{"podcast":{"title":"Mountain & Prairie with Ed Roberson","slug":"mountain-prairie-with-ed-roberson-323217","podcast_index_feed_id":323217,"rss_url":"https://mountainandprairie.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.mountainandprairie.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/0/4/a/304a8951c4f4e3ab/MP_Main_Reduced.jpg","author":"Mountain & Prairie Media","episode_count":307,"summary":"Long-form conversations with remarkable people connected to the land, communities, and culture of the American West. • For 10+ years, host Ed Roberson has talked with writers, ranchers, scientists, artists, historians, and adventurers. Every episode is substantive, relaxed, and rich with wisdom — offering listeners fresh perspectives and a deeper connection to one of the world's most compelling places. • Past guests include Yvon Chouinard, Kris Tompkins, Nick Offerman, and Sebastian Junger. • Top 0.5% of all podcasts globally. Featured by Patagonia, The Aspen Institute, SXSW, and MeatEater.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mountain-prairie-with-ed-roberson-323217"},"episode":{"title":"Sammy Matsaw Jr. – Salmon, Sovereignty, and the Long Work of Healing","slug":"sammy-matsaw-jr-salmon-sovereignty-and-the-long-work-of-healing","published_at":"2025-12-30T20:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mountain-prairie-with-ed-roberson-323217/sammy-matsaw-jr-salmon-sovereignty-and-the-long-work-of-healing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mountain-prairie-with-ed-roberson-323217","url":"https://mountainandprairie.libsyn.com/sammy-matsaw-jr-salmon-sovereignty-and-the-long-work-of-healing","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/mountainandprairie/Sammy-Matsaw.mp3?dest-id=1600085","summary":"Sammy Matsaw Jr. is the Director of the Columbia Basin Program at The Nature Conservancy, where he works at the intersection of salmon recovery, tribal sovereignty, and large-scale river restoration across one of the most complex watersheds in North America. In this role, Sammy helps guide conservation strategies that span state lines, political boundaries, and cultural histories—while keeping people, relationships, and responsibility at the center of the work. Sammy grew up on the Shoshone-Bannock Reservation, surrounded by salmon stories, land-based learning, and a deep sense of responsibility to place. He served in the U.S. military, including combat deployments overseas, before returning home to heal, reconnect, and rebuild—eventually earning advanced degrees in ecology, policy, and conservation science. Along the way, he's navigated life as a soldier, scientist, ceremonial practitioner, husband, father, and now grandfather, carrying Indigenous knowledge forward while engaging directly with Western institutions and systems. In this conversation, we talk about salmon restoration as a healing journey—not just for rivers, but for communities and cultures shaped by loss, displacement, and change. We dig into Indigenous knowledge alongside Western science, the role of humility and trust in conservation, and why Sammy believes real progress only happens through relationships and long-term commitment. We also explore his vision for the Columbia Basin, his leadership inside TNC, and what it means to show up—day after day—with curiosity, care, and what he calls \"barefoot trust-building.\" This is a thoughtful, hopeful, and vulnerable conversation, and I greatly appreciate Sammy taking the time to chat with me. I hope you enjoy. --- Sammy Matsaw Jr., Director of TNC's Columbi…","meta_description":"Sammy Matsaw Jr. is the Director of the Columbia Basin Program at The Nature Conservancy, where he works at the intersection of salmon recovery, tribal so…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3933,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mountain-prairie-with-ed-roberson-323217/episodes/sammy-matsaw-jr-salmon-sovereignty-and-the-long-work-of-healing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mountain-prairie-with-ed-roberson-323217/sammy-matsaw-jr-salmon-sovereignty-and-the-long-work-of-healing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}