Media & Interviews
PODCAST INTERVIEWS
Meateater
Bozeman, MT- Steven Rinella talks with Sean Gerrity, the founder of the American Prairie Reserve, along with Ryan Callaghan, Sam Lungren, Michelle Chandler, and Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew.
Forces for Nature
Today’s guests welcomes Sean Gerrity is the founder of the American Prairie Reserve (APR) and Daniel Kinka is the APR’s wildlife restoration manager. Using a myriad of talents, this long-term project is well underway to become the largest wildlife reserve in the continental United States- a North American Serengeti!
The Wild Idea
A two-part conversation about American Prairie, we talk with co-founder Sean Gerrity about what inspired him to take on one of the largest conservation projects in North America. Sean shares how a lifetime spent outdoors and a background in business led him to the idea of rewilding millions of acres of Montana grasslands. He talks about what it’s like to earn trust in ranching country, how he approaches relationships with tribal nations, and why he calls himself a “possibilist” rather than an optimist. For Sean, this work has always been about connection between people, between ecosystems, and between past and future.
Rewilding Earth
Author of Wild on Purpose: The American Prairie Story and the Art of Thinking Bigger Sean Gerrity, co-founder and former CEO of American Prairie, discusses building the largest wildlife reserve in the Lower 48 states — bigger than Yellowstone and Glacier Parks combined.
Out of The Wild
Sean Gerrity is the co-founder and former CEO of American Prairie—a giant wildlife refuge in the making in Montana, which I hiked and kayaked this past August. Sean is the host of The Answers Are Out There podcast in which he interviews leaders who’ve taken on bold conservation projects. He’s the author of Wild on Purpose: The American Prairie Story and the Art of Thinking Bigger.
Write on Four Corners
Author and entrepreneur Sean Gerrity joins the show this week to talk about his new book, “Wild on Purpose: The American Prairie Story and the Art of Thinking Bigger,” out from Utah publisher Torrey House Press. The book chronicles not only the efforts the built American Prairie, but how Gerrity’s life experiences led him to the project and the perspective that has served him throughout his life and career.
Live talks
The videos featured below offer insight into Sean Gerrity's extraordinary career in conservation. Highlighting some of his most significant achievements while providing more in-depth information on some of Sean’s greatest accomplishments.
At Googleplex in Mountain View, California.
Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York.
At the annual Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Colorado.
At Smithsonian’s Earth Optimism Summit, Washington D.C.
Honors & Awards for Sean
Montana Outdoor Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame was created to honor individuals, both living and posthumous, who made significant and lasting contributions to the restoration and conservation of Montana’s wildlife and wild places. The focus of the awards is not only to recognize Montana’s historical and contemporary conservation leaders, but also to capture the stories of these individuals in an effort to contribute to public awareness and education of the importance of conservation in Montana.
Sean was Inducted in 2025
National Wildlife Federation
Sean Gerrity of the American Prairie Reserve Honored With National Conservation Special Achievement Award.
Sean was honored in 2016
National Geographic
Sean was a National Geographic Fellow from 2013 to 2016, He has been a National Geographic Explorer since 2016A National Geographic Explorer is a groundbreaking scientist, conservationist, educator, or storyteller funded and supported by the National Geographic Society to illuminate and protect the world. They are diverse changemakers—including researchers, explorers, and journalists—who use their expertise to advance knowledge, solve problems, and inspire action for the planet.
Spotlights
National Geographic: Last Wild Places
The American Prairie Reserve is assembling land in northern Montana, with the goal of creating a seamless 3.5 million acre grassland habitat. When they reintroduce bison to the landscape, both the ecosystem and local people benefit. The National Geographic Society uses the power of science, exploration, education, and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world.
American Prairie
Traveling on foot and by bike and canoe from the Fort Belknap Reservation to Montana's Fort Peck Dam is a 200-mile journey of beauty and wonder. It's a landscape that's been loved and rediscovered for thousands of years and the region of one of the country's most ambitious conservation efforts: American Prairie. From September 1-15, 2015, American Prairie president Sean Gerrity journeyed across this bold route, joined by experts, modern-day explorers, philanthropists and conservation leaders.
Imagine American Prairie
The mission of American Prairie is to create the largest nature reserve in the continental United States, a spectacular refuge for people and wildlife preserved forever as part of America's heritage.
Americas with Simon Reeves Ep. 2
Simon is in the United States travelling down the Rocky Mountains from Montana to Colorado. In the wide-open prairies of Montana, the cowboy way of life is under threat from a long-term decline in the rural economy, but Simon meets a former Silicon Valley executive who has envisaged a new future for the land.