Episode One: Morley’s Vision
“There is nothing that matches the combat between and eagle and a prairie falcon when they’re fighting for nesting sites.”
— Morley Nelson
Morley was a larger-than-life figure whose raptor-focused advocacy transformed the way that these birds are perceived by mainstream American culture. He was involved in the production of numerous films focused on birds of prey throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and the partnerships that he established with scientists, politicians, filmmakers, celebrities and land managers eventually resulted in the establishment of a National Conservation Area in the canyon that he loved so dearly.
Episode Credits:
Produced by: The Wild Lens Collective and Radio Boise
With Support from: The Bureau of Land Management, The Birds of Prey NCA Partnership, The Peregrine Fund’s Archives of Falconry, a grant from Patagonia
Producers: Matthew Podolsky, Wayne Birt, Steve Alsup
Production Support provided by: Jessica Evett, Leah Dunn, Ragged Coyote
Music by: Like A Rocket, Ragged Coyote, The Great Turtle, John Denver
Archival Interviews recorded by: Kent Carnie and Steve Stuebner - provided courtesy of the Archives of Falconry
Additional Audio provided by: Thomas G. Sander/Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML125384), Geoffrey A. Keller/Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML105667), Kathleen D. Groschupf/Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML57165), Herd Of Cows Mooing by tdes on freesound.org, Marsh ambience teal on a windy day by Listeningpost on freesound.org.