Podcasts about Sagebrush

Idaho State Legislator, Senator Kelly AnthonWell, welcome to the Rupert Square.

Presenting Fort Laramie "Never The Twain" aired on May 06, 1956. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Sean Claffey is the Southwest Montana Sagebrush Conservation Coordinator at the Nature Conservancy, a role that places him at the center of one of the West's most overlooked but critically important ecosystems: the sagebrush steppe. Based in Dillon, Montana, Sean works across public and private lands to protect and restore this sprawling, foundational landscape that serves as habitat for countless species, supports rural economies, and connects the region's valleys and mountain ranges. Through his leadership in the Southwest Montana Sagebrush Partnership—a collaborative effort uniting agencies, landowners, and nonprofits—Sean helps ensure that the health of this “land in between” doesn't fall through the cracks. In this conversation, Sean and I dig into the complex threats facing sagebrush country, from invasive grasses and wildfire to conifer encroachment and land conversion. We talk about how fire suppression and ecological shifts have allowed evergreens like Douglas fir and juniper to overtake sagebrush, and how Sean's team is using a mix of prescribed burns, manual thinning, and innovative partnerships with local mills to restore balance to the landscape. He also shares how they're engaging young people in hands-on restoration work, creating pathways for rural youth to connect with the land and gain meaningful employment. Sean brings a unique blend of scientific insight, community-mindedness, and boots-on-the-ground experience to this work, and he's quick to credit the collaborative culture of southwest Montana for making so much progress possible. From low-tech wet meadow restoration to building a more resilient restoration economy, this is a hopeful, grounded conversation about how conservation can succeed when it centers people, place, and purpose. If you're a new listeners and want to go deeper on this subject, I'd encourage you to go back and listen to my earlier episode with Matt Cahill who gives an excellent crash course on the Sagebrush Sea and the epsiode with Austin Rempel and Nancy Smith, who dig deep into riparian restoration in Montana.   But for this episode, be sure the check out the webpage and episode notes for some excellent videos about Sean's work and links to everything we discuss.  Thanks for listening.  --- Sean Claffey Southwest Montana Sagebrush Partnership Matt Cahill M&P episode Nancy Smith and Austin Rempel M&P episode Full episode notes, video, and links: https://mountainandprairie.com/sean-claffey/ --- This episode is brought to you in partnership with the Colorado chapter of The Nature Conservancy and TNC chapters throughout the Western United States. Guided by science and grounded by decades of collaborative partnerships, The Nature Conservancy has a long-standing legacy of achieving lasting results to create a world where nature and people thrive. During the last week of every month throughout 2025, Mountain & Prairie will be delving into conversations with a wide range of The Nature Conservancy's leaders, partners, collaborators, and stakeholders, highlighting the myriad of conservation challenges, opportunities, and solutions here in the American West and beyond. To learn more about The Nature Conservancy's impactful work in the West and around the world, visit www.nature.org --- TOPICS DISCUSSED: 3:26 - Intro and Ed's love of Dillon 4:14 - The Sagebrush Sea 7:19 - Pressures on the sea 9:42 - Conifer expansion, the main reason for grassland reduction 12:00 - Ecological, environmental, economical 17:52 - Working with the timber industry 21:59 - Southwest Montana Sagebrush Partnership, not just another NGO 26:41 - Sean's first priorities with SW MT Sagebrush 30:11 - The way the water should flow 34:47 - Youth programming 40:53 - Cheatgrass, an actual cheater 43:47 - Containing cheatgrass 45:01 - Cheatgrass and fire 47:02 - Working with private landowners 52:58 - Connecting with the community 58:21 - A little more about Sean 1:01:10 - Career advice for people who want to make the world a better place 1:03:54 - Book recs and life recs --- ABOUT MOUNTAIN & PRAIRIE: Mountain & Prairie - All Episodes Mountain & Prairie Shop Mountain & Prairie on Instagram Upcoming Events About Ed Roberson Support Mountain & Prairie Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts

Presenting The All Star Western Theater "Billy The Kid With Tex Ritter" aired in 1946. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Gunsmoke "Sundown" aired on Jun 06, 1953. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting The Six Shooter "Blood Relations" aired on May 27, 1954. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Fort Laramie "Sergeant Gorces Baby" aired on June 27, 1956. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Julianne Nash Julianne Nash (b. 1991, Massachusetts) is an artist whose work exists at the intersection between photographic collage and digital painting; she utilizes algorithms inherent to Photoshop in conjunction with traditional compositing techniques to create densely layered landscape images that contend with both personal and climate-driven grief. Color is an integral aspect of Julianne's work; ranging from dark, depleted and disappearing images to artificially saturated color palettes driven by neural imaging algorithms. All of Julianne's landscapes are of no specific place – rather are meticulously created collages of numerous photographs. Often inspired by places within the environment that evoke an unknown sadness, fear or discomfort, Julianne's work explores the complex relationship between personal, cultural and natural histories visible within our ever-changing landscape. This interview was done on the occasion of her exhibition, Flora non Grata at Amos Eno gallery. Julianne Nash,, Juniper and Sagebrush (22 Images), 2024. Dye-sublimation print on celtic cloth. 100 x 142". Julianne Nash, Former Glacier (39 Images), 2022. Archival pigment print, mounted to sintra. 40 x 63" Julianne Nash, Artemisia Tridentata No. 3, 2024. Archival pigment print, mounted to sintra. 50 x 40".

U of I researchers hope to demonstrate that a large drone can be an effective tool for restoring wildfire-scorched rangeland in rugged and inaccessible locations.

Mosman Oil and Gas Ltd (AIM:MSMN) CEO Andy Carroll talked with Proactive about the company's progress at the Billy Goat project in southeast Colorado, where it has spudded the first well in a five-well helium exploration programme in partnership with Vecta Oil & Gas. This comes after Mosman increased its interest in the Billy Goat lease area from 20% to 90%. Carroll explained that helium prices have surged—now approximately 100 times the price of natural gas—creating a strong incentive for exploration and production. He noted that the Victor site benefits from shallow target depths and nearby infrastructure, making it a cost-effective project. “We're very pleased to have increased percentage on the first well,” Carroll said, referring to the company's growing footprint in the area. He highlighted that Mosman's broader helium portfolio also includes the Sagebrush and Coyote Wash projects, where it holds significant interests of 82.5% and 100%, respectively. Carroll confirmed that helium has already been identified at Sagebrush and that re-completion and testing are planned. With existing infrastructure located nearby, the company expects that success at Vecta could quickly translate into revenue. For more videos, visit Proactive's YouTube channel. Don't forget to like this video, subscribe to the channel, and enable notifications for future content. #MosmanOilAndGas #HeliumExploration #VictorProject #NaturalResources #EnergySector #CommodityPrices #HeliumMarket #OilAndGas #ColoradoEnergy #ProactiveInvestors

Exotic annual grasses, or EAGs, are invasive species. They outcompete native grasses. They are extremely flammable. And they are expanding into higher elevations. Targeted sheep grazing is one way to combat these invasive grasses, manage fire risk, and help restore native sagebrush in western states.The EROS team releases weekly EAG maps during the peak green-up in late April to early June, along with annual phenology maps to show the seasonal timing of the green-up. Dr. Kelly Hopping at Boise State University is using these maps to see whether targeted sheep grazing can help manage EAGs. The maps help researchers work with sheep producers to know when is the best time to move the sheep into those areas so their grazing can do the most good. The sheep then, as a part of the team solving the problem of invasive grasses, get to eat in the field when they might not otherwise have grazing available. Learn more in this episode of Eyes on Earth.

Mosman Oil and Gas Ltd (AIM:MSMN) CEO Andy Carroll talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the newly-released maiden resource estimate for its Sagebrush Project in Colorado. The announcement marks a key milestone for the company, confirming the presence of helium—a component long suspected but only recently verified through data room analysis. “The helium confirmation that we found in the data room not long ago is… the missing link,” Carroll said, explaining that this evidence allows Mosman to quantify contingent resources at the Sagebrush structure using seismic data. These results not only support a near-term development plan but also open the door for extended flow testing of the well and a move toward production. Carroll also highlighted promising potential in the adjacent Coyote Wash lease, where 6 to 8 larger structures have been identified using the same seismic dataset. He noted that this data will allow the company to release further prospective resource estimates soon. Significantly, the Sagebrush site benefits from existing infrastructure, including access roads, a well-maintained production pad, and a mothballed pipeline that may be repurposed to transport helium and associated gases to market. Carroll confirmed that an extended flow test and development plan are expected in the coming months. For more interviews and updates, visit Proactive's YouTube channel. Don't forget to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and enable notifications for future content. #MosmanOilAndGas #SagebrushProject #Helium #Exploration #OilAndGas #EnergyInvesting #ResourceEstimate #ColoradoHelium #EnergyDevelopment #OilAndGasInfrastructure #ProactiveInvestors

In this episode, Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett sit down with Heath Mann, Abby Kiefner, and Emma Morton from the Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust to discuss conserving land and protecting the unique landscapes of the American West.

Presenting The Lux Radio Theater production of "Shane" aired on Feb 22, 1955. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Gunsmoke "The Gentleman" aired on Mar 06, 1954. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting The Screen Directors Playhouse production of "Fort Apache" aired on Aug 05, 1949. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Hello friends! Colorado-born, Austin based bass playing singer-songwriter, Ruby Dice returns to the show for episode 1473! Ruby's been busy writing and recording new music. Her new single, "Tasha" is dropping on April 17th and she'll be celebrating with a release show that same night at Sagebrush here in Austin. Go to rubydice.com for show info, show dates, music, and more. We actually premier the "Tasha" on the show. Ruby and I have a great conversation about growing up in the church in Colorado, getting to Austin, playing bass with bands 300 nights a year until 2020 when she started writing her own music and stepping out front to sing it, her new music, our dog park adventures, and much more. I had a great time chatting with Ruby. Enjoy! Let's get down!   Follow us on Instagram, X, Facebook, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you pod.   If you feel so inclined. Venmo: venmo.com/John-Goudie-1  Paypal: paypal.me/johnnygoudie

Presenting Gunsmoke "The Hunter" aired on Mar 04, 1956. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting The Lux Radio Theater production of "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" aired on Mar 12, 1951. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Fort Laramie "The Beasley Girls" aired on Mar 18, 1956. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Gunsmoke "Absalom" aired on Mar 07, 1953. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.comMalheur means “misfortune”. It comes from French-Canadian trappers who applied the name to the SE Oregon area, when in 1818, a cache of beaver furs was believed to be stolen by local indigenous people. Malheur River, Malheur County and Malheur National Wildlife Refuge all take their names from this origin story.Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is a wonder. Its main geologic feature is the basin lake: Malheur Lake. It's similar in one way to The Great Salt Lake, a closed basin lake, but Malheur is technically an intermittent basin lake. In wetter years the water flows outward and onward from the lake. This prevents salts from building up, keeping it a fresh water habitat. For this reason, and because is surrounded by arid lands, it is a migratory bird haven. The refuge was created in 1908, partly in response to the wholesale slaughter of egrets and herons for their plume feathers, which were used as ornamentation on women's hats of the time. Eventually the reserve grew to 293 square miles in size. It's a beautiful, quiet country. Sagebrush uplands surround the lake and riparian habitats. It really is something to realize that when you boil it down, the Euro-American expansion in to western North America was hastened by hat fashion. Before gold, there were beavers, herons and egrets. That's where the easy money was. Showy hats with little practical value. Beaver hides were felted and often dyed black for bowler, fedora and top hats.Today, in wet years, high numbers of nesting colonial birds, including White-faced Ibis can be found here. I associate Florida and the gulf coast with ibises, not Oregon. Observing these birds here feels novel to me. Ibis can be heard in this recording, on the wing, ranging by. There's all kinds of shorebirds too, on the shorelines and mudflats. The melodious Western Meadowlark, welcomes in the day. As for Malheur, it's arguably a word more apropos to the fate of the Native Americans than the trappers and settlers. In the winter of 2016 a different kind of “malheur” played out, but we'll save that for Part 2, next week. The environmental audio was recorded from the sagebrush uplands pointed towards the vast shallow lake wetlands. This soundstage was truly large; on the order of 1000 acres across the auditory horizon. The instrumentation is familiar for a Listening Spot recording. (This is 7th such effort.) String-like sounds with slow attack and decay rise and fall in movements. Among the more novel sounds are undulations; gently percolating guitar voices and fuzzy textures. It gets very quiet and sparse at the 19 minute mark (Track 9) near the end. A Whimbrel can be heard in the distance, while high thin tones punctuate the ambience in a plaintive sort of way. It seems like the quietest moments are usually my favorites. I hope you'll check it out.Thanks for reading and listening. I'm grateful for you. Malheur Suite I is available under the artist name Listening Spot on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube…) Friday, March 14th.

The glorious song of the male Sage Thrasher rings out every Spring from tracts of sagebrush throughout the west. Sagebrush was once widespread in the Great Basin region, and so were the thrashers. But huge areas of sagebrush were turned into alfalfa and potato farms, and the songs of the thrasher aren't so common today. Sagebrush badly needs advocacy. The Important Bird Areas program works to protect key habitats for birds.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. 

In part one of our exploration of the Transylvanian tyrant turned tourist trap, we break down some of Dracula's origins. Don't worry, this is not going to be that same old "Dracula is based on Vlad the Impaler" lecture that you've already heard. It's much stranger than that. And much more wonderful.Then we start to place the good Count into some of his earliest theme park appearances.Part 2 should be up next week!Thanks for listening!We'd love it if you would give us a cheeky little review on your podcast platform of choice. They're really helpful.Come visit our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1511094196139406 or drop us a note to comments@lowdown-plus-up.com and let us know any questions or comments about how YOU would like to plus-something-up! We are a Boardwalk Times production.Boardwalk Times, https://boardwalktimes.net/Boardwalk Times store, https://boardwalktimes.store .

Presenting Lightning Jim "The Outlaws Son" ep02 aired in the 1950's. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Luke Slaughter "Worth Its Salt" aired on May 04, 1958. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Gunsmoke "The Lamb" aired on Dec 05, 1953. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Frontier Town "Days of The Road Agent" episode 42 aired in 1949. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting The Six Shooter "A Pressing Engagement" aired on Dec 06, 1953. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Gunsmoke "I Don't Know" aired on Dec 06, 1952. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Gunsmoke "Cholera" aired on Dec 04, 1954. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting The Six Shooter "More Than Kin" aired on Dec 13, 1953. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Fort Laramie "Still Waters" aired on Oct 14, 1956. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Gunsmoke "Big Chugg Wilson" aired on Dec 06, 1959. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Fort Laramie "A Small Beginning" aired on Sep 30, 1956. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Gunsmoke "The Sutler" aired on Sep 05, 1953. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting The Frontier Gentleman "A Horse For Kendall" aired on Sep 14, 1958. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Have Gun Will Travel "Deadline" aired on Sep 11, 1960. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Luke Slaughter "Drive To For Huachuca" aired on May 18, 1958. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Gunsmoke "Home Surgery" aired on Sep 13, 1952. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting The Lone Ranger "Reward Notice" aired on Sep 12, 1938. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Lightning Jim "Whitney Pays A Debt" ep04 aired in the 1940s. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Presenting Fort Laramie "The Payroll" aired on Sep 16, 1956. Please support these shows with your donation today, thank you. https://mpir-otr.com/sponsors-donations

Wrapping up the spooky season with a spooky combo! OOoooOooooOOoooOo Have a happy Halloween!

Rolling waves of sweet smelling shrubs, often called the sagebrush sea, stretch on for miles across the Western U.S. But this important ecosystem is threatened by human alteration and invasive species. New federal investments aim to address these threats in Montana.

Walmart shooting suspect has a long history of violence // Sagebrush Cantina karaoke; Andrew Caravella was once a pop superstar. // Tim orders a pizza late at night and the delivery driver doesn't know how to knock on the door. // Halloween starts early this year at the big box stores; It's Brown Tarantula mating season.