Join host Chris Clarke, a longtime desert environmental journalist, as he explores the challenges and opportunities of the American Southwest's fragile ecosystems. Engaging interviews with experts, activists, and advocates on conservation, land management, and environmental justice. Science and sentiment, politics and philosophy, hiking and history, culture and creativity all go into defending the desert.
About Chris
Chris Clarke is a writer, environmental journalist, and desert activist passionate about the American Southwest’s deserts. He’s spent decades advocating for the Mojave and Sonoran deserts through storytelling, investigative journalism, and activism.
His work highlights desert ecology, conservation, and threats like climate change, urban sprawl, and industrial energy projects. Clarke’s writing has appeared in numerous publications, and he’s held key roles, including Environment Editor at KCET, Publications Director at Earth Island Institute, and Associate Director for the National Parks Conservation Association’s California Desert Program.
He founded the Desert Advocacy Media Network, which produces 90 Miles from Needles, a podcast dedicated to desert protection and storytelling.
About the Desert Advocacy Media Network
DAMN is the only nonprofit media company focusing on the North American deserts, their environmental issues, and the people who work to protect them. You can learn more at thedamn.org.
