What Josh Clark has said about Assisted migration
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 25, 2026
Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Assisted migration 2 times in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on July 25, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Clark sided with ecologists who argue that assisted migration, though imperfect, is better than doing nothing.
“it's not a great, perfect solution, but it's way better than doing nothing”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Plant Migration (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 36:57
Clark said ecologists consider assisted species migration the riskiest form because it can turn a benign plant into an invasive species.
“This is considered the riskiest of the three by ecologists because you can easily take something that's totally innocuous and benign”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Plant Migration (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 38:48
Episodes
Selects: Plant MigrationStuff You Should Know · Jul 25, 2026 · 46 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain how plants migrate, why climate change is outpacing them, and the debate over human-assisted migration of trees.
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