Roam: Reconnecting Wildlife and Our World

Join award-winning science journalist Hillary Rosner and KALW’s Marissa Ortega-Welch for a conversation on ROAM, the inspiring story of reconnecting ecosystems, restoring wildlife corridors, and reimagining a future where humans and animals can thrive together.

Drawing on more than 200 interviews, Rosner’s new book ROAM: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World explores one of the most pressing environmental crises of our time: the fragmentation of ecosystems and the urgent need to reconnect them. Discover the scientists, farmers, and community volunteers working to restore wildlife corridors, rewild landscapes, and reimagine infrastructure so that people and wildlife alike can flourish.

From highway overpasses to community-led projects that blend traditional knowledge with ecological science, ROAM reveals what it will take to stitch our natural world back together. Rosner shows how fences, farms, and sprawl have severed critical connections—and how repairing them may also help mend our own fractured relationships with each other and the planet. You’ll hear about the inspiring individuals driving change and leave with a fresh perspective on the delicate balance between humans and the creatures we share the world with.

Hillary Rosner has reported on environmental issues from around the world for outlets such as National Geographic, NYT, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Audubon and many others. She specializes in telling complex science stories in ways that resonate deeply with general audiences.

Marissa Ortega-Welch is an environmental journalist and the creator and host of KALW/NPR’s “How Wild,” a podcast about wilderness, how it’s changing, and what that says about us as humans.