Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast
members of Heartwood and the forest protection movement
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About This Podcast
The Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast is a place where we talk with people who have dedicated their lives to protecting forests. You will learn about current threats to our forests, what you can do to make a difference, and about the lives of people who make up the forest protection movement in the United States.
Heartwood was founded in 1991 and is a cooperative network of grassroots groups and individuals dedicated to protecting the public forests of the central hardwood region of the North American continent.
Intro music: "Diamond in the Sun" by Robert Hoyt, 1995 Dumpster Diving Across America.
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S1E7 Sam Stearns: Protecting the Shawnee
Sam Stearns is a forest protection activist from Southern Illinois and has been working to protect the Shawnee National Forest for most of his life. He is the founder of Friends of Bell Smith Springs…
S1E6 Matt Peters on Heartwood, NEPA, Categorical Exclusions, and the Paper Monkeywrench
This interview took place on July 9, 2025. Matt Peters is the current coordinator for Heartwood and a longtime forest protection activist. He founded the Allegheny Defense Project, worked with the…
S1E5 Biography of Andy Mahler by Steven Higgs + Andy Honored by State of Indiana with Award
This episode is a recording of the keynote address at Heartwood's 34th Annual Reunion on October 3, 2025, which took place at Andy Mahler and Linda Lee's longtime home, the Lazy Black Bear, in…
S1E4 Andy Mahler Interview: Talking About Cancer
This interview of Andy Mahler took place on July 21, 2025 and is the last conversation I had with Andy before he died.Having already spoken about Andy's childhood, the creation of Heartwood, and…
S1E3 Andy Mahler Interview - Buffalo Springs and the Hoosier National Forest
This conversation with Andy Mahler took place July 15th, 2025 and is the third of four interviews I did with Andy during the summer of 2025.The focal point of this conversation is the devastating…
S1E2 Andy Mahler Interview - The Creation of Heartwood
In this interview, which took place on July 14, 2025, Andy provides the background of what was happening in his life, and the forest around him, that led to the formation of Protect Our Woods in the…
S1E1 Andy Mahler Interview - The Early Years
In the summer of 2025, Andy and I took the time to sit with each other on 4 occasions to talk about his life. We had these conversations knowing his time was short due to his stage IV prostate cancer…
S1 Introducing the Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast
Welcome to the Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast, a place where we talk with activists about their work protecting forests and learn what we can do to make a difference. Please subscribe wherever…
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Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast has published 8 episodes since March 2025, covering topics in Business, Nature.
Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 51m.
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