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EOC 090: Collateral Damage – How the Environmental Investigation Agency Exposes Environmental Crime

Episode Summary: Today’s guest on the show is Clare Perry from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).  Clare has been working for EIA for 17 years, and she is the director of the group’s Oceans campaign. We became aware of Clare’s work ...
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EOC 075: Could a Sport Fishery for Totoaba Help Save the Vaquita?

Episode Summary: Today’s episode of the podcast will feature an interview with one of the most unlikely guests we’ve had on the show thus far.  Pat Butler is a real estate developer who has been living in San Felipe, MX ...
EOC 066: The Crisis Facing the Vaquita

EOC 066: The Crisis Facing the Vaquita

Episode Summary: Today on the show we are visited by Wild Lens producer Sean Bogle for an update on our current documentary project, Souls of the Vermilion Sea. Now it occurs to me that those of you who follow the ...
Totoaba painting in Ensenada, Mexico

Our final shoot of 2015 for Souls of the Vermilion Sea – It’s a Wrap!

Although we still have lots of filming ahead of us for this project, this marks the final filming expedition of this year.  This story has so many complex facets that we have many more trips to Mexico and China planned ...
Dusk in Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico.

Souls of the Vermilion Sea Filming Continues!

Once again we have returned to the Upper Gulf of California for our third expedition to capture the beauty of the area and the complexity of the vaquita's story.  Our crew this time round is Brenda Razo (producer), Joey Leibrecht (senior ...
San Felipe, Mexico. Photo credit: Sean Bogle

The next wave of filming for Souls of the Vermilion Sea begins!

It has been several months since we started the production of Souls of the Vermilion Sea.  During this time we have been reviewing hours of footage from our first visit to the Sea of Cortez, while continuing to build relationships for ...
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EOC 030: Vaquita Conservation in Mexico with “Mr. Vaquita” Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho

Episode Summary: Today on the show we're talking with Dr. Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho who is the head of marine mammal conservation and research for the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change in Mexico. Lorenzo shares with us so much more ...
Mexican Navy ship patrolling the vaquita sanctuary.

On the Cusp of Change!

Now that I have returned to my home base, this is the period where I must make sense of everything that I have filmed and learned over the last month.  The most significant realization is how pressing the fate of ...
La Vaquita restaurant.

Hasta Pronto San Felipe!

I will start out by saying that the last three and a half weeks were more than a success.  Everything that I had sought out to do in capturing the preliminary portion of the vaquita story was executed.    Although ...