This episode of the Life in the Land series features Rebecca Ramsey, Executive Director of Swan Valley Connections (SVC), who shares about the critical nature of local involvement & leadership in landscape decision making, and the successes and challenges of working with varied interests. Rebecca also shares about the Elk Creek Conservation Area, which SVC co-owns with the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes.

In this StoryCorps interview, Tassia Tkatschenko (39) and her mother, Nancy Dunne Byington (66), share a conversation about their family, the communities they have lived in, and their careers in naturopathic medicine and psychiatric nursing. They also discuss how capitalism is impacting the environment and the hope that they have for social change.

Life in the Land is a documentary film & podcast series that shares stories from across Montana that provide global inspiration for improved relationships between people and the land, through community-led and collaborative initiatives.

Find the full project at LifeintheLand.org

For Earth Day 2022, Climate Smart Missoula and Families for a Livable Climate partnered to collect and compile short video & audio stories from individuals about how they're approaching the climate emergency --- how they feel, think, and act.

Conrad Anker, a mountaineer and leader in the outdoor community, is a mentor, philanthropist and activist from Montana. Conrad’s had a front row seat to climate change in his many years traveling to wild landscapes significantly altered by warmer temperatures, more extreme weather, and many other factors.