Letting Wildlife ROAM: Eco Journalist Hillary Rosner's Book on Repairing Our Fractured World for Wild Animals

About this episode

Hillary Rosner discusses her book on repairing habitats for wildlife and the human efforts involved in conservation.

From taking down barbed-wire fences for pronghorn and elk In Wyoming and elephants in Kenya, to letting wetland water flow naturally in South Florida for wading birds and fish, to creating 'agave highways' for migrating birds to refuel in New Mexico, to designing spaces with wildlife in mind everywhere, journalist Hillary Rosner shares her insights on how humans are helping stitch back together fragmented and degraded habitats for wild animals globally in her new book "ROAM: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World" (published with gorgeous photography in 2025 by Patagonia Press on 100% recycled non-bleached paper). See Hillary's website at https://hillaryr.net/ In this 50-minute interview, In Tune to Nature radio host Carrie Freeman especially enjoys talking with Hillary (who works at Univ of Colorado's Center for Environmental Journalism) about lessons from the places in the USA they both went to work on books on wildlife -- the rapidly developing/growing areas of the Yellowstone National Park region in Montana and Wyoming, and South Florida's Everglades National Park/Big Cypress region in Southwest Florida. Hillary describes how the Corkscrew Sanctuary in…

People in this episode

Host: Carrie Freeman

Guest: Hillary Rosner

Topics covered

• wildlife conservation
• habitat restoration
• environmental journalism
• human impact on nature
• sustainable practices

Keywords

• wild animals
• habitat fragmentation
• environmental journalism
• conservation efforts
• agave highways
• wetland restoration
• Corkscrew Sanctuary
• Yellowstone National Park
• Everglades
• Patagonia Press

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Univ of Colorado's Center for Environmental Journalism, Patagonia Press

Books & works: ROAM: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World

Places: Wyoming, Kenya, South Florida, New Mexico, Montana, Everglades National Park, Big Cypress

More episodes of In Tune to Nature Podcast

• Saving Wildlife on Cumberland Island National Seashore: Kelly Cox at Defenders of Wildlife · May 31, 2026 · 30 min
• The Most Influential Wildlife Conservationists You've Never Heard of: George & Kay Schaller's Groundbreaking Life by Biographer Miriam Horn · May 3, 2026 · 49 min
• Embracing a Human Animal Earthling Identity to Unify Progressive Causes: Melody Interviews Carrie about her book · April 22, 2026 · 51 min
• Saving America's Top 10 Most Endangered Public Lands: Stephanie Pearson Explains the Political, Corporate, & Ecological Threats · March 28, 2026 · 50 min
• How Can a Sentientist Philosophy Improve the World? Guest Jamie Woodhouse Combines Reason with Compassion for All Sentient Beings · March 1, 2026 · 46 min
• Greenwashing Meat, Whitewashing Milk: Dr. Vas Stanescu Uncovers Animal Ag's Tricky PR Tactics · January 31, 2026 · 54 min