Podcasts about land resources

Dr. Andrew Felton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences within the College of Agriculture at Montana State University-Bozeman where he is Principal Investigator of the Felton Lab there. Andrew splits his time between teaching and his research lab. His research focuses on dry land ecosystems, which includes deserts, grasslands, and shrublands. Studies in his lab examine how these ecosystems function, what plants and animals are present, and how the ecosystems respond to changes in the availability of water. Climate change impacts the size of precipitation events and increases evaporation through higher temperatures, and Andrew's lab is also working to understand the implications of these changes for ecosystems that are already water-limited. Living in Bozeman, Montana, Andrew enjoys spending time in the mountains and the beautiful National Parks nearby, including Yellowstone. In the winter, he is an avid downhill skier, and he likes to go rock climbing in the summer. His other hobbies include playing guitar, listening to music, reading, drinking great coffee, going out to eat, and spending time with family and friends. He completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Minnesota, majoring in Biology, Society, and Environment. Afterwards, he was awarded his PhD in ecology from Colorado State University. Next, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Utah State University. He then received a U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, and he conducted research at Chapman University before joining the faculty at Montana State University. In our interview, Andrew shares insights and stories from his life and science.

The boys deviate from the normal script to discuss a topic near and dear to their back country hearts. What is the real agenda with our public land and the resources that exist on them? Not sure if the answer is clear (yet) but they give their thoughts on the topic.  

Bringing us to the Wind River Reservation, this week's guest, Jason Baldes, shares his work to bring back wild Buffalo to Wind River and to rematriate land to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes. Jason offers his deep wisdom about the ecological, spiritual, and cultural importance of buffalo.Jason's work with the Wind River Tribal Buffalo initiative has already had an immense effect. The physical and cultural landscape of the so-called United States is steeped in a colonial worldview, but work like Jason's is changing the tides and aligning conservation with long-standing Indigenous values. This healing work honors those ancestors who had buffalo, land, and ritual stolen from them by the United States government. Jason, an enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in Land Resources & Environmental Sciences from Montana State University, where he focused on the restoration of buffalo/bison to Tribal lands. In 2016 he spearheaded the successful effort to relocate a herd to the Wind River Indian Reservation and works with both the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes in buffalo management and expansion. He is an advocate, educator and speaker on Indigenous cultural revitalization and ecological restoration who has also served as director of the Wind River Native Advocacy Center, where he was instrumental in the passing of the Wyoming Indian Education for All Act. He currently splits time as executive director of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative, and Tribal Buffalo Program Senior Manager for the National Wildlife Federation's Tribal Partnerships Program. Jason sits on the board of directors of the Inter-Tribal Buffalo Council and the board of trustees for the Conservation Lands Foundation.For an extended version of this episode, please join us at patreon.com/forthewild. Music by Jayme Stone and A.R. Wilson. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

Dr. Perry Miller is a cropping systems scientist in the Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Dept at Montana State University. A large portion of the work Dr. Miller does includes working with pulse crops and how they can make other crops, namely wheat, grow better. Part one of this episode was published as episode two in this season and focused on crop diversification and fertility. In this episode, we focus on lentil agronomics. As more and more farmers started to grow lentils in their rotation instead of summer fallow, Perry says the early lessons about growing the crops included being mindful of herbicide carryover and applying an inoculant.So you need to know what your soil residual herbicide history is because there are some persistent herbicides, and lentil tends to be a little bit the canary in the coal mine when it comes to herbicide residues. If you've got something in the soil, lentils will usually respond to it…The other easiest mistake to make is to not apply a rhizobial inoculant in a way that actually gets that bacteria in a living fashion onto the seed or into the soil in a way that can interact with lentils to help with fixed nitrogen.” - Dr. Perry MillerPerry says that most producers are familiar enough with pulse crops to avoid those common pitfalls and that most are now focusing on optimizing their operation. One interesting area that he has been exploring is rolling timing and its impact on yield. Perry mentioned that even in their trials where there was flat ground and very little rocks, rolling still seemed to be beneficial to yield. Perry has also looked at five different seeding rates and found out the recommended seeding rate, in a lot of cases, was probably not enough. “Long story short, 1.5 x seeding rate was the economic optimum by the time you considered additional seed cost and what the yield response was. So it suggests that we're probably leaving some yield potential on the table by going at our old, traditional recommended seeding rates.” - Dr. Perry MillerThis Week on Growing Pulse Crops:Follow up with Dr. Perry Miller, a cropping systems scientist in the Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Dept at Montana State University. Explore the many farming practices Perry has studied and explored to optimize the productivity of pulse cropsGrowing Pulse Crops Podcast is hosted by Tim Hammerich of the Future of Agriculture Podcast.

Dr. Perry Miller is a cropping systems scientist in the Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Dept at Montana State University. He specializes in crop diversification strategies and says a big chunk of that work includes working with pulse crops and how they can make other crops, namely wheat, grow better. In this episode, Miller discusses some of these crop diversification strategies, the benefits to including pulse crop rotations, some of the work they're doing on crop fertility and how much nitrogen benefit he's seeing from peas and lentils. “So I can best speak from the Montana perspective, and I would say the evidence is very strong that our agriculture systems have become more diversified. Farmers have become more adventurous, more risk takers than they were in the past…So yeah, our systems have diversified pretty dramatically.” - Dr. Perry MillerIn Montana, Miller has seen sharp reductions in summer fallow in no small part because peas and lentils are a viable option. One of the benefits to diversifying a rotation by adding these crops is the potential nitrogen benefits. Miller emphasizes that the benefits are real, but they aren't very predictable or as cut and dry as we might want them to be. “So what is that nitrogen benefit behind pulse crops? It's not super easy to predict, but it's real, it's common and it happens often…If you grow it once, it's hit and miss whether you're gonna get a nitrogen response behind it. The second time, especially the third time, there's been a pulse crop on that field, it seems like it's much more reliable in terms of that nitrogen response.” -Dr. Perry MillerThis Week on Growing Pulse Crops:Meet Dr. Perry Miller, cropping systems scientist in the Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Dept at Montana State UniversityExplore the strategy behind crop diversity and the advantages producers can experience by planning their crop rotations with future inputs and soil health in mind while moving away from summer fallow practicesUnderstand the impact of no-till and water infiltration in combination with strategic crop diversity as a combined effort to improve yield, sustainability and productivity of the landGrowing Pulse Crops Podcast is hosted by Tim Hammerich of the Future of Agriculture Podcast.

Thank you for joining us for Episode 4 of Season 2, highlighting the work of Hawthorne Valley's Farmscape Ecology Program. Their mission is to foster informed, active compassion for the ecological and cultural landscape of Columbia County, New York through participatory research and outreach. In this episode Hawthorne Valley's Executive Director, Martin Ping, sits down with two of the founders of the Farmscape Ecology Program – wildlife ecologist, Conrad Vispo and field botanist, Claudia Knab-Vispo. The two also happen to be partners in life. Claudia holds a PhD in Land Resources, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After working on plant-animal interactions in Borneo and on ethnobotany in Venezuela, she has spent more than two decades documenting and teaching about plants in and around Columbia County. Conrad, who grew up in Columbia County, holds a PhD in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin. Before returning to Columbia County, Conrad conducted ecological research on a variety of organisms, including mammals, birds and fish in a variety of places, including the woods of northern Wisconsin and tropical Venezuela. Conrad's recent focus is on agroecology. His passion is understanding historical and modern patterns of animal (including human) ecology on the land.The conversation is timely as the Farmscape Ecology Program team, together with Gretchen Stevens of Hudsonia, are about to release their new book (likely mid-year) entitled, “From the Hudson to the Taconics: An Ecological and Cultural Field Guide to the Habitats of Columbia County, New York.” The book is an invitation for people to explore the patterns in the landscape and make themselves more familiar with the other-than-human life that shares the land with us.Learn more at Farmscape's website: https://hvfarmscape.org Wonder WandersProgress of the Seasons Phenology ProjectMake a donationThanks for listening to Hawthorne Valley's Roots to Renewal podcast. We are an association comprised of a variety of interconnected initiatives that work collectively to meet our mission. You can learn more about our work by visiting our website at hawthornevalley.org. Hawthorne Valley is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization, and we rely on the generosity of people like you to make our work a reality. Please consider making a donation to support us today. If you'd like to help us in other ways, please help us spread the word about this podcast by sharing it with your friends, and leaving us a rating and review.If you'd like to follow the goings-on at the farm and our initiatives, follow us on Instagram!

After near extinction, the in-nii (American Bison) are slowly returning to Native American tribes who have the resources to run reintroduction programs. Latrice Tatsey, Buffalo Stone Woman, is an ecologist and cattle producer who advocates for tribally-directed bison restoration and regenerative cattle grazing. Currently, she is a graduate student in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences studying how the reintroduction of in-nii (American Bison) contributes to changes in soil characteristics. Researching how the return of the in-nii (American Bison) will influence soil, plant, water, energy, and mineral cycles shows the relationship the in-nii (American Bison) have to the land. Latrice wants to continue to conduct research involving land and creating ways to be better land stewards so that we can protect Mother Earth for future generations. Buffalo Stone Woman shares the vision with Farm To Table Talk and Eco-Farm.

In this episode of This Green Earth hosts Nell and Chris will be talking with (01:55) Dave Goulson. Goulson is a Professor of Biology at University of Sussex who has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects. He has just released a new book called "Silent Earth - Averting the Insect Apocalypse." Goulson will share more on the dramatic decline of insect species and how this can directly impact all life on Earth.Then (25:23) Dr. John Francis a.k.a. the “Planetwalker” comes on the show. Francis is an author and environmental professor. His environmental work began in 1971, when he witnessed an oil spill in San Francisco Bay. It was then that he gave up the use of motorized vehicles and began to walk. He then went on to create the nonprofit Planetwalk, an environmental awareness organization, took a vow of silence for 17 years, and received multiple degrees, including a PhD in Land Resources.

Jason Baldes is Wyoming Representative for the National Wildlife Federation and NWF's Tribal Buffalo Coordinator for the Tribal Partnerships Program. He is a graduate of Montana State University where he earned his Master's degree in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences. Jason oversees a range of projects and raises money to support the Center's mission to empower Native Americans in Wyoming through community organizing, education, research, legal advocacy and leadership development.Support the show

There's a powerful movement happening in farming today, and it's not a movement focused on flashy technology or producing food faster or at larger scales. Instead, it's a movement that centers on farmers reconnecting with their roots, reviving their ancestors' methods of growing food, healing their communities, and ultimately fighting climate change. In her new book, Healing Grounds, Liz Carlisle shared the stories of Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers who are restoring native prairies, nurturing beneficial fungi, and enriching soil health to feed their communities and revitalize cultural ties to the land. One woman learned her tribe's history to help bring back the buffalo. Another preserved forest that was purchased by her great-great-uncle, who was among the first wave of African Americans to buy land. Others have rejected monoculture to grow corn, beans, and squash the way farmers in Mexico have done for centuries. Through techniques long suppressed by the industrial food system, they steadily stitch ecosystems back together and repair the natural carbon cycle. This is true regenerative agriculture, Carlisle explained – not merely a set of technical tricks for storing CO2 in the ground, but a holistic approach that values diversity in plants and people. But this kind of regenerative farming doesn't come easily – our nation's agricultural history is marked by discrimination and displacement. Restoration, repair, and healing can only come from dismantling the power structures that have blocked many farmers of color from owning land or building wealth. Though the task is immense, it holds great promise and hope: that by coming together to restore farmlands, we can not only heal our planet, we can heal our communities and ourselves. Liz Carlisle is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara, where she teaches courses on food and farming. Born and raised in Montana, she got hooked on agriculture while working as an aide to organic farmer and U.S. Senator Jon Tester, which led to a decade of research and writing collaborations with farmers in her home state. She has written three books about regenerative farming and agroecology: Lentil Underground (2015), Grain by Grain (2019, with co-author Bob Quinn), and most recently, Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming (2022). Prior to her career as a writer and academic, she spent several years touring rural America as a country singer. Latrice Tatsey (In-niisk-ka-mah-kii) is an ecologist and advocate for tribally-directed bison restoration who remains active in her family's cattle ranching operation at Blackfeet Nation in northwest Montana. Her research focuses on organic matter and carbon in soil, and specifically, the benefits to soil from the reintroduction of bison (iin-ni) to their traditional grazing landscapes on the Blackfeet Reservation. Latrice is currently completing her master's degree in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University and she serves as a research fellow with the Piikani Lodge Health Institute and the Wildlife Conservation Society. Hillel Echo-Hawk (she/her; Pawnee and Athabaskan) is an Indigenous chef, caterer, and speaker born and raised in the interior of Alaska around the Athabaskan village of Mentasta –– home to the matriarchal chief and subsistence rights activist, Katie John. Watching John and other Indigenous Peoples' fight for food sovereignty, as well as seeing her mother strive to make healthy, home-cooked meals for her and her six siblings, gave Hillel a unique perspective on diet and wellness. Echo-Hawk is the owner of Birch Basket, her food and work has been featured in James Beard, Bon Appetit, Eater, Huffpost, National Geographic, PBS, Vogue, The Seattle Times, and many, many more. Buy the Book: Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming (Hardcover) from Third Place Books Presented by Town Hall Seattle and sponsored by PCC Community Markets.

On Today's Episode Zach and Aaron recap the last week of energy and agriculture news across the state. The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission APPROVED Aethon's request to inject over 100 million barrels of produced water in Sweetwater County. However, still needs EPA approval and there was more information provided on the aquafier and what Aethon plans to do in the area. Local and State officals are navigating this rough economic stretch particularly how to balance all forms of energy production across the state. This Episode is brought to you by Land Resources, USA - experienced landman in the Rocky Mountain Region, give Denny Biteman a call at (307)-675-1278

Land laws and legislation are a labyrinth in India. They have historically posed nightmares for landholders and farmers who have been the victims of land-grab by the government using its eminent domain powers. Protests and agitation sparked by such incidents (such as the one against the Tata Nano factory in West Bengal) led to the 2013 Land Act being passed, replacing the archaic 1894 Law. However, some experts and economists feel that land is now too time-consuming, expensive, and cumbersome to acquire, which holds back economic growth.To help us navigate this labyrinth and such inherent tensions, I speak with a former veteran IAS bureaucrat and a current economics professor at NCAER- Dr. KP Krishnan. Dr. Krishnan has held in Secretary-level positions in crucial ministries such as Land Resources. He also holds a Ph.D. in Economics from IIM and has produced extensive literature on the issue of land's role in India's economy and related policy prescriptions. The bulk of the conversation related to such legislation revolves around Land Acquisition, aka the government's eminent domain powers over land. We start by unearthing the 2013 Land Act and understanding its impact on land-grab and whether it has come at the expense of economically beneficial land acquisitions. We discuss attempts of reform since the 2013 Act by the Modi government as well as State governments. Specifically, Dr. Krishnan, who was Additional Secretary of Land Resources between 2014 and 2017, helps shed light on why Modi's land reform attempts at the time went bust. Finally, as Dr. Krishnan mentions in the very first answer, there is an excessive focus on land acquisition. The real question is: why don't private markets work for land, as they do for labor or capital? We discuss in-depth one of the big reasons: poor titling and land records in a country where almost 90% of the land parcels face legal disputes. What are the solutions to this issue? Are there short-cuts we can take to expedite the process?Timestamps: 1. 0.00: Introduction2. 6.20: Contextualizing the 2013 Land Acquisition Act3. 10.05: There is an excessive focus on Land Acquisition.4. 16.15: Does the 2013 Act address the issue of land-grab and find the right balance?5. 23.00: Does the 2013 Act stifle economic activity?6. 37.35: Context behind the 2014/15 Modi govt land reform attempts. Why did they fail?7. 47.50: States like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra have passed amendments in line with the 2014-15 Central level reform attempts. How has land acquisition and land-grab fared in such states?8. 51.40; Karnataka recently allowed farmers to sell their land to non-farmers. Is this the right move?9. 56.05: Why does a private market for land not exist? 10. 1.03.55: Impact of land titling and land market distortions on credit levels in India. What are the solutions?11. 1.08.00: NITI Aayog has a draft Land Titling law out focussed on conclusive land titling. Is this the right set of legislation needed to solve the problem?12. 1.10.30: Assessing the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program. Where are the successes and what's further needed?13. 1.13.40: A Nifty solution to the issue of land records using data from financial institutions/lenders.14. 1.18.00: What would your plea be for the government to focus on now?

Wake Stone Corp. wants to excavate a new quarry on the other side of Crabtree Creek from their existing quarry on the edge of Umstead Park (at Harrison Ave. and I-40). The Umstead Coalition and TORC (Triangle Off-Road Cyclists) have a better idea: develop the area for recreational use, eventually as a commercial/recreational hub on the edge of Umstead and the RDU Airport. Wake Stone thought they had a deal with the RDU Airport Authority to lease the public land for their new quarry. UC and TORC got in the way.In this program, four members of UC and TORC discuss the issue ahead of a June 23 Virtual Public Meeting to be conducted by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources. You can participate by signing up to speak at the meeting, or filing comments in the 10 days following the meeting.That’s not all. The RDU Airport Authority consists of representatives from four government entities: Wake and Durham Counties, and the cities of Raleigh and Durham. The RDU AA did not consult with those entities when extending the lease offer to Wake Stone. The Umstead Coalition thinks they should have.Watch or listen to this episode for an extensive discussion of the issues, and learn more at the Umstead Coalition web site. Wake Stone has published their position on their web site. LINKS:This show on YouTube video: https://youtu.be/XaiXjnzJze8?t=874Umstead Coalition main web site: https://umsteadcoalition.org/UC’s Stop RDU Quarry web page: https://umsteadcoalition.org/StopRDUQuarryExtensive background into on the effort to stop the quarry, and alterntivesIncludes a What You Can Do To Help section with steps you can take and links to officials to contactRDU Quarry and Fence FAQ: https://umsteadcoalition.org/FAQsExtensive Q&A, and lots more links to documents and detailsDetails on the Virtual Public Hearing: https://umsteadcoalition.org/Updates/8996742Registration form to speak at the hearingChange.org petition to save the forested lands near Old Reedy Creek Road.Umstead Trail User SurveyTORC (Triangle Off-Road Cyclists) web site: https://torc-nc.org/RDU Forest web site: https://www.rduforest.com/Umbrella group for Stop RDU Quarry actionDocumentary 400 Feet Down: Misguided Authority and the Fight to #stoprduquarry (YouTube link)Hour-long documentary produced by Charlie MorrisTTS Web Site: https://TriangleTalkShow.com

NL's Land Resources minister tells us what kinds of outdoor fires are okay to have, a teenager with cancer shares his hope for the future, a musician accepts an online home concert challenge (while helping a charity), and a folklorist wants people to document their daily lives during the pandemic.

Mei Ling Wong, a graduate student in Land Resources & Environmental Science (http://weedeco.msu.montana.edu/students/). In this episode she discusses how little herbicides have changed in the past century. Music in this episode is by Resolute and provided by Blue Dot Sessions(sessions.blue) under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 License. This work is funded in part by support from the National Science Foundation’s Innovations in Graduate education program award number 1735124. The findings of this work are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stemstorytellers/message

       The effects of climate change are all around us, but many in the United States do not believe that climate change is happening at all, and those that do vote in numbers that push the solutions to the background of American politics. In this episode we go state by state and look at some of the most recognizable effects of climate change and how it is damaging property, food sources, human health, livestock and drinking water. Climate change is a serious problem and if it hasn't reached your front door yet, it will. The planet is not attacking us, but rather acting in ways that is measurable, verifiable and consistent. With that said, the outcomes of increased temperatures, water shortages, and animal, marine and wildlife dying at alarming rates will continue. Hopefully this episode will illuminate ways in which we can all become more responsible citizens and finally address climate change together. ReferencesAmerica's Health Ranking. (2017, Jul). Air Pollution. 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     The effects of climate change are all around us, but many in the United States do not believe that climate change is happening at all, and those that do vote in numbers that push the solutions to the background of American politics. In this episode we go state by state and look at some of the most recognizable effects of climate change and how it is damaging property, food sources, human health, livestock and drinking water. Climate change is a serious problem and if it hasn't reached your front door yet, it will. The planet is not attacking us, but rather acting in ways that is measurable, verifiable and consistent. With that said, the outcomes of increased temperatures, water shortages, and animal, marine and wildlife dying at alarming rates will continue. Hopefully this episode will illuminate ways in which we can all become more responsible citizens and finally address climate change together. ReferencesAmerica's Health Ranking. (2017, Jul). Air Pollution. 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A few weeks ago, President Trump approved the largest rollback of federal land protection in our country’s history. Trump’s announcement to drastically slash the size of two national monuments in Utah - Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante among additional changes to other national monuments - was not a surprise. But it has been controversial. The day after Trump signed the order, the outdoor recreation company Patagonia posted a message on its website under the headline, “The President Stole Your Land.” Patagonia has joined a flurry of lawsuits challenging whether President Trump has the authority to undo or change monuments created by past presidents. So does the Antiquities Act allow presidents to roll back national monuments? On this episode, we hear from John Ruple, associate professor of law at the Wallace Stegner Center for Land Resources and the Environment at the University of Utah. He’s also a member of Friends of Cedar Mesa, one of the groups that is suing President Trump over his revisions to Bears Ears.