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Land Ethic

The Land Ethic Podcast features people who have dedicated their lives to conservation and stewardship of the natural world. Hosted by Dylan Bagnasco.

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#24 Natalie Dawson

Land Ethic ·

2022/01/17

Natalie Dawson is the executive director of Audubon Alaska, a conservation organization dedicated to protecting habitat for Alaska’s birds and wildlife.Before joining Audubon in 2019, Natalie was the director of the Wilderness Institute and a professor of Wilderness Studies at the University of Montana. Prior to that, she worked as a research biologist with the US Geological Survey at the Alaska Science Center, a wildlife biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska, and a public

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#23 Kristine Tompkins

Land Ethic ·

2022/01/03

Kristine Tompkins is the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation, and former CEO of Patagonia Clothing Company. For nearly thirty years, she has committed her life to protecting and restoring Chile and Argentina’s wild beauty and biodiversity by creating national parks, restoring wildlife, inspiring activism, and fostering economic vitality. Having protected nearly 15 million acres of parklands in South America through Tompkins Conservation and its partners, Kristine and Douglas Tompkins,

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#22 Kurt Holtzen

Land Ethic ·

2021/12/13

Kurt Holtzen is a senior field advisor for the Wood River Wolf Project, based in central Idaho. He has 20 years of agriculture experience and a decade of experience observing and tracking wolves in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. He performs predator surveys, wildlife camera monitoring, and investigates depredations as part of a larger effort to conserve wolf populations in an area with an abundance of livestock. Kurt’s experience photographing wildlife in Yellowstone altered his impression of

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#21 Matt Brown

Land Ethic ·

2021/11/29

Matt Brown is the Managing Director of Global Conservation at The Nature Conservancy, and oversees their conservation initiatives in 59 countries across the globe. Prior to his current position, Matt worked with TNC Africa for 14 years. He is a dedicated conservationist with nearly 30 years of experience, from the grassroots level to the global scope. He has lived and worked on the ground in West and East Africa, including serving as Peace Corps forestry volunteer in northern Ghana and living in

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#20 Preston McKelvey

Land Ethic ·

2021/11/12

Preston McKelvey is a co-owner of Wild Willow Outfitters, a hunting and fishing guide service offering excursions in the Roaring Fork Valley and throughout Western Colorado. This conversation was recorded following an early morning duck hunt with Preston and his young Yellow Lab, Oak. We recounted our morning and discussed Wild Willow’s guided trips, sharing the landscape with predators, hunting with dogs, increased outdoor recreation on public lands, and some of the conservation aspects of hunting

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#19 Nephi Craig

Land Ethic ·

2021/10/27

Chef Nephi Craig is a White Mountain Apache who is interested in the development and preservation of Native American foodways. He is the founder of the Native American Culinary Association, and was featured in a recent documentary called Gather, which centers around the indigenous food sovereignty movement. Over the past eighteen years, Chef Craig has cooked throughout the United States, as well as in London, Germany, Brazil, and Japan. He is the Executive Chef of Café Gozhóó on the White Mountain

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#18 Will Harris

Land Ethic ·

2021/10/05

Will Harris is the owner of White Oak Pastures, a nearly 5,000 acre farm in southern Georgia that raises 10 species of livestock and produces organic vegetables and honey. He is a fourth-generation cattleman, who tends the same land that his great-grandfather settled in 1866.After graduating from the University of Georgia's School of Agriculture in 1976, Will returned home to Bluffton where he and his father continued to raise cattle with pesticides, herbicides, hormones, antibiotics, and a

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#17 Danny Christensen

Land Ethic ·

2021/09/13

Danny Christensen is a Danish photographer and director based in Northern Italy. While working and living in New York City, he began a project called Urban Huntsman as an excuse to get out of the city and explore while also using his talents for visual communication. Through his website and social media Danny portrays, as he puts it, the “hunt for silence and a good meal.”We discussed outdoor media, European hunting laws and culture, and some of the incredible experiences Danny has had while

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#16 Brian Yablonski

Land Ethic ·

2021/08/30

Brian Yablonski is the CEO of the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) based in Bozeman, Montana. PERC is a 40 year old research institute dedicated to free market environmentalism, and they are actively exploring ways that voluntary trade can produce positive environmental outcomes.Brian regularly contributes commentary on conservation topics to major media outlets, serves on the board of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and is a professional member of the Boone and

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#15 Tara Chapman

Land Ethic ·

2021/08/16

Tara Chapman is a beekeeper and beekeeping consultant from central Texas. After 10 years working in the Middle East for the C.I.A and other U.S. counter intelligence agencies, she left her day job to create Two Hives Honey near Austin, TX.We discussed basic bee biology and behavior, their pollination role, their importance to the global food system, and the threats facing our bee populations, as well as some of Tara’s experience overseas in her former career.Head to Two Hives Honey to buy high

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#14 Dan Flores

Land Ethic ·

2021/08/02

Dan Flores is a writer and historian who specializes in cultural and environmental history of the American West. He has written ten books, most recently Coyote America and American Serengeti, both of which we discuss in this episode. His essays on the environment, art, and culture of the West also appear in magazines such as Texas Monthly and Orion.We discussed Dan's lifelong fascination with the West, his early work and literary process, his most recent books, North American evolutionary history,

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#13 Tyler Sharp

Land Ethic ·

2021/07/19

Tyler Sharp is the CEO and Editor in Chief for Modern Huntsman, a print publication and lifestyle brand based in Livingston, Montana. His career as a photographer, writer, director and creative consultant for hunting and outdoor brands led to this most recent project, which celebrates the wide range of hunting traditions that exist on earth and offers a new portrayal of hunters altogether.We discussed his early days as a photographer and filmmaker in Africa, hunting culture, the vision for the

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#12 Pam Houston

Land Ethic ·

2021/06/21

Pam Houston is a Western author of short stories, novels, and essays. She teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts, is a Professor of English at UC Davis, and is a co-founder and creative director of the literary nonprofit Writing By Writers.We discussed her books, the decision to commit to a piece of land, her experience as a Dall Sheep hunting guide in Alaska, her upcoming projects, and the future of her Colorado ranch.“In essays as lucid and invigorating as mountain air, Deep Creek

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#11 J. Drew Lanham

Land Ethic ·

2021/06/07

Dr. J. Drew Lanham is an author, ornithologist, and professor of wildlife ecology at Clemson University. His research focuses on songbird ecology, as well as the African-American role in natural-resources conservation. He is active on a number of conservation boards including the South Carolina Wildlife Federation, South Carolina Audubon, Aldo Leopold Foundation, BirdNote and the American Birding Association.Dr. Lanham is a widely published author and award-nominated poet, writing about his

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#10 Alison Fox

Land Ethic ·

2021/05/24

Alison Fox is the CEO of American Prairie Reserve, a nonprofit working to create the largest nature reserve in the contiguous United States. With an ultimate goal of 3.5 million acres, it would be similar in size to the Serengeti.We discussed the organization's guiding principles, the significance of this ecosystem and the animals that once inhabited it, the challenges and oppositions she and her team face, and some of the ways people can experience the reserve. Visit American Prairie to learn

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#9 Connor Coleman

Land Ethic ·

2021/05/17

Connor Coleman is a land management consultant based in the Roaring Fork Valley near Carbondale, CO. His interdisciplinary experiences in wildland firefighting, environmental management, forestry, ranching, and conservation have all shaped his career into what it is today. During the episode, we discussed all these subjects and more as we loosely followed Connors career path. Check out Resiliency Lands, and look out for Connor as a recurring guest!

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#8 Shane Hardy

Land Ethic ·

2021/05/10

Shane Hardy is the ecology director at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. He grew up in the Hudson River town of Nyack, NY, and has worked on farms in New York’s Finger Lakes region, Orange County and Rockland County. At Stone Barns he is pursuing his passion for building soil, increasing resilience and biodiversity in agriculture and finding creative solutions to meeting our humans needs from the land as healthy partners in the natural system we live in.Shane and his team oversee all of

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#7 Taylor Collins

Land Ethic ·

2021/04/28

Taylor Collins owns ROAM Ranch in Fredericksburg, TX, with his wife Katie Forrest. After selling their company, Epic Provisions, to General Mills in 2016, Taylor and Katie purchased 900 acres of degraded agricultural land in the Texas hill country with the goal of soil regeneration. ROAM is now a thriving multispecies regenerative ranch with over 120 American bison as well as chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese. Taylor and I discussed their business model, the impetus for starting the ranch, the

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#6 Dr. Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen

Land Ethic ·

2021/04/22

Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen, Ph.D. is a leading authority on edible and medicinal plants in Texas. He grew up in the wilds of Minnesota, where his parents and grandparents utilized the wild foods and medicinal plants found in local woods, fields, and lakes.After earning a master's degree in medicinal chemistry and a doctoral degree in physical organic chemistry, Mark worked as a petroleum chemist for 20 years. He focused on replacing traditional harmful chemicals with natural compounds,

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#5 Josh Crumpton

Land Ethic ·

2021/04/19

Josh Crumpton is the owner and operator of Spoke Hollow Outfitters, and the primary steward of Spoke Hollow Ranch. He is also the host of the Sporting Diversity Podcast, which focuses on inclusivity in the outdoors. I recently had the pleasure of spending some time with Josh on his ranch in Wimberley, TX, on the Blanco River fishing, foraging, shooting clays, and discussing conservation. He is quick to share his hard-earned knowledge, from hunting and fishing to habitat management and naturalism

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