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I'm sure all lovers of the outdoors would agree we need to protect and preserve as much of the wilderness as we can.  Wilderness areas everywhere in the world are being threatened by development and even sometimes by recreational use.  Our feature story on today's program is about a unique initiative underway in Canada to protect wilderness areas.  It's called 'The Big Wild' and the goal is is to keep at least half of Canada's public land and water wild forever. We talk to Roberta Clowater of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society in New Brunswick about the program, how it works and how you can get involved.

We have some podsafe music from Dave McCormick of West Virginia questioning where all the trees have gone.  And more of your comments about the outdoors and the program.  We'll hear from a listener in Texas who thinks we should do something on mp3 players and what people listen to in the outdoors.  Good idea!  And we'll hear from another listener in New Hampshire who loves hiking, camping and canoeing but also likes ATV's and 4X4's and believes an outdoors person can enjoy both.  Also a DSO anniversary message.

Contact us by email at [e-mail] or call the comments line at 206.600.4557.  Leave a comment at doingstuffoutdoors.com or on outdoorzy.com.  And help me figure out how Twitter works by contacting me there at 'doingstuff' and telling me what you're doing in the outdoors.  Next time on the show more Trail Magic with Lorne Blagdon and we'll climb Kilimanjaro.