James and journalist Jason Dove Mark explain the roadless rule, national forests, and the Trump administration's attempts to strip protections from tens of thousands of acres of public land.

 https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-223869 
https://www.onxmaps.com/onx-access-initiatives/roadless-rule 
https://morethanjustparks.com/threatened-public-lands-map/ 

James and journalist Jason Dove Mark explain the roadless rule, national forests, and the Trump administration's attempts to strip protections from tens of thousands of acres of public land.
&nbsp;<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-223869">https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-223869</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.onxmaps.com/onx-access-initiatives/roadless-rule">https://www.onxmaps.com/onx-access-initiatives/roadless-rule</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://morethanjustparks.com/threatened-public-lands-map/">https://morethanjustparks.com/threatened-public-lands-map/</a>&nbsp;

Natural Causes is a podcast about the politics and practicalities of going outside in a world on fire, hosted by Dr. James Stout. It approaches the outdoors, conservation, agriculture, food sovereignty, and Indigenous land rights as interconnected issues. We want to combine unflinching journalism with unabashed advocacy for the land we all share, and welcome everyone into the outdoors and the fight for our public lands. Our shared wild spaces are under threat like never before, from climate change, the Trump administration, and extractive capitalism. Now, more than ever, we need serious journalism and serious solidarity that engages people with the struggle to protect these spaces for generations to come. New episodes weekly.

Natural Causes is a podcast about the politics and practicalities of going outside in a world on fire, hosted by Dr. James Stout. It approaches the outdoors, conservation, agriculture, food sovereignty, and Indigenous land rights as interconnected issues. We want to combine unflinching journalism with unabashed advocacy for the land we all share, and welcome everyone into the outdoors and the fight for our public lands. Our shared wild spaces are under threat like never before, from climate change, the Trump administration, and extractive capitalism. Now, more than ever, we need serious journalism and serious solidarity that engages people with the struggle to protect these spaces for generations to come. New episodes weekly.

Natural Causes

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here

What's the Roadless Rule and Who Wants To Scrap It?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0b1820ea-d699-4368-b916-b4c2016f18e3/transcript

James is joined by Molly Conger to talk about what to wear this winter to stay warm in the outdoors, and to discuss how the outdoor media talks about equipment and the issues with that model. Here are some of the things James mentioned in the episode, all with non affiliate links!

https://armsofandes.com/
https://darntough.com/ 
https://www.sitkagear.com/collection/equinox-guard-collection 
https://www.royalrobbins.com/us/en-us/men/featured/mosquito-protection-technology/ 
https://nuyarn.com/ 
https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/alpha 
https://www.primaloft.com/insulation-products/active-series/active-evolve 
https://pertex.com/fabrics-technologies/quantum-air 
https://kahtoola.com/gaiters/navagaiter-gtx/ 
https://auclairgloves.us/products/hybrid-xc-2-finger-mitts-adult-new-fall-2023 
https://skida.com/products/limoncello-alpine-hat 

James is joined by Molly Conger to talk about what to wear this winter to stay warm in the outdoors, and to discuss how the outdoor media talks about equipment and the issues with that model. Here are some of the things James mentioned in the episode, all with non affiliate links!
https://armsofandes.com/ https://darntough.com/&nbsp; https://www.sitkagear.com/collection/equinox-guard-collection&nbsp; https://www.royalrobbins.com/us/en-us/men/featured/mosquito-protection-technology/&nbsp; https://nuyarn.com/&nbsp; https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/alpha&nbsp; https://www.primaloft.com/insulation-products/active-series/active-evolve&nbsp; https://pertex.com/fabrics-technologies/quantum-air&nbsp; https://kahtoola.com/gaiters/navagaiter-gtx/&nbsp; https://auclairgloves.us/products/hybrid-xc-2-finger-mitts-adult-new-fall-2023&nbsp; https://skida.com/products/limoncello-alpine-hat&nbsp;

Natural Causes Guide To Staying Warm This Winter

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/6bd1a108-06ad-4b6d-a34c-b4f3012e33e3/transcript

In the second of a two part series James looks at the federal government's response to the Lochiel land defence and where people who care about the land can go from here.

 https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coronado/alerts/border-barrier-construction-closure  
https://hoyle.house.gov/media/press-releases/lawmakers-demand-transparency-after-us-forest-service-coordinates-with-ice-on-public-lands  
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/labor-day-weekend-family-camping-trip-ends-in-ice-raid/281-fdb42198-76df-4922-ae38-d2e3faf58ca4

https://cochiseregionalnews.substack.com/p/hathway-on-lochiel-only-violent-physical  
https://azsheriffs.org/newsroom/santa-cruz-county-public-safety-open-letter/  
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R46601/R46601.2.pdf 

In the second of a two part series James looks at the federal government's response to the Lochiel land defence and where people who care about the land can go from here.
&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coronado/alerts/border-barrier-construction-closure">https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coronado/alerts/border-barrier-construction-closure</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://hoyle.house.gov/media/press-releases/lawmakers-demand-transparency-after-us-forest-service-coordinates-with-ice-on-public-lands">https://hoyle.house.gov/media/press-releases/lawmakers-demand-transparency-after-us-forest-service-coordinates-with-ice-on-public-lands</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/labor-day-weekend-family-camping-trip-ends-in-ice-raid/281-fdb42198-76df-4922-ae38-d2e3faf58ca4">https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/labor-day-weekend-family-camping-trip-ends-in-ice-raid/281-fdb42198-76df-4922-ae38-d2e3faf58ca4</a>
<a href="https://cochiseregionalnews.substack.com/p/hathway-on-lochiel-only-violent-physical">https://cochiseregionalnews.substack.com/p/hathway-on-lochiel-only-violent-physical</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://azsheriffs.org/newsroom/santa-cruz-county-public-safety-open-letter/">https://azsheriffs.org/newsroom/santa-cruz-county-public-safety-open-letter/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R46601/R46601.2.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R46601/R46601.2.pdf</a>&nbsp;

Lochiel Part 2: The End of the Tree Sit

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1fec1ed2-e6e6-401c-891e-b4ec01408528/transcript

In the first of a two part series, James travels to Lochiel, Arizona, to interview land defenders occupying a historic cottonwood known as grandmother tree in order to prevent the tree being destroyed as part of a two layer border wall being built through the region. 

In the first of a two part series, James travels to Lochiel, Arizona, to interview land defenders occupying a historic cottonwood known as grandmother tree in order to prevent the tree being destroyed as part of a two layer border wall being built through the region.&nbsp;

Lochiel: Speaking for the Trees 

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/7fe17233-2347-4775-9e5c-b4e501517930/transcript

What's the Roadless Rule and Who Wants To Scrap It?

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