service Initiates ICE Raid

  Aug 7, 202618 min

  This week, the Bureau of Reclamation releases a new 10-year Colorado River management plan mandating major water cuts across Arizona, California, and Nevada, while the Bureau of Land Management approves the first data center on BLM-managed public land without a new environmental review. The Forest Service opens a 30-day comment period on a proposed rare earth mine near Devils Tower, and new reporting reveals Forest Service Law Enforcement participated in an ICE raid along North Carolina's Wilson Creek. We also cover escalating fallout over the shrunken Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments, NOAA's denial of Endangered Species Act protection for smalltail sharks, Texas lawmakers pushing back on border construction through Big Bend National Park, and new polling on public attitudes toward wildlife policy. Find the full show notes and links at thewildidea.com.

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