Episode 173: Laiken Jordahl on the Battle for Big Bend

About this episode

Laiken Jordahl discusses the threat of border wall construction to Big Bend National Park.

Episode Summary Jack Humphrey and the Rewilding Earth podcast sit down with the Center for Biological Diversity’s National Public Lands Advocate Laiken Jordahl to discuss the current administration’s plan to extend border wall construction to Big Bend National Park and the West Texas borderlands. This is an immediate, gargantuan threat to one of America’s most […] Read full article: Episode 173: Laiken Jordahl on the Battle for Big Bend

People in this episode

Host: Jack Humphrey

Guest: Laiken Jordahl

Topics covered

• border wall construction
• environmental advocacy
• public lands
• Big Bend National Park
• conservation
• politics
• threats to nature

Keywords

• border wall
• Big Bend
• Laiken Jordahl
• environmental policy
• public lands
• conservation
• threats to nature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for Biological Diversity

Places: Big Bend National Park, West Texas

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