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Common Ground: A Prairie Podcast Walsh County Three Rivers Conservation District
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Common Ground: A Prairie Podcast is hosted by Dr. Josh Anderson, a former American literature professor who returned home to rural ND to help lead local conservation efforts. Often considered “flyover country,” North Dakota is the least visited state in the nation. But thanks to a generous grant from the North Dakota Natural Resources Trust, you can experience this rich and rugged landscape. Josh travels to the pastures, grasslands, and wetlands to talk to Pulitzer Prize winning journalists, award-winning artists, soil health experts, conservation organizations, and local farmers & ranchers. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walsh-county-three-rivers/support
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Episode 2: Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
In Episode 2, we talk with three incredible women working to restore grassland bird habitat in partnership with local farmers and ranchers.
In our first interview, we meet up with Jodie Provost and her hunting dog Ava at their restored prairie grassland in the Drift Prairie region of the Sheyenne River Valley. Jodie serves as the communications director of the North American Grouse Partnership, which is the only conservation organization that advocates for all 12 species of North American Grouse. Listen to the episode to hear the thrum of insects and birds in the background as Jodie takes Josh on a walking tour of her prairie restoration project.
Our second interview features Heather Husband of the North Dakota Meadowlark Initiative. Listen to the interview to hear Heather describe the lessons on diversity, beauty, and toughness she's learned from the prairie, and how the ND state bird--the western meadowlark--is helping conservation leaders to restore North Dakota's grasslands.
Finally, stay tuned for our interview with Amanda Booher of the Audubon Great Plains. Listen to the cicadas sing in the sugar maples in Fargo's Oak Grove Park as Amanda describes how Audubon is working to restore riparian grasslands in cities and communities along the Red River. Keep listening for Amanda's description of the beautiful, award-winning documentary Wings Over Water, produced with support from Audubon, Ducks Unlimited, and other conservation organizations.
We hope you enjoy this episode of Common Ground: A Prairie Podcast!
Common Ground: A Prairie Podcast is supported by a generous grant from the North Dakota Natural Resources Trust.
#audubon #northamericangrousepartnership #ndmeadowlarkinitiative #birds #ranching #soilhealth #conservation #GreatPlains #prairie #northdakota
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Episode 0: Introduction to Common Ground: A Prairie Podcast
In Episode 0, we introduce you to Common Ground: A Prairie Podcast. Join Dr. Josh Anderson on his journey through the rich and rugged landscapes of North Dakota, where he introduces a wide range of guests involved in conservation efforts.
Listen to Episode 0 to learn how Josh went from a professor of American literature in New England to a conservationist in his home state of North Dakota. Listen to learn how famed American author Mark Twain’s essay “Two Ways of Seeing a River” inspired the podcast, and stay tuned to learn about how Indigenous writers Louise Erdrich, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Layli Long Soldier, Susan Power, and Stephen Graham Jones have inspired Josh along the way.
Episode 0 features music by Matthew Connolly, sound-editing by Anthony Butler, and interview clips with our guests, including John DeVrie and Patrice Delaney of the United Prairie Foundation, Naeem Kalwar of NDSU Extension, Dr. Alison Wallace of Minnesota State University Moorhead, local farmer Steve Enger, Heather Husband of the North Dakota Meadowlark Initiative, and Mike Jacobs, a journalist for The Grand Forks Herald.
Common Ground: A Prairie Podcast is funded in part by a generous grant from the North Dakota Natural Resources Trust.
To learn more about the origins of Common Ground: A Prairie Podcast, read Delaney Otto’s feature
article in the Grand Forks Herald.
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Episode 1 - Always in Season with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Mike Jacobs
In Episode 1, we talk with Mike Jacobs, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and avid birder, whose column "Always in Season" has delighted readers and bird lovers in the Great Plains for over 40 years.
We met up with Mike at Kelly's Slough National Wildlife Refuge, which shares ground, water, and air space with the Grand Forks Air Force Base and supports migratory waterfowl and shore birds in North Dakota.
Listen to the episode to hear Mike compose a "prairie symphony" with birdsong. Listen to what happens when our conversation is interrupted by a mating pair of bald eagles. And share the episode with all your friends who will be inspired by Mike's infectious passion for the birds and landscapes of the northern Great Plains.
This podcast is supported by a generous grant from the North Dakota Natural Resources Trust. For more info or to contact us, check us out on the Common Ground: A Prairie Podcast YouTube channel and on our website at walshcounty1938.com
The podcast cover art depicts a western meadowlark on a mural in Hoople, North Dakota, painted by the talented Melodie Alt of Barefaced Studio in Grafton, ND.
#birds #NorthDakota #GreatPlains #conservation #MikeJacobs #nationalwildliferefuge #migratorybirds #waterfowl
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