Music

Have you ever sat on a fallen log in the thickness of an old growth forest? When you are still for even a few seconds you can hear a humming begin to rise from the quiet, like violins tuning up before a concerto. Within minutes the gentle buzz becomes a cacophony of chirping, singing, crawling, flapping, and scurrying of little creatures. This is the choir of biodiversity. In this wild chorus lives our medicines, our food, our classrooms, & our survival. Every living thing requires access to water. Rivers are the life-giving arteries of our natural world.

 “Rise” is a call to action to protect and rewild our land and rivers. Efforts to fight climate change are quite often about saying no. Rewilding is different. It is about saying yes. Rewilding literally means the un-doing of domestication. In some places rewilding might look like putting the bends back into the river before it was straightened for agriculture so fish and ducks can build their nest and lay their eggs in the calmer water. In other places rewilding might mean removing the power dam or reintroducing missing species. Rewilding is an extension of the original ideas of conservation as it requires human beings and communities to be in concert with nature; Not just managing it, but actively participating in restoring the ecosystem that supports all of us. Imagine every national park connected by wild corridors so apex predators like bears & wolves could migrate freely across North America and be able to return to the places they have too long been estranged from.

“Rise” is being released in support of Trout Unlimited, the national non-profit organization dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring America’s coldwater fisheries and their watershed.

Watch the music video featuring rescue pups Maxine and Ella!