While conservation focused national parks creation on the vertical mountains and canyons of the West, the Great Plains ended up de-buffaloed and mostly ignored. But with new, 21st century approaches to reversing that historical slight, the Plains Serengeti is on its way back.

Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts. YouTube, Spotify, Apple, iHeart, Pandora, Amazon.

MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips

Check out more MeatEater's American History audio originals "The Long Hunters" and "Mountain Men"

Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube

Shop MeatEater Merch

While conservation focused national parks creation on the vertical mountains and canyons of the West, the Great Plains ended up de-buffaloed and mostly ignored. But with new, 21st century approaches to reversing that historical slight, the Plains Serengeti is on its way back.
Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQv7voZWHy4X3UFECqr3ggFIj9uQJT2O">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0wrs79YL0Jw2AjQrCBKUUu">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-west/id1811365050">Apple</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-the-american-west-273702538/">iHeart</a>, <a href="https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-american-west/PC:1001101272">Pandora</a>, <a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/17657fa8-7388-4983-8b26-c1d5505ed2e5/the-american-west">Amazon</a>.
MeatEater on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/meateater">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/MeatEaterTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAaa0mleeU128Ad5iM1RFIg">Youtube</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterClips">Youtube Clips</a>
Check out more MeatEater's American History audio originals "<a href="https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-long-hunters.html?lang=en_US&amp;persistUserId=MT777dfccfb5ad885f&amp;_gl=1*1wsssmp*_gcl_au*OTE4NjU0MjA1LjE3NDE4MDEzNTI.*_ga*MTUzMTAxNzcxNC4xNzQwNTEzMzQ0*_ga_J3M86GMH9B*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuNTMuMC4w*_ga_VNCSXFY0BW*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuMC4wLjA.">The Long Hunters</a>" and "<a href="https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-mountain-men.html?lang=en_US">Mountain Men</a>"
Subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterPodcastNetwork">The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube</a>
Shop&nbsp;<a href="https://store.themeateater.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://store.themeateater.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705171058633000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0DtO0YklLefMZ_v-paKllb">MeatEater Merch</a>

In this new podcast, writer Dan Flores presents a big picture history of an American West you've never encountered. With the West's deep time, its grand natural world, and its wild animals as their focus, these episodes tell a fresh story of America's most fascinating region.

In this new podcast, writer Dan Flores presents a big picture history of an American West you've never encountered. With the West's deep time, its grand natural world, and its wild animals as their focus, these episodes tell&nbsp;a fresh story of America's most fascinating region.

The American West

In this new podcast, writer Dan Flores presents a big picture history of an American West you've never encountered. With the West's deep time, its grand natural world, and its wild animals as their focus, these episodes tell a fresh story of America's most fascinating region.

 

In this new podcast, writer Dan Flores presents a big picture history of an American West you've never encountered. With the West's deep time, its grand natural world, and its wild animals as their focus, these episodes tell&nbsp;a fresh story of America's most fascinating region.
&nbsp;

Ep. 32: Loving the Plains, Hating the Plains, Rewilding the Plains

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1bb6daac-480e-4860-8acf-b463014e999b/transcript