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Bend Don't Break: Lace Thornberg, Central Oregon LandWatch Communications Director

This week on Bend Don’t Break, host Aaron Switzer sits down with Lace Thornberg, Communications Director at Central Oregon LandWatch. Lace shares how her journey through conservation organizations across the West eventually led her to Bend, where she now channels her passion for land use, public la…

For the Love of The Parks ~ A Discussion on Preservation

At the Outside Festival James Edward Mills of the Joy Trip Project spoke with three National Park Service leaders, Sally Jewell, David Vela and Chuck Sams

26: Interview with Chuck Sams - the 19th National Park Service Director

Today’s very special guest is one that many of you may recognize: Charles F. Sams III, who goes by Chuck Sams, is well-renowned in the park ranger community. Chuck is Cayuse, Walla Walla and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Northeast Oregon, whe…

Former National Park Service Director Chuck Sams on loss of institutional knowledge within the agency

When Chuck Sams was sworn in as director of the National Park Service in 2021, he became the first Native American to lead the agency. Sams previously served as a member of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and as executive director of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reser…

The potential of Indigenous land stewardship amid climate and political challenges

In 2021, Chuck Sams became the first Indigenous director of the National Park Service. Now, he has started a new role as the director of Indigenous Programs at the Yale Center for Environmental Justice. Our Living Lands producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to Sams about his work.

Episode 02 | A Lost Passport, a Patch Collection, and a Life in Parks with Kai Tran

Kai Tran is a conservationist and outdoor enthusiast who has spent much of his life exploring and enjoying national parks and public lands. His essay about losing his National Parks Passport, and miraculously finding his way back to it, captures exactly why these small books can hold so much more t…

Episode 01 | Stewardship, Leadership, and Who the Parks Belong To with Chuck Sams

For the very first episode of National Park Stamp Quest, I talk with Chuck Sams, the 19th Director of the National Park Service. We chat about his life in conservation and public service, funny ranger moments, his favorite national parks, and what it means to care for these extraordinary places. It…

Episode 0 | Welcome to National Park Stamp Quest

There is a small ritual I repeat every time I visit a national park.I find the visitor center, open my passport, check the date, and press a stamp onto the page. It takes only a few seconds, but that small mark can bring back an entire trip.After visiting 53 of the country’s 63 national parks, I re…

A Conversation on Tribal Planning with Chuck Sams

This episode was a great one with Chuck Sams, an enrolled member of the  Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Cayuse tribes, as well as the 19th director of the United States National Park Service from 2021 to 2025. He now serves as one of two of Oregon's members of the Northwest P…

Silence on the Land: Budget Cuts, Censorship, and Safeguarding Native Heritage

What happens to Indigenous history when those tasked with protecting it are silenced or removed? In this powerful episode of Resistance Rangers on the Air, host Maia sits down with former National Park Service Director Chuck Sams and former NPS/FWS Native American Liaison Melissa Castiano to discus…