Best Braford Podcasts (2026)

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AoR 173: Mike Adams on Florida cattle history and Adams Ranch Brafords 1:03:02

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The Adams Ranch was the first to develop a breed of cattle in Florida for Florida, the Braford breed. This Brahman - Hereford cross could handle heat and insects and still produce desirable meat. In this interview, Mike Adams describes agricultural history in this subtropical wilderness of grass and how his family has shaped and continues to shape …

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AoR 172: Vence on the J Lazy S Ranch in Idaho, the Sequel with Jay Smith 50:25

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New technology takes time to prove its worth. Jay and Chyenne Smith now have three grazing seasons' experience using Vence's virtual fence technology and they are convinced they will keep using it. Smiths initially used the Vence system to keep cattle out of the Moose Creek Fire burn area, thereby avoiding 2-3 years of non-use on the entire allotme…

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AoR 171: Celebrating Global Rangelands & Pastoralism at SRM's 2026 Annual Meeting 18:27

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Stephanie Larson and Mikie McDonnell encourage you to attend the Society for Range Management's flagship event in Monterey, California to kick off the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. Listen to learn about location, conference themes, tour options, and plenary sessions.Go to the episode page at https://artofrange.com/episodes/aor-…

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AoR 170: Dr. Jim Sprinkle on The Perfect Range Cow 1:04:58

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Cattle growth goals and livestock use of large, topographically challenging landscapes have been at odds for some decades. Weaning weights went up, cow weights went up, and herd distribution on rangelands went down. Dr. Jim Sprinkle, an Extension beef specialist at the University of Idaho, has been doing research that is providing guidance on devel…

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AoR 169: Peter Ballerstedt on Metabolic Dysfunction - Opportunities for Eaters and Graziers 1:15:55

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Malnutrition should be defined as any diet that results in metabolic derangement. Few Americans suffer from lack of access to calories. But we are unhealthy, with metabolic and chronic diseases increasing steadily. These are true statements, but how we should respond to them individually and societally is controversial. Peter Ballerstedt ("Sodfathe…

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AoR 168: Chuck Jarecki on Ranching "with Your Face in the Ground" in Montana 52:32

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Chuck Jarecki ranched in Montana from 1961 to the 1990s, using grazing to heal lands broken by the plow that never grew enough to justify continued crop farming. He had success using the classic management tools: develop stockwater in places cattle don't like to go, graze the most preferred species moderately, and give grasses time to grow back bef…

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AoR 167: Beni Paulson on bucking bull breeding, country music, and good grazing 45:07

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AoR 166: Gabe Brown on Regenerative Grazing 54:48

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Gabe Brown was thinking about and practicing regenerative grazing before it had a name. Grazing management that maintains the productive potential of naturally occurring ecosystems is an ecological imperative that is as needful today as it was 10,000 years ago. In this conversation between Gabe and Tip, they land on definitions for regenerative gra…

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AoR 165: Virtual Fence Benefits Wildlife - Jay Kehne, Conservation Northwest 1:11:43

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How does barbed wire affect wildlife? Is there a better way to manage livestock location that distributes grazing effects and cares for the other animals occupying these landscapes? Maybe this is not a new idea? Jay Kehne with Conservation Northwest believes virtual fence is one of the answers. CNW facilitated and funded implementation of a virtual…

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AoR 164: The King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, with Rick Machen 1:00:23

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The King Ranch is considered "The Birthplace of American Ranching". On its 150th birthday, King Ranch partnered with Texas A&M Kingsville to establish a masters program in ranch management, the only one of its kind. Rick Machen is the executive director of this program and speaks to the efficacy and reach of the Institute, still in its first quarte…

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AoR 163: Stockwater Monitoring Technologies and Natural Capital with Andrew Coppin, RanchBot 39:42

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Andrew Coppin is the co-founder and CEO of RanchBot, a company aiming to reduce the cost and stress of managing stockwatering supplies in the large percentage of the world's surface where water really matters to grazing operations of all sizes. But as a former investment banker in corporate finance, Andrew has broader socioecological goals: "Ranche…

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AoR 162: Grazing Lands Expo 2025 with Megan Terry 37:26

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The Montana Grazing Lands Coalition 2025 Grazing Expo is an event designed to empower land managers with tangible resources while highlighting the West-wide impact of sound grazing lands stewardship. In this interview with Megan Terry, executive director for the Montana Grazing Lands Coalition, we discuss the importance of rancher peer-to-peer lear…

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AoR 161: The 5th "C" of Agricultural Lending, with Zach Ducheneaux 1:01:41

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What would rural finance look like if it truly supported long-term stewardship and resilience? This is the question Zach Ducheneaux has been asking himself and working toward for a couple of decades. Zach is an agricultural producer, a farming advocate, and the former Administrator of the USDA Farm Service Agency. From experiencing firsthand ag len…

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AoR 160: Dan Dagget on People's Contributions to Nature and Ecosystem Successes in the Southwest 1:00:25

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Dan Dagget was one of the original members of EarthFirst!, one of the more radical environmental activist organizations of the last 50 years. In his efforts to achieve health for the Earth’s ecosystems, however, he found himself conflicted over environmentalism’s means and the ends those means actually achieved. With that in mind, he began investig…

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AoR 159: Can Creative Arts Affect Public Perception about Rangelands? A Brief Musing by Tip 30:23

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"Let me write the songs of a nation, and I care not who writes its laws." People think they are primarily 'thinking things', but this quote by a musician from ancient Athens speaks to the fact that most of our decision-making and the direction of our efforts in the world are shaped more by our affections. Creative and expressive arts are hugely inf…

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AoR 158: Frank Stick, Splendid Painter of the Out-of-Doors, by biographer Mike Mordell 44:02

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Visual arts that draw attention to wild, open spaces have been culturally important in the United States. The outdoors painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were instrumental in making Americans aware of spectacularly beautiful places most people would not know about otherwise. And they catalyzed efforts to conserve these landscapes fo…

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AoR 157: Grazing for Fine Fuels Management and Wildfire Mitigation, with Sergio Arispe 57:11

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Can we effectively limit wildfire risk or change the fire risk profile using deliberate grazing? Or is this just wishful, simplistic thinking: "Cows eat fine fuel so that stops fire, right?" These are questions that demand scientific answers, not just anecdotes or coffee shop opinions. Sergio Arispe has worked with other researchers in the Western …

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AoR 156: 15 Years of Life on the Range with Steve Stuebner & Gretchen Hyde 1:11:34

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Over 15 years ago, the veteran journalist Steve Stuebner and Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission executive Gretchen Hyde set out to use the new media landscape to tell good news stories about rangeland landscapes and the unique people who care for them. This has been a wildly successful venture that has reached far beyond the borders of Idaho. Lis…

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AoR 154: National Grazing Lands Coalition & Summer Tour in the Pacific Northwest 58:28

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The National Grazing Lands Coalition (NatGLC) promotes and supports ecologically and economically sound management of grazing lands for multiple benefits to the environment and society through science-based technical assistance, research, and education. Bill Fox has been with NatGLC since the beginning. In this interview, Dr. Fox offers a condensed…

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AoR 155: Roots So Deep You Can See the Devil Down There, with filmmaker Peter Byck 1:09:50

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Does grazing management make a difference? Can we raise livestock and wildlife and take carbon out of the atmosphere and put it in soil on the same piece of land? Meet Peter Byck, self-described scientist wrangler and producer of Roots So Deep, a four-part documentary series that explores the world of adaptive cattle farmers and their conventional …

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AoR 152: Nathan Sayre on the Genesis and Limits of Carrying Capacity 1:05:49

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The concept of carrying capacity has figured prominently in rangeland ecology and wildlife biology for a century and more. Where did this term come from? Nathan Sayre, a cultural geographer at UC-Berkeley and the author of the book "Politics of Scale - a History of Rangeland Science," answers this question. According to Sayre, "It is a truism that …

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AoR 153: Back to the Future with American Fibers - Cate Havstad, Daniel Mouw, & Ed Roberson at SXSW 1:12:48

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Can Farmer-Founded Fibers Save American Fashion? Cate Havstad-Casad, founder of RangeRevolution leather goods, and Daniel Mouw, president of Duckworth wool clothing answered this question in a pre-panel interview at SXSW with Ed Roberson joining in. If Duckworth and Range Revolution are not on your radar screen, and if Mountain & Prairie Podcast is…

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AoR 151: Targeted Grazing for Wetland Health - Maria Pacioretty & Chase Carter 1:04:15

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The Sterling Wildlife Management Area in southeast Idaho suffered from accumulated dead cattails, bulrushes, and grasses. Wildlife the area is intended habitat for were avoiding it, especially migratory waterfowl. This Life on the Range story with rancher Chase Carter and biologist Maria Pacioretty describes their successful efforts to use targeted…

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AoR 150: Bildo Saravia & Lauren Svejcar - Artisanal Mezcal & Ranching in Mexico 1:08:30

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Bildo Saravia is the owner and manager of Rancho el Ojo and Origien Raiz Mezcal. His story showcases the ways global marketing and communication can benefit local people oriented around rangeland economies. By "grazing the wild" he is growing agave in sustainable polyculture with a diversity of other native plants for livestock and wildlife in Dura…

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AoR 149: Wildfire Depletes Ecosystem Carbon Storage by >50% (Part 2) -- Germino, Maxwell, & Quicke 56:57

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Dr. Germino’s latest research, published in the Communications Earth & Environment journal in November 2024, reveals a startling and significant finding: invasive grasses are turning western U.S. rangelands from valuable carbon sinks into potential carbon sources. This research, a two-year collaboration between the US Geological Survey and Envu, pr…

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AoR 148: Targeted Cheatgrass Grazing Research with Sheep -- Kelly Hopping & Riley Kowitz 53:37

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A research study in the mountains of Idaho tracked cheatgrass consumption by sheep in the spring and fall. Listen to Kelly Hopping (Boise State University) and sheep rancher Riley Kowitz describe their experiences with implementing this approach to controlling invasive annual grass and changing the wildfire risk profile on the Sawtooth National For…

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AoR 147: Wildfire Depletes Ecosystem Carbon Storage by >50% (Part 1) -- Germino, Maxwell, & Quicke 1:07:50

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How does wildfire affect soil carbon, the ecological currency of the 21st century? Careful collaborative research involving US Geological Survey scientists, Envu, and Boise State University has begun to answer some of the many questions surrounding soil carbon and fire. This is the first of a two-part interview on soil carbon storage, sequestration…

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AoR 146: Angus Whyte - Sheep Grazing in New South Wales, Australia 53:53

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Angus's family has managed the Wyndham Station near the Anabranch and Darling Rivers in southern Australia for 4 generations. That and the promise of a great Australian accent should be enough to make you listen to this episode. But we also discuss managing the earth's Living Skin, Angus's efforts to get others to think broadly about caring for lan…

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The Book of Noel - Hot Frosty 34:32

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Does the film live up to the title? No. It's your classic "girl puts scarf on a sexy snowman with abs and it comes to life and the village all believe him and they end up rattling" story. Packed to the gills with Mean Girls references and even a mention of A Christmas Prince. Netflix love reminding us of just how much shit they've made. Last one of…

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The Book of Noel - Father Christmas Is Back 38:26

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Father Christmas is coming to town. A town in Yorkshire to be precise. Do you like bad acting, contrived plots, sarcastic sex scenes, vandalised Christmas trees, and no jokes? Then do I have a film for you! This one's definitely on the naughty list. A surreal blend of boring and slapstick that appeals to absolutely everyone... that reads the Daily …

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The Book of Noel - Holidate 38:33

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You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout I'm telling you why... Holidate is awful. Just bloody awful. We're up to our old tricks reviewing terrible Christmas films and I'm ashamed to say, we picked this one. It's crass, it's not funny, it's boring, the characters are horrible, there's no chemistry, it's all in a bloody shopping…

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AoR 145: Dr. John Buckhouse, Part 2, Reflections on a Half Century of Thinking in Wholes 31:31

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Riparian management, water quality, and livestock grazing used in the same sentence can warm up a room with heated discussion. John Buckhouse has spent a lifetime contending for the Radical Middle, where people recognize that land conditions that are good for fish are also good for cattle. He has effectively advocated for and led collaborative reso…

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The Book of Noel - Jingle All The Way 2 34:20

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Merry Christmas everyone (you can't even say that any more apparently my dad told me) and welcome back to the Book of Noel: our crazy adventure into Christmas's darkest stocking. Today, we clearly haven't learnt our lesson and are talking about the sequel to a film we all hated and we hate this one slightly less, but that means it works less as a p…

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AoR 144: Jay Wilde, Idaho Rancher, Builds Beaver Habitat to Restore Stockwater 46:27

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"We have to think of beavers as our friend instead of our foe; for these watersheds to be healthy, you need beaver.” Rancher Jay Wilde experienced a paradigm shift some years ago that convinced him beavers were necessary to hold more water higher in the watershed for longer and that this hydrologic change would benefit a cattle operation in numerou…

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AoR 143: Dr. John Buckhouse, Reflections on a Half Century of Thinking in Wholes, Part 1 48:44

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Riparian management, water quality, and livestock grazing used in the same sentence can warm up a room with heated discussion. John Buckhouse has spent a lifetime contending for the Radical Middle, where people recognize that land conditions that are good for fish are also good for cattle. He has effectively advocated for and led collaborative reso…

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AoR 142: Understanding Grazing Effects on Soil Carbon, the sequel with Dr. Paige Stanley 1:15:17

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How do undergrazing and overgrazing affect soil carbon change? What does "optimal grazing" look like? This sequel episode with Paige Stanley goes deeper into the ways grazing factors affect the ecophysiology elements that are responsible for generating or release the various kinds of soil carbon. These changes remain difficult to quantify, but we c…

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AoR 141: New Rangeland Wildlife Ecology & Conservation reference manual -- Lance McNew & Jeff Beck 51:34

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"The fields of rangeland and wildlife management are brothers in the same fight for the conservation, protection, and management of wildlife and one cannot be completely understood without knowledge of the other." --Paul Krausman. This quote from the foreword of a new edited volume on wildlife ecology highlights the integrated nature of rangeland s…

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AoR 140: Unsung Caretakers of Unseen Land -- Mark & Wendy Pratt, Idaho Ranchers 1:08:28

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Meet Mark and Wendy Pratt, ordinary people doing unglamorous work with extraordinary care. C.S. Lewis said "we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment. It is frustrating . . . to come suddenly, at the turn of the road, upon some mountain valley of unexpected grandeur and then to have to ke…

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AoR 139: StockSmart - Sustainable Grazing Starts with Good Forage Production Data 55:03

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Forage on semi-arid rangelands is finite but variable across space and over time. And grazing decisions start with balancing animal forage demand with forage supply, a significant challenge in vast and varied landscapes. In this episode, Matt Reeves, Sonia Hall, and Tip discuss StockSmart, the new free, online decision support tool just launched th…

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AoR 138: BOSH Project Restores Sagebrush Sea at Grand Scale - Maestas, White, & Stuebner 1:08:15

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The Bruneau Owyhee Sage Grouse Habitat (BOSH) project is a collaborative partnership of state and federal agencies, wildlife advocacy groups, and private landowners to restore native upland landscapes in Southwest Idaho to a more natural condition benefitting sage grouse, songbirds, antelope, spotted frogs and other wildlife. Conifer encroachment i…

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AoR 137: Art of Range mid-2024 Update 3:13

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Thank you for your patience as we shift funding sources and work into a slightly different approach to content. This brief piece describes these changes and previews upcoming episodes.By Tip Hudson

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AoR 136: "Politics of Scale - a History of Rangeland Science", with Nathan Sayre (re-release) 1:20:14

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Dr. Nathan Sayre has written a delightful book on the origins and history of rangelands science, public ownership, agency management, and grazing philosophy in the United States. Join Tip and Nathan as they discuss his background building fence on ranches on the Southwest, his pathway to the sociology of rangelands, and then surprising findings in …

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AoR 135: Are Cows "Tools"? The Effects of Language with Anna Clare Monlezun 51:05

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Our language both reveals and shapes our internal philosophy about all of the beings and things in the world. And it guides our behaviors and interactions with those things -- humans, animals, plants, and non-living things. Yet these below-the-hood inclinations are formed very informally, usually without conscious thought. This interview with Anna …

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AoR 134: Contextual Grazing Management & Patterns, with Jim Howell 1:12:17

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Maybe there is no silver bullet, no holy grail of grazing. But there are patterns of grazing impacts that work well for particular plant communities, and good grazing managers give attention to these effects and modify them over time to achieve landscape goals. Jim Howell is the founder of Grasslands, LLC, a ranch management company that directs gr…

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AoR 133: Ruminating on Soil Carbon with Paige Stanley, Jim Howell, Ariel Greenwood, & Chris Wilson 1:26:28

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"Decades of scientific research on grazing and soil organic carbon (SOC) has failed to form a cohesive understanding of how grazing management affects SOC stocks -- characterized by different formation and stabilization pathways—across different climatic contexts." This quote from the introduction to the review paper "Ruminating on soil carbon: App…

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AoR 132: Are Agrivoltaics a Viable New Frontier in Green Energy? with Anna Clare Monlezun 47:51

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Solar "farms" have met with resistance in Middle America because they often displace food farms, taking arable land out of production. But what if solar energy could be harvested at a utility scale on top of food or forage? This is the face of solar energy research today, and AnnaClare Monlezun is leading some of this research on White Oak Pastures…

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AoR 131: Society for Range Mgmt Plenary 2 "Change on the Range", with Experienced Professionals 1:05:36

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It's been said there is wisdom in a multitude of counselors. But in the same way that not all practice makes perfect, only good practice, it's important to listen to people with a proven record of range management success. This panel of experienced range professionals discusses principles that have helped them adapt well personally and professional…

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AoR 130: Society for Range Management Plenary "Change on the Range" with Young Professionals 1:09:02

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It's been said that the only thing that is certain is change. These young rangeland professionals engage in interview discussion around what "Change on the Range" means to them. The 2023 annual meeting plenaries addressed the synthetic nature of rangeland science and the necessity of working across disciplinary and geographic and social boundaries …

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AoR 129: Rangeland Fire Protection Associations with Basque rancher, Mike Guerry 48:09

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Neighbors helping neighbors fight fire--this is the goal of Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) according to the Idaho Dept of Lands: "RFPAs empower local landowners to protect their own property and their neighbors’ where fire protection services are limited or not available. RFPAs can also respond to fires nearby that would otherwise t…

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AoR 128: International Rangelands Congress 2025, with Nicole Spiegel & Andrew Ash 51:43

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Australia is hosting the IRC2025 in Adelaide, and this is the biggest rangelands event leading up to the 2026 UN International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists. Australia boasts more rangeland than the United States, with wild, open spaces everywhere. Andrew and Nicole discuss uniquenesses of Australia, challenges common to other parts of the worl…