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Homesick for a World Unkown: Available for Pre-Order

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The first full biography of field biologist George Schaller by Miriam Horn is available for pre-order now from Penguin Press.

Miriam Horn and George Schaller visit jaguar conservationists in the US-Mexico borderlands

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In May 2024, just shy of 91, Schaller visited jaguar conservationists working on the  border where the New World’s only great cat used to cross freely from Mexico into a range that stretched from California to Texas. I was invited to join by Beth Wald, a photographer who traveled with George many times in central Asia and Latin America; and Turtle Southern, who helped establish the Northern Jaguar Reserve in Sonora, MX and is now with the Rewilding Institute.

Miriam Horn in Conversation with George Schaller, Bangalore, India

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The world’s greatest wildlife biologist, George Schaller, in conversation with writer Miriam Horn (biographer) and Ullas Karanth.

On Conserving Common Ground in America’s Divided Heartland

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Miriam Horn has worked at the Environmental Defense Fund since 2004. Her 4th book, Homesick for a World Unknown, is the first full biography of field biologist George Schaller.

Why Big Farmers are Not Always the Bad Guys

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Miriam Horn challenged and brought into question assumptions about how we can save the environment. We so often point to ranchers, farmers and fisherman, the people who cultivate and raise our food, as being the enemy. Miriam discusses how we can find these unlikely allies who could shape the future our world forever and for the better.

Advice for Filmmakers from Miriam Horn

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Miriam Horn, author and Sundance Filmmaker, shares advice for filmmakers.

Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Documentary Narrated by Tom Brokaw

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The documentary Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the inspiring story of heartland conservation heroes who are feeding the world while stewarding the land and water. The film is a tribute to people like Justin Knopf, a fifth-generation Kansas farmer revolutionizing industrial scale agriculture to rebuild the fertility, biodiversity and resilience of his soil, and Dusty Crary, a fourth-generation…