Roger Wendell

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Roger J. Wendell (born November 12, 1955) is an environmental activist, ecologist, and radio interviewer.

Wendell was born in Omaha, Nebraska but was raised in Los Angeles and Denver. His father, Roger L. Wendell, managed and owned Pup 'N' Taco restaurants and his son, Roger A. Wendell, is a physicist who began his earliest work at KamLAND in Japan.

Wendell was the founder of Wilderness Defense! - a 1980/90s environmental group involved in the fight against Two Forks Dam, Denver's 470 Beltway, and other development projects along Colorado's Front Range. He also worked closely with the Sierra Club and was active, on the periphery, with Earth First! during the late 80s and early 90s.

Roger J. Wendell was a frequent interviewer on KGNU from the mid 90s through the 2000s. His guests included a great many animal rights and environmental activists along with various politicians and political analyists. During military service Wendell was a communications specialist for the United States Coast Guard and held their speed record for receiving Morse code at over 40 words per minute of continuous copy.