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The Wide Open

Montana Public Radio

Explore the places where we come together and fall apart. Nuanced reporting on under-covered environmental issues — with plenty of adventure, wildlife and rich sound along the way.

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70:07

The Wide Open Live: Beyond the Fireline

The Wide Open ·

2025/09/27

This week, we shift gears to examine another thorny environmental issue in the West: Wildfire. Fires are getting bigger and more destructive, and as part of the ecosystem, they're not going away. Listen in as four wildfire experts discuss the issue at the Free Press Fest in Bozeman.

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14:59

What's a wolf worth - Extra

The Wide Open ·

2025/08/20

State wildlife officials will take up a proposal Thursday to overhaul hunting regulations in order to reduce wolf numbers statewide. But locals near Yellowstone National Park say the proposal would impact the region’s vulnerable wolf population and the economy built around it.

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Help protect public media from congressional funding...

The Wide Open ·

2025/06/10

Public media faces its most urgent threat yet. Congress will soon vote on whether to eliminate $1.1 billion in already-approved funding. Visit Protect My Public Media to learn how to call your representatives and voice your support for public media.

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24:40

Out of the Woods — Extra

The Wide Open ·

2025/06/02

For decades, people have been trying to find the ivory-billed woodpecker, convinced it’s still out there, despite many – including the federal government – claiming it’s gone extinct. But some avid birders are convinced it still exists. Some think they’ve seen it. Today: A bird lost to extinction, or maybe just the deep, dark Southern hardwood forest. The search for the ivory-billed woodpecker.

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13:56

The Darter and the … Other Darter - Extra

The Wide Open ·

2025/04/24

After 50 years of legal battles testing the limits of the Endangered Species Act, the snail darter is still making a big splash. New research argues it's not a separate species and was never endangered. What does that mean for the fish, and what does it say about the Endangered Species Act?

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17:12

The Discovery of Extinction — Extra

The Wide Open ·

2025/02/13

How Thomas Jefferson’s quest to prove America’s wildlife was bigger and badder and better than anywhere else led him to face off with the idea of species going extinct.

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New Administration, new grizzly bear policy? — Extra

The Wide Open ·

2025/01/28

Last week, President Trump released an order to freeze all kinds of federal rules proposed in the days before the Administration changed, including the latest grizzly bear delisting rule. The Trump Administration is reviewing what Biden tried to do with grizzlies, and deciding what’s next.

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7:46

Big news for grizzlies — Extra

The Wide Open ·

2025/01/17

On January 8th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made a big announcement about the future of grizzly bear management. Host Nick Mott breaks down the news and what the reaction to it means looking ahead.

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20:05

A Grizzly Charge — Extra

The Wide Open ·

2024/11/12

Two days after The Wide Open premiered, host Nick Mott had a grizzly encounter of his own.

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45:18

'The Wild': Immerse yourself in the natural world and...

The Wide Open ·

2024/10/03

This week we're sharing an episode of a podcast we think you'll love: "The Wild" with Chris Morgan, from our friends at KUOW in Seattle. On this episode, "The Wild" heads to the hottest place on earth: Death Valley National Park to learn about the Devil's Hole pupfish. This tiny creature, just an inch long, sparked one of the biggest water rights cases in U.S. History.

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46:05

Looking at the Caterpillar

The Wide Open ·

2024/09/19

A caterpillar crosses the road. It starts a conversation about the long view of conservation, across species and across generations.

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42:31

Poking the Bear

The Wide Open ·

2024/09/12

A scientist realizes if sea ice keeps melting, polar bears will go extinct. To help them, the Endangered Species Act takes on climate change — and in this battle, the law may have met its match.

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55:29

Shoot for the Moon

The Wide Open ·

2024/09/05

A fish killing mystery that starts with the Endangered Species Act shows how state and federal wildlife law went from a weapon used against tribes, to a tool for tribes to reclaim what was stripped away.

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47:30

The Passenger Pigeon and the Chicken

The Wide Open ·

2024/08/29

From grizzlies to wolves, hunting plays a controversial role in many Endangered Species Act stories. This time, an African animal on Texas ranchland shows how hunting does — and doesn’t — serve conservation.

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50:24

Smoke a Pack a Day

The Wide Open ·

2024/08/22

Wolves get trapped in the wild, loaded onto an airplane, and delivered to Montana and Idaho. When they scamper off into the wilderness, they test a question central to endangered species debates: What does it mean to recover a species?

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48:28

Sue the Bastards

The Wide Open ·

2024/08/15

A gang of monkey-wrenching activists try a new approach in the fight to save threatened species and ecosystems: They put on suits and enter the courtroom. In doing so, they change conservation forever.

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50:22

Episode 02: Hell or High Water

The Wide Open ·

2024/08/08

The first great battle over the Endangered Species Act begins. Thanks to an eclectic group of activists, a tiny fish in Tennessee halts construction on a massive dam and ends up in front of the Supreme Court.

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44:46

Episode 01: Five Billboards Outside Livingston, Montana

The Wide Open ·

2024/08/01

The Endangered Species Act helped bring the Yellowstone-area grizzly population back from the brink of extinction. It also sparked controversy over a question that looms over more species than just grizzly bears: How do we balance the needs of endangered wildlife with the needs of humans? Learn more now on episode 1 of The Wide Open.

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'The Wide Open' podcast: Coming August 1

The Wide Open ·

2024/06/18

Explore the places where we come together and fall apart. Nuanced reporting on under-covered environmental issues — with plenty of adventure, wildlife and rich sound along the way.

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