Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast with Hal Herring
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Listeners of the podcast will remember a number of dam-focused episodes over the past few years, Free the Ocklawaha (Florida) and Snake River Dams (Idaho, Columbia River basin) to name just two. But the issue of dams – the blocking of the arterial systems of the earth – is not about just a few high-profile cases. More than 800,000 dams across the planet have destroyed river systems, extirpated vast runs of native fish, displaced millions of human beings and drowned priceless farmlands, forests, prairies and wetlands. The delusion that we can plug living river systems and somehow turn them into money has perverted politics and economies and stolen the wealth of nations, hoarding it into the hands of the privileged and well-connected few. The story of dams – an incredible tale of careless hubris, blatant corruption and tragically bad ideas – is one [stevenhawleyauthor.com]Steven Hawley has been chronicling its unfolding for decades now, long enough to see a new clarity rising, and with it a growing movement to remove old dams and restore the free-flowing energies and arterial systems of our planet. Hawley’s new book, Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World, chronicles this history and future. Each success (and there are many of them) brings into stark focus the path forward, restoring rivers and fish runs and floodplains, reawakening the deep relationship between humankind and the waters that sustain us. Join Hal and Steven for a spirited exploration of one of the most critical issues of our time.
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 179: Justinn Overton, Executive Director of the Coosa Riverkeeper
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 178: One of the West’s Most Powerful Voices for Conservation: Tom Reed
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 177: Salmon Source to Sea Expedition with Libby Tobey and Hailey Thompson
Bonus Episode: The Public Lands in Public Hands Act
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 176: Deer in the Southwest with Jim Heffelfinger
Ep. 175: Outdoor Investigative Journalism: From Lyme Disease to Endangered Species with Jimmy Tobias
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 174: Venomous Snakes, Local Hunting and more with Dr. Chris Jenkins
Bonus Episode: The Largest Public Lands Conservation Opportunity in Our Lifetime
Episode 173: BHA 2023 Federal Policy Roundup with BHA Government Relations Manager Kaden McArthur
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 172: We Can Do This, One Person at a Time with Douglas Tallamy
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 171: The Conservation History of George Washington Carver with Mark Hersey
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 170: Poet, Author, Hunter, Angler and Forager Erin M. Block
BHA Podcast & Blast, Episode 169: Mouthful of Feathers
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 168: Paving Paradise: Alaska’s Ambler Road
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 167: BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 167: Public Lands, Wild Game Cooking, Hunting, Angling and Conservation – Live from the Texas Hill Country
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 165: Public Lands Stewardship in California and Colorado
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 164: Dave Simonett of Trampled by Turtles
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 163: The Southeast Grasslands Institute
BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 162: Ben Long, The Hunter & Angler Field Guide to Raising Hell
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