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Dozens of bills dealing with preserving wilderness in the US may be drawn into a single Omnibus bill to be taken up by the current Congress during their last month in office. Among them are proposals to preserve 2 million acres of federal lands as wilderness. Four of the bills relate to California, with the biggest one being the California Desert Protection Act which was introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein. That bill would create two national monuments and expand Joshua Tree and Death Valley National Parks, thereby protecting nearly one and a half million acres in Southern California. Global warming and resource depletion have accelerated the destruction of natural habitats so much so that a third of all plants and animals are expected to disappear by the year 2050. In a new book called Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution, Caroline Fraser writes about the global efforts underway to save species by restoring wildlife habitats in harmony with human habitats. From the controversial attempts to control coyotes in Southern California, to panthers in Central America, elephants in Southern Africa, and the Bengal Tiger in Nepal, Rewilding the Worldbrings together scientific research and grassroots activism to preserve biodiversity, and in turn, the well-being of humans, on the planet.

GUEST: Caroline Fraser, author of Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution

Find out more at www.rewildingtheworld.com