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Regenerating a desert wetland oasis

Regenerating a desert wetland oasis

by radiocafe | Oct 28, 2024 | Down to Earth

On New Mexico’s Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Don Boyd and David & Hui-Chun Johnson are restoring agricultural soils—to grow food for migrating waterfowl.

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Wolves in the West: Finding common ground

Wolves in the West: Finding common ground

by radiocafe | Feb 28, 2023 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

After being driven almost to extinction, wolves are back in some of their natural habitat. A new podcast explores how ranchers, conservationists, and others are coming together to find paths toward peaceful co-habitation.

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Health, profit, and beauty on the farm in Minnesota

Health, profit, and beauty on the farm in Minnesota

by radiocafe | Apr 14, 2020 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz didn’t know they were cultivating soil health when they started doing Holistic Management. But as they learned to work with nature rather than fighting it their soil–and their farm–began to thrive in ways they’d never dreamed of.

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Wildlife, jazz, the a-bomb, peyote, and radio…

Wildlife, jazz, the a-bomb, peyote, and radio…

by radiocafe | Dec 5, 2019 | Activism, Books, Environment, Native & indigenous, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican

…those are just some of the stories of Jack Loeffler‘s fascinating memoir, Headed into the Wind — a tale of explorations in consciousness from nature and indigenous mind to music and the counterculture.

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Mining in the Santa Fe National Forest?

Mining in the Santa Fe National Forest?

by radiocafe | Aug 5, 2019 | Environment, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican

What would it mean for camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, and wildlife if there were mining in the national forest? What would be the downstream consequences for communities? We talk to two experts.

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Killing contests and death traps: moving to protect NM Wildlife

Killing contests and death traps: moving to protect NM Wildlife

by radiocafe | Jan 28, 2019 | New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican

New Mexico is considering a law that would ban coyote-killing contests, and one that would ban wildlife trapping. We talk to the New Mexico Wildnerness Alliance and Wild Earth Guardians about these and other bills to protect wildlife on public lands.

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The Modern Maasai: A talk with chief Nickson Parmisa

The Modern Maasai: A talk with chief Nickson Parmisa

by radiocafe | Jul 20, 2018 | Santa Fe New Mexican

Maasai men once hunted lions as a rite of passage. Now they’re conserving lions and other wildlife, promoting gender equality, and finding a balance between modern and traditional ways of life–with grace and creativity.

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Cattle grazing, community building, and ecosystem restoration

Cattle grazing, community building, and ecosystem restoration

by radiocafe | Jun 26, 2018 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

If you think that healthy grasslands are incompatible with livestock, listen to these two ecologically minded young ranchers, who are using domesticated animals to improve grasslands, conserve species, and create a vibrant rural culture.

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Does Wildlife Services serve wildlife?

Does Wildlife Services serve wildlife?

by radiocafe | Mar 30, 2018 | Activism, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican

This federal agency kills over three million animals every year, many of them native species. Why are they killing, and how are they doing it? We talk to Wild Earth Guardians which investigates the agency, and we also discuss wildlife trapping in NM.

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The Water Win-Win: Food and ecosystems in balance

The Water Win-Win: Food and ecosystems in balance

by radiocafe | Oct 31, 2017 | Activism, Down to Earth

Sandra Postel is an expert on water, and on balancing the needs of water users in creative ways, so that both wildlife and food can flourish. Yes, it can be done. And needs to be done a whole lot more.

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