Teaching the next generation of outdoor leaders

The Sierra Club is suing a powerful California water agency over a deal designed to help save the Colorado River—because the agreement will increase the drying of the Salton Sea, which is itself a growing environmental disaster. Under the water conservation agreement, the Imperial Irrigation District, which holds some of the most senior water rights […]

This is an automatically generated transcript. Please excuse spelling and grammatical errors.  Aaron: Welcome to The Landscape, your show about America’s parks and public lands. I’m Aaron Weiss with the Center For Western Priorities, just outside of a beautiful and still quite warm Denver, Colorado this week. Kate: And I’m Kate Gretzinger in Salt Lake […]

Renowned nature photographer Pete McBride joins Aaron and CWP’s Director of Campaigns and Special Projects Lauren Bogard on the pod to discuss his work documenting the Colorado River. Pete is a photographer, filmmaker, and writer who has been to more than 75 countries on assignment for clients ranging from the National Geographic Society to the […]

Author and outdoors enthusiast McKenzie Long joins Aaron and Kate to chat about her new book, This Contested Land: The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America’s National Monuments. The book is an exploration of national monuments—why they matter, what it takes to create them, and how they impact nearby communities. McKenzie visited 13 national […]

A conversation with Luis Benitez, director of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office. Links mentioned in the show: Headwaters Economics, Federal Lands in the West: Liability or Asset? The history of “This Land is Your Land“