S8 Ep661: 8. From the Ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction to the Endangered Species Act, America's conservation history is mixed. Today, the battle continues as scientific ecology clashes with lingering political ideologies regarding predator management. (8)
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 29 March 2026
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8. From the Ivory-billed woodpecker'sextinction to the Endangered Species Act, America's conservation history is mixed. Today, the battle continues as scientific ecology clashes with lingering political ideologies regarding predator management. (8)
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| 0:44.9 | new world the epic story of animals and people in america we've established that the philosophy |
| 0:50.8 | used by the hunters and the profiteers of the 18th to 19th century is still in place. |
| 0:58.7 | And yet, in the 20th century, there are first small demonstrated efforts to preserve this or that creature. |
| 1:07.9 | And then large scale, and now in the 21st century, there's a recognition, |
| 1:13.3 | naturalism, ecology, that what was done in order to build America was wrongheaded, |
| 1:20.0 | and it can be corrected. However, I want to go to a couple of small successes here that are a joy to |
| 1:27.2 | celebrate. |
| 1:28.7 | The Ivory Bill Woodpecker Professor, this is such a surprise because I wrote out in my notes |
| 1:36.3 | disappeared last one, 1940s. |
| 1:39.3 | Well, the story is it's miraculous, but it's also tragic. |
| 1:47.8 | We do think now, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service, about a year ago, that the |
| 1:53.8 | ivory bill is extinct. |
| 1:56.4 | There are always people in the south, which was the ivory bills original range, who believe they are |
| 2:03.6 | seeing ivory bills. And so there are endless stories that in some bayou or swamp, somewhere in |
| 2:10.5 | the Carolinas or in Louisiana, there are still some around. But this was, of course, America's |
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