Episode 183 – Landscape Restoration: Letting Nature Do the Work

by Kristina Britt | Jan 21, 2025 | Down to Earth

Landscape Restoration: Letting Nature Do the Work Bill Zeedyk restores landscapes — streams, wetlands, even rural roads — by using simple, low-tech tools and letting nature do most of the work. The result is healthy, lush desert ecosystems. He’s the subject of a...

Episode 182 – Ducks, Cows, and Resilience: Benefitting Farmlands by Protecting Waterfowl Habitat

by Kristina Britt | Jan 7, 2025 | Down to Earth

Ducks, Cows, and Resilience: Benefitting Farmlands by Protecting Waterfowl Habitat Since the 1930’s, Ducks Unlimited has been protecting habitat for ducks and other migrating waterfowl, and has conserved over 18 million acres of wetlands and bird habitat in...

Episode 181 – Animal Welfare is Good for Everyone — Including Farmers

by Kristina Britt | Dec 17, 2024 | Down to Earth

Animal Welfare is Good for Everyone — Including Farmers Adam Mason is senior manager of Farm Animal Welfare and Environmental Policy at the ASPCA, the American Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In our conversation, he talks about their multi-pronged...

Episode 180 – 1000 Farms Initiative: A New Paradigm of Science in Service of Farmers

by Kristina Britt | Dec 3, 2024 | Down to Earth

1000 Farms Initiative: A New Paradigm of Science in Service of Farmers Entomologist, agroecologist, farmer, rancher, and beekeeper, Dr. Jonathan Lundgren, was a scientist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service for 11 years. He left to undertake regenerative...

Episode 179 – Virtual Fencing: New Technology that Benefits Ranching and Land Conservation

by Kristina Britt | Nov 12, 2024 | Down to Earth

Virtual Fencing: New Technology that Benefits Ranching and Land Conservation The Nature Conservancy partners with ranchers on virtual fencing, a new technology that keeps animals in delimited areas through GPS collars — resulting in labor saving, wildlife...

Episode 178 – Regenerating a Desert Wetland Oasis

by Kristina Britt | Oct 29, 2024 | Down to Earth

Regenerating a Desert Wetland Oasis Don Boyd spent a year on the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico, photographing, living, and finding a deep connection to land, water, and animals — including the many migrating birds that live part-time...