# 126 What Are We Really Protecting? Carol Olson, Wilderness, and the Future of Big Sur

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In this episode Magnus has a conversation with Carol Olson, Executive Director of the Ventana Wilderness Alliance, about wilderness, responsibility, and the increasingly difficult art of protecting a place people love.

GOOD LINKS:

Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act

• Full text — Congress.gov
• Public Law details — GovInfo
• Summary — Ventana Wilderness Alliance

Ventana Wilderness Alliance

• Official website
• Wikipedia

Big Sur LUP Download

• Big Sur LCP Defense Committee — download page
• County of Monterey — LUP Tables & Figures
• Big Sur Coast LUP Update project page

Adler Ranch / Esselen Land Transfer

• KQED — California Tribe Regains Ancestral Lands
• Western Rivers Conservancy
• Esselen Tribe official news

The Wilderness Act / Definition of Wilderness

• The Wilderness Society
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
• Full text PDF — USDA

Land Back Movement

• LANDBACK.org — the movement's own site
• NPR overview (2024)
• Sierra Club feature
• Yale Environment 360
• It's time to rethink the idea of the "Indigenous"

Shelley Alden Brooks

• Monterey County Weekly profile
• Book — UC Press
• Book — Amazon

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