35 Burst results for "Conservation"
AP News Radio
Biden plan to sell land leases for conservation gets pushback
"A plan by the Biden administration to sell land leases to conservation groups is getting opposition on Norman hall. Biden administration officials have sought to dispel worries they want to exclude oil drilling livestock raising and other activities from vast government on land. The effort follows pushback from Republicans and ranchers over a contentious proposal to put conservation on equal footing with industry, the proposal would allow conservationists and others to lease federally owned land to restore it much the same way oil companies by leases to drill and ranches pay to graze cattle. Lisa's could also be bought on behalf of companies such as oil drillers who want to offset damage to public land by restoring acreage elsewhere. Norman hall, Washington
AP News Radio
Biden proposal would let conservationists lease public land much as drillers and ranchers do
"The Biden administration is proposing that conservationists be allowed to lease public land. Tracy stone Manning, the head of the U.S. bureau of land management, says the administration proposal would make conservation and equal priority, conservation groups or others would be allowed to buy leases to restore government land just as oil companies by leases to drill or ranchers lease range land for grazing. It's happened before on a limited basis, but there has been no dedicated program for it. The idea is stirring debate over the best use of millions of acres of taxpayer owned property in the west, some Republican lawmakers attacked the idea as a backdoor way to shut out mining energy and agricultural interests. Senator John barrasso, a Wyoming Republican, attacked the proposed rule as making non
AP News Radio
Report: Climate change, disease imperil North American bats
"North American bats are in big trouble. Scientists say that more than half of North America's bat species are likely to diminish significantly because of climate change, a report by experts from the U.S. Canada and Mexico says 81 of the continent's 154 known bat types are at risk of severe population decline in the next 15 years. The report was published by the North American bat conservation alliance, the consortium's chief scientist winifred Frick, says we face a biodiversity crisis globally and bats play a very important role in healthy ecosystems needed to protect our planet, the U.S. geological survey, says bats give U.S. agriculture a $3.7 billion annual boost by gobbling crop destroying insects. I'm Donna water
AP News Radio
German officials seize cooked bats near Belgian border
"German officials have seized cooked bats, and nearly a ton of unrefrigerated fish after police stopped a van entering the country from Belgium. Federal police say a patrol on Monday stopped the vehicle at a highway exit and found the bats under the fish, a vet from the local consumer protection office was sent to the scene and ordered the bats and fish confiscated. Please seize the van too, which was uninsured. The 31 year old driver faces administrative proceedings for violations of food hygiene rules and local authorities were looking into whether he violated conservation laws relating to the bats. I'm Charles De Ledesma
AP News Radio
Harris peeks at peppers on farm with climate change in mind
"Vice president Kamala Harris has been using her time in Africa to focus on how best to secure food supplies in an age of global warming. Arriving in Zambia's chip Bomba district vice president was greeted by staff and founders of a farm that is using new techniques and technology to boost its vegetable crop. As she toured the farmers expecting peppers and rows of vegetables, Harris commended its founder, Bruno wimba for his fresh approach to farming. This trip you are correct Bruno has been about highlighting innovation. Highlighting the ingenuity that exists on this continent that is benefiting the world and can be a model and particular about the smart farming smart agriculture. Unlike in the United States, where the focus is on cutting carbon emissions, the conversation in Africa is about how to expand access to food in a changing climate, at the end of her weeklong trip, Harris announced her aim to secure $7 billion in private sector investments to boost conservation and improve food production in Africa as the continent prepares for the effects of climate change. I am Karen Chammas
AP News Radio
California ends some water limits after storms ease drought
"California is ending some of its restrictions on water use. After three years of little rain or snow, California has been hit with about 12 powerful storms since December, governor Gavin Newsom is lowering the number of water use restrictions from 81 to 33. We're eliminating that 15% voluntary requirement or voluntary conservation target. The U.S. drought monitor says most of California is no longer in a drought. Does the governor think the drought is over? Well, I want to affirm your instinct that it should be. It feels like it is. It is and continues to be complicated. The governors is water shortages remain in the klamath river base and along the Oregon border and in Southern California near the struggling Colorado River. I'm Ed Donahue
AP News Radio
Do-not-eat listing draws lawsuit from Maine lobster industry
"A coalition representing the main lobster industry is suing California's Monterey bay aquarium. I'm Ben Thomas with the latest. The Monterey bay aquarium operates a conservation program called seafood watch, which makes recommendations to consumers about which seafood to buy based on sustainability. Last year, seafood watch put lobster from the U.S. and Canada on its red list of seafood to avoid. Due to the threat posed to endangered whales by entanglement and fishing gear used to harvest American lobster. North American right whales number only about 340, and they've declined in recent years. But in their lawsuit, industry groups, including the main lobstermen's association, say the listing constitutes defamation, arguing it relies on bad science. I'm Ben Thomas
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Kamala Harris: Why Conservatives Are Bad
"Listen to Kamala Harris this week. She shared a little childhood story. This is vice president cackles, cackling about a childhood memory she had with her mother. I grew up learning about, we called it ecology at the time. And so some of us who were born around that time know what I'm saying. And we talked about it in the context of conservation. In fact, I'm going to share with you a very simple story, which is that I went home one day and I said, well, why are conservatives bad, mommy? Because I thought we were supposed to conserve things. I couldn't reconcile it now, I can. Oh, now you can reconcile why Republicans are why conservatives are bad. I mean, they say the quiet part out loud all the time. They think we're bad. That's how they view us.
AP News Radio
Nations reach accord to protect marine life on high seas
"For the first time, over 100 United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas. The treaty is a turning point in a year's long effort to bestow order on vast stretches of the planet where conservation was hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws. The agreement will create a new body to manage ocean life conservation and establish marine protected areas in ocean regions outside national boundary waters. Initially, the negotiations were anticipated to end on Friday, but stretched deep into Saturday, concluding a total of two weeks of talks in New York. Raina Lee, UN ambassador for oceans and law of the seas issues, expressed her gratitude at the accomplishment, saying good evening, ladies and gentlemen, the ship has reached the shore. Experts say that a global oceans treaty is needed to enforce the UN's pledge to protect 30% of the planet's oceans, as well as its land for conservation. I'm Sarah nafa
KAILASH HAZARI IAS ACADEMY /ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTANT SERVICE (WORLDWIDE)
"conservation" Discussed on KAILASH HAZARI IAS ACADEMY /ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTANT SERVICE (WORLDWIDE)
"Hello Friends, energy conservation, amendment will put 22 passed by partly meant the energy conservation Bill to 1322 passed by parliament. The bill emans the energy conservation act 2001. The app promotes energy efficiency and conjunct reason. It provides for the regulation of energy conjunction by equipment. Appliances, buildings and industry. Key features of the build are obligation to huge and fossil sources of energy. The app empowers the central government to specify. Energy conjunction standards. The bill adds that the government may require that the declined consumers to meet a minimum share of energy conjunction from them fossil sources. Different conjunction, thresholds may be specified for different fossil sources and consumer categories that you can consumers include first industry such as mining, still cement textile chemicals and the true chemicals. Second transport sector, including village and third commercial buildings specified industrial duel. Failure. To meet the obligation for huge of energy from non fossil sources will be permissible with a penalty of up to. To be done like it will also attract an additional penalty of up to twice the price of oil equivalent of energy consumed of the prescribed norm. Carbon 3D, the bill empowers the central government to specify a carbon credit trading scheme. Carbon credit implies a treatable permit to produce a specified amount of carbon emissions, the central government or any authorized agency. May is to carbon credit certificates to entity. Registered under and compliant with the scheme. The entity will be antidote to purchase or sail the certificate any other person may also purchase a carbon credit.
The Garden Question
"conservation" Discussed on The Garden Question
"Yeah, you ever questioned a tree that's in fruit and they think you should know it, and they hand it to you. Jennifer, you ought to know that that's a persimmon. But here, taste this fruit, and it's a tart persimmon, that'll learn you. You should have known for Simon, okay, I know it now. Thank you. I may never be able to smile again. After this pucker. How are your professional careers been your biggest influencer? Oh, I've had so many amazing mentors. I had mentors at the national level at the center for plant conservation like K havens. I had mentors like Cindy Whitworth, she was the botanist ecologist of the four service here in Georgia. She taught me how to do field botany. She taught me how to do wayfinding with maps, topo maps, compass. She taught me how to monitor a rare plant population. These were things that I didn't learn in school, field skills that I didn't learn in school that I learned from Cindy wentworth. I just volunteered with her. How can I help teach me all you can? Ron deerman at the Atlanta botanical garden, amazing horticulturist. He's taught generation service of the intelligent tinkering of seeds and how to get them to wake up. Tom Patrick, state botanist, he's since passed away many of us still feeling that. And working hard to keep lifting his work forward. Just a gentle teacher who would sing the Latin names, he was alerting us that there was a cool plant. He's like Cynthia. We would come over. But he would show me a thousand times why is that Georgia ester and not another ester? And he would patiently show me again and again. I just sweet gifted teacher and he didn't just know the plants, but he knew the landowners, and he had friendships with landowners and professionals in all of the trades all over the state. He knew all the counties by heart, all the best restaurants on all the squares of all the county seats. And what a great mentor to teach us that, yes, you got to know your body. You got to know your plants, but you've got to know people. Yeah. You got to engage people. People have to care and know some of our best botanists in the state are self taught botanists. And they are remarkable. We need them. So people in plants, and that was from Tom, Tom Patrick. What is your most valuable garden mistake? Sorry. I've got so many. It's so funny. Okay, so early days. My husband and I moved into this little historic home in Gainesville, Georgia, downtown. Oh, the grass had been parked on for years for makeshift driveway. You could see a little gravelly bits. And I think there had been cement there was about a time, but this is a 1945 House. We had this opportunity to put in a garden. The side yard. So what did we do? We tilled the heck out of it. We chilled for days. We rented a giant the biggest tilling machine we could get and we tell them we tilt them we chilled. Which may have been a good thing since it had been driven on. Okay, maybe maybe. But it was clay, right? And what did we add? Jennifer had been trained up in the coast of plain. I was like, that sounds sand. Oh. So we added sand to the clay, Craig, I see you shaking your head.
The Garden Question
"conservation" Discussed on The Garden Question
"It is hard packed subsoil left over from a construction process. And how do you overcome that challenge? Yes, I think our soils are our biggest challenge for gardening. And then invasive pressures. We just go up. We used to till, when I was in graduate school at UGA department of horticulture, we were taught all the things to prepare soil and immense oil and now we've pulled back off of tilling as we've learned more about soil. The world of critters that are living in the soil, the microbiology. We don't want to disrupt all that. So I would say even with a screwdriver or some kind of metal stake, walk around in poke holes in your soil and then bring in some hearty soil amendment and just go up. Composted pine bark, some kind of other compost, maybe not so much peat, 'cause that'll break down so fast. Edge it with whatever you've got, rocks, boards, maybe just a big pile, let it settle, let it rain on it, let water it in, let it settle, and then start planting in that, let the roots go deep, they'll get down in there, but that raised layer will help them establish with their fine roots. And then a lot of these native plants, especially sun loving native plants, they have roots that are three, four, 5, ten feet deep. Once they get starved, they'll be nice and drought tolerant, but they're going to need a little time to get started. And they're going to need a little help to get started with that raised bed situation. So punch holes in it and you talk about screwdriver, but would I bob planner or even a 6 inch auger? Is that overkill? No, that's a great idea. I have a lantern steak. I walk around. I look like an odd shepherd, I think, walking around. And sort of doing an odd dance, just stab holes in my garden just to bring a little air down in there, a little water down in there, and then I end up. After you've built up your poking it. Right? At least I try to tilt down or double dig two feet and break it all up. It seems best not to do that anymore. Sounds less laborious too. Right? I mean, I think about the hours and days of tilling and double digging. Is there a favorable intersection of gardening and plant conservation? I think there's an essential intersection. I think they're woven. We didn't realize I think starting my career. It was like plant conservation will be driven by the scientist and they will do the things people who are trained in genetics and in special propagation techniques they will do the research to figure out how to make these plants thrive in the wild. And that's true. We absolutely need those experts. I consider myself in that team of experts that do that work, and that is essential. But what we've realized in the last 25 years is we can not do it alone. We need to support the whole system. We've put a lot of time. We are partners in the Georgia plant conservation alliance to conserve the critically imperial plant species, and we'll plant them out and natural areas, but if there are not
Wealth Actually
"conservation" Discussed on Wealth Actually
"Here's your host, Fraser rice. Welcome back to the wealth actually podcast. I'm Fraser rice. Today we're going to talk about conservation easements. According to the national conservation easement database, a conservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement that permanently limits uses of the land in order to protect its conservation values. These easements are one option to protect a property for future generations. The government is supported the logic that donating productive land for environmental purposes is a worthy cause. As a result, many taxable benefits can accrue to the donor. However, the conservation easement is also rooted in controversy and deep IRS scrutiny. Unscrupulous promoters have focused on these transactions. The abuse has occurred when unrealistic and unsupported valuations are used to sell tax breaks to the high earners who are usually unrelated to the actual land. But is this IRS scrutiny killed the conservation easement? Is there room for a transaction with such a beneficial purpose? To help us understand the state of the conservation easement landscape, and its usefulness going forward, I spoke with Michael englehart. Based in Stanford, Connecticut, Michael's practice works with high net worth clients and family offices in the areas of tax mitigation and insurance planning. His practice has been involved in many client land.
The Dan Bongino Show
We Should Have an Honest Conservation About January 6
"Can all and we should have a conversation about what happened I mean us I don't mean the national conversation the left always talks about I mean a real one We should have that conversation Could things have been handled differently Should they have been sure it's a fair conversation to the right one to have But to accuse Donald Trump of inciting a riot at The White House despite on video asking people to march peacefully and patriotically while the left actively bailed out people who had attacked other people and burned down cities some of them wound up at The White House and forced the president to a bunker and you think you have credibility on this stuff Or hard bass man Hard
Science Talk
"conservation" Discussed on Science Talk
"Apart from the darkness your work has some funny tidbits about naming species. For instance, how there is a yellow headed moth named after Donald Trump. I wonder if he's aware of that. I did not know if Donald Trump is aware there was a yellow headed moth named after him. I do know that George W. Bush was aware that there was a species of slime mold named after him and that he took it as a compliment and called the scientist who actually did not mean it as an insult was a supporter of George W. Bush and intended it as a compliment. Now I want to speak about the women in your book. Last but not least. You have centered the women and the early conservation history and the role and how much they influence conservation as we know it today. Many of them were the wealthier women, the intellectuals. A lot of them were very invested. At the time there were not seen as leaders per se, but they did have remarkable influence on the field. I'm glad you brought that up because I was fascinated to learn about the intersection between the women's suffrage movement, which started in the late 1800s and was at its peak when the conservation movement was getting it started. I was fascinated to discover how strong that connection was between women's suffrage activists transferring the activist skills they had learned to the conservation movement and infusing it with a lot of new energy, a lot of know how and a really different vision and going back to our conversation about racism and elitism in the conservation movement. The very early conservation movement was really, as I said, a movement of elite white men, most of them hunters. And the women who came from the suffrage movement into the conservation movement in the early 1900s were not the only counter to that stereotype, but they were a big one, and I think that their interest really lent a grassroots character to the movement that it didn't have much of before. Women were a big part of the nature study movement that encouraged ordinary people to get out and use these fancy new binoculars to see birds up close as they'd never been able to before. And they were instrumental in the movement against the plume trade, which was killing birds and set the time really endangering a lot of species for plumage for women's hats. So women were instrumental in stopping the depredations of that trade and encouraging their other women to stop buying these hats. So I think that they changed the character of the movement. They made it more grassroots. They made it more inclusive, though not entirely inclusive of these were still most of these women were pretty elite. And they also not only brought new people into the movement, but they brought new species into the movement because it had been a movement of sportsmen..
Science Talk
"conservation" Discussed on Science Talk
"Followed the path of colonialism and it reproduced many of the behaviors of the colonial governments that had come before it. And so there is a long history of the blind spots. Blind spots about the complexity of human cultures, other than conservationists own spots about the potential, positive roles that people can play in conservation. And this is not at all to condemn the project of conservation or to condemn conservationist working today. But it's to say that I think it's in the interest of conservation broadly in the interest of saving other species in ourselves, which is really the project of conservation. It's in that interest to look at the history in as clear eye as possible, acknowledge those minds pots and look at what we've learned. History can be very useful in showing conservationists what's worked because many things have worked, and what's not gone very well either because people had blind spots at the time, they simply didn't have the science available to them or the technology available to them. There is a lot of positive things that we can gain from taking what may be a sometimes uncomfortable look back at the history of conservation. You do not shy away from the discomfort that some origin stories exude from racism and colonialist attitude to some of the conservationist personal sense of superiority. Some stories were somewhat shocking and made me wonder if you ever fear they might end up being counterproductive. You know, take away from the movements accomplishments or your own call to action for building on what the forefathers of conservation have accomplished. That's a great question. And it's something I did think a lot about while writing the book. I don't know that I ever worried that it would be counterproductive. I certainly hope it won't be my feeling was these stories are out there. They always come up, some of the most prominent people in the very early years of conservation were pretty racist. I wouldn't want to say that they represented the majority of conservationists at the time, but several of the leading voices and conservation in the late 1800s and early 1900s were quite racist. And not only reflected what might have been the prejudices the quote unquote normal prejudices of their time, but their love and admiration for other species, which was genuine, reflected a deeper concern about purity and it curdled into a concern about racial purity. These paradoxes in a way where they were extremely successful conservationists, but they did instead of horrible things. Things that they did in 7 thought that were reprehensible are also part of the public record. And they have been written about. And so I feel like but the conservation movement for understandable reasons doesn't put those stories front and center. So I wanted to tell the whole story of these people. And say, let's look at what they did that was good for other species. Let's look at how their motivations reflected not only a genuine love and respect for other species. But in a strange way, reflected their reprehensible prejudices, let's acknowledge that, and then let's not cancel these people. Let's take what useful from what they did. And leave behind, of course, what's not useful. I hope that that rather than being counterproductive, I hope it brings together two sides of the story that that's already out there. And gives people working in conservation today, a way to think about that tradition that is that's useful in the sense that we're still learning from these people, but we can learn from them while still rejecting their dark side..
Science Talk
"conservation" Discussed on Science Talk
"And we haven't figured that out yet. You also argue that we're currently stuck because we don't see or know the history of preservation or that fight. That's also the thesis of your book, where you try to redefine conservation and what it means, at least for a broader audience. By the way, I've come to see the history of the conservation movement is that it started with a desire to protect individual species from very direct threats from humans. For instance, to protect the last remaining American bison from slaughter by commercial interests. And as the conservation movement matured, it really grew up along alongside the science of ecology, which more and more has discovered the importance of species relationships with one another species relationships with their habitats, how plant and animal species work together to form an ecosystem. And so the conservation movement absorbed that understanding and has broadened its goals to include not just the protection of extremely threatens iconic species, but protecting, again, those relationships, the habitats that those species need that the assemblage of species that makes up an ecosystem. At the same time, I think that the public perception of the conservation movement has kind of remained set of it in that first chapter and there are a lot of reasons for that. But one reason I think is that the conservation movement itself has for understandable reasons, use iconic species as a way to draw sympathy for their cause, don't you want to protect the panda, don't you want to protect the base then or the very extremely threatened whale species, all kinds of charismatic, extremely endangered animals that certainly do need our help. But I think that strategy has had the effect of leading people to think that that's all there is to conservation. When really the goal is much broader, it's not just to protect these very rare species and preserve them on the edge of survival..
Science Talk
"conservation" Discussed on Science Talk
"This is scientific American science talk podcast, and I'm your host Pakistan. Today we talk about in dangerous PCs in the complicated birth of the wildlife in conservation movement that we know today. My guest is Michelle ney house. No house is a biologist and an award winning science reporter who traced the history of the movement in recently wrote a book about the lives and ideas of the men and women. We not only transitioned into this new field, but shaped it from the ground up. The book is called beloved beasts, fighting for life in an age of extinction. In a cities we're looking to the past to see the future that of wildlife in the conservation field. The historical account is heartfelt engrossing, thought provoking, even brutal at times, but always painfully honest. In her storytelling, Michelle doesn't gloss over the dark moments. Moments laced with racism, colonialism privilege or cutthroat competition. Quote, the story of modern species conservation is full of people who did the wrong things for the right reasons, and the right things for the wrong reasons she writes. It begins in wealthy countries and in colonize territory. But it's because of her bold literary choices that the transformative and transcendent moments in this history shine a little brighter. It begins with the American bison, or if you want to be more accurate, the scientific name is bison bison bison, though I understand if you opt for the shorthand and some mouthful. The largest mammal in North America is a Keystone species that was center stage two night house's book. In the efforts of the early conservationists, more than a few founders of the field were actually trophy hunters and the word who acquired extra layers before it came to mean what it means today for us. In the course of the story seemingly a jumble of tragedies and emergencies as night house puts it, we learn about individuals such as the enigmatic and controversial hunter turned conservationist, William temple Hornaday. The protector of the American bison had been himself responsible for killing more than 20 of North America's free roaming bison. According to the book, he killed elephants and tigers and in my house's words forgive me if it sounds a bit graphic. I'm quoting here. Hornaday spent much of his professional life up to his elbows in animal innards. And yet, confronted by the prospect of extinction of a majestic species like the bison, the dwindling numbers of the specimen or perhaps his night house speculates in the book, scandalized by the gore, he became a champion of the bison in a pioneer conservationist. In an act of atonement, he established a captive herd of bison that has enabled the animal to survive today in the hundreds of thousands, Hornaday was one of the first to create an animal preserve through him we would learn about the Smithsonian and evolved from the U.S. national museum which he was director of in later The Bronx zoo, which was a zoological park that he also headed. Through such figures night house would introduce us to the genesis of conservation giants such as the Audubon society in the world, wildlife fund. Underscores the importance of historical context, many conservationists have revived old arguments and repeated mistakes she writes..
Rewilding Earth
Rewilding Earth Podcast Episode 78: Iowa Rewilding and Big River Connectivity With Mark Edwards - burst 01
"I'm still Just in the throes realizing how wild it is where i live and yet where i live is the most biologically altered state north america. We've converted roughly ninety eight percent of the state for ume needs farming mostly roads highways and cultural kind of things like that. And so. I feel like i've been really lucky. I have a numerous france that i still maintain visiting one. Those main couvert island and so for example. And so i get to go to these places still. But i really like teasing him in particular like wait. You left i with this front on it. We don't figure out here where we're gonna figure it out. I mean he wanted to go over. There was something left a lot of friends in that but it became clear to me. I go visit those places like going to wilderness areas. But really the wildness is about more my relationship to my place wherever i am and so i've really come to love. I will bear very deeply and lake. I love it a lot. Because of what's been done to in a very short amount of time and yet i see potential there that i don see other places and i think that's really how i got into the reviled and so here. I am with the re wilding nut connecting with the people. I know and so i met roger. Ross give for this process and we kind of formed a partnership and Ross is extremely important in my life at that time because he's very challenged to me. We both agreed on. We were following rewinding We at read most all the same odd. We read most all the same books in southern deep understanding the language of each other but we came from past history a whole different way as was a local agricultural a business And here's mine trying to work with all the different environmental organizations trying to learn every plant species all that kind of level and between the two of us. I challenge each other tremendously and that's I think would really Catchers be wild Wild ethic that we're trying to do. We're both trying to learn how to be wilder and what rewinding me. And it's changed me tremendously. I just keep reading and reading a read most of this stuff before. How do i apply that to my own thing about. I don't have to wilderness anymore. I used to go a lot and well supposed to grow up. I still love places. I still find that interesting. But i have never been a wilder place in one sense of the word than i am where i live now on. I and i'm surrounded by corn beans. Two thirds of the statements covered into animal species. It's absolutely frightening how that green curtain and what's frightening is how people look at it and see that as a agreeing healthy thing on the national level what was being addressed was wilderness series or what we have stuff that's left. Where can we
Rewilding Earth
A highlight from Rewilding Earth Podcast Episode 78: Iowa Rewilding and Big River Connectivity With Mark Edwards
"I'm still Just in the throes realizing how wild it is where i live and yet where i live is the most biologically altered state north america. We've converted roughly ninety eight percent of the state for ume needs farming mostly roads highways and cultural kind of things like that. And so. I feel like i've been really lucky. I have a numerous france that i still maintain visiting one. Those main couvert island and so for example. And so i get to go to these places still. But i really like teasing him in particular like wait. You left i with this front on it. We don't figure out here where we're gonna figure it out. I mean he wanted to go over. There was something left a lot of friends in that but it became clear to me. I go visit those places like going to wilderness areas. But really the wildness is about more my relationship to my place wherever i am and so i've really come to love. I will bear very deeply and lake. I love it a lot. Because of what's been done to in a very short amount of time and yet i see potential there that i don see other places and i think that's really how i got into the reviled and so here. I am with the re wilding nut connecting with the people. I know and so i met roger. Ross give for this process and we kind of formed a partnership and Ross is extremely important in my life at that time because he's very challenged to me. We both agreed on. We were following rewinding We at read most all the same odd. We read most all the same books in southern deep understanding the language of each other but we came from past history a whole different way as was a local agricultural a business And here's mine trying to work with all the different environmental organizations trying to learn every plant species all that kind of level and between the two of us. I challenge each other tremendously and that's I think would really Catchers be wild Wild ethic that we're trying to do. We're both trying to learn how to be wilder and what rewinding me. And it's changed me tremendously. I just keep reading and reading a read most of this stuff before. How do i apply that to my own thing about. I don't have to wilderness anymore. I used to go a lot and well supposed to grow up. I still love places. I still find that interesting. But i have never been a wilder place in one sense of the word than i am where i live now on. I and i'm surrounded by corn beans. Two thirds of the statements covered into animal species. It's absolutely frightening how that green curtain and what's frightening is how people look at it and see that as a agreeing healthy thing on the national level what was being addressed was wilderness series or what we have stuff that's left. Where can we
Seek Outside Podcast
"conservation" Discussed on Seek Outside Podcast
"That's right got it. And i was checking the website. You'll see all the information for the fall twenty twenty one raffle if you get on there. That's awesome in for anybody that you know. Even if you're not looking for the gear. I mean like we were talking about earlier just supporting local conservation efforts i think is you know it's awesome if you're given one hundred bucks a year to be. Ha and these other groups but small organizations like yours are are just as important in the grand scheme of things getting these little pieces of land. It's a big piece of land here in colorado but nationwide. It's something small. It's super key to have organiz organizations like you guys that are locked in making it happen keeping these places wild. So you're twenty dollars is not going to be going to waste or i mean if heck if you wanna buy five tickets by five tickets yeah and if you buy five tickets you might as well buy six can by six there the price of five so you get an extra ticket thrown alive. Yeah yeah and i agree like there are lots of amazing grassroots conservation groups out there no matter where you are. There's one in your backyard so by raffle ticket donate on the side western slope conservation center. We won't say note any of that. But also i'm sure there's a group in your area that would love to have your support and so support the places you recreate in support the places the go and you visit but also please support all the local nonprofits in your own area. That are working to make sure that your area has the highest the highest quality of lambs that we can. We can have at this point. We've we've left a pretty big impact on a lot of lands around but there's a lot that can be done through restoration and there's a lot that can be done through education and awareness so yeah support support us but support. Whoever is in your backyard as well on. I think it's especially big just in places that you still do. Have that are very wild. 'cause i go up on the composite plateau read over here. It's thirty minutes on a bad day to get up there and there's a road that runs down the whole center. The thing which is kind of a bummer. That there is a road there. But it's also like you walk fifteen minutes off the road and you're still in just like this pristine wilderness. Habitat that you know. I'm i'm sure there's certain steps that you're taking care that has ever taken for you know just animals critters or whatever especially if you get into that. Some of that. Thick oak brush nominee. People want to get up there. But yeah i think it's you know it's very important to just keep the the wild places wild that we have right now and that's part of that that big thirty by thirty initiative..
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"conservation" Discussed on Seek Outside Podcast
"Administration that supports initiatives like thirty by thirty. Which is the idea that we can serve thirty percent of the lands by the year. Twenty thirty so that we don't find ourselves at a climate crisis tipping point so we have a finite amount of lands that are still rather unencumbered. They're still pretty pretty functional and and somewhat wild and we'd like we'd like to see how much of that we can keep functional from sort of an ecosystem scale and there is a biologist year wilson. Who has posited the theory that. If we can't conserve fifty percent of the wild lands that we still have on earth by the year twenty fifty we will have gone over a tipping point. And there's not a lot. There's not a lot of effect that we can have on climate change once we get beyond that point that we need to have this cushion of wild places and open spaces to prevent us from going over the edge so the biden administration has adopted this thirty by thirty initiative which we think is great. We don't necessarily see it reflected in the draft plan that the forest service was released for the jima and so we think that that's something that as people write comments and the comment deadline is november twelfth. So for all of these plans there's public input periods and usually ninety day public input periods. And so we're in the middle of the public comment period for the jima plan. And ed recommend folks like pop on the western conservation center website and we have some pretty strong recommendations for and because like. I said we're group that tries to seek consensus and wilderness can be a bit controversial. We've also recommended certain. Special management so designations that aren't necessarily wilderness. But that might give some of the benefits.
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"conservation" Discussed on Seek Outside Podcast
"We recommend for the forest. Recommend to congress to designate new wilderness. That and wildernesses just. It's a designation that gives the utmost level of protection so in a wilderness area. There won't be new roads it'll be created And it'll be managed primarily for wilderness values. so there won't be structures that go into wilderness. There won't be recreation can still occur in wilderness. The primary driver of how that land is managed. You know so. There aren't going to be like a ton of new cross country ski trails cut or there's not going to be you know a ton of mountain biking trails that are placed in wilderness a wilderness is essentially like the cream of the crop as far as land protection and as a conservation organization. That's something we're interested in. It's something that you know. Some people think is more difficult to manage because it does just by virtue of the fact that there aren't new structures in there aren't new infrastructure that goes into wilderness areas that can be difficult to access but that difficult to access is. Also you know like you're saying you go anywhere in you see people where there's access to places you're going to have people. And so one of the charms of wilderness is that it remains somewhat inaccessible to people. You know they're just kinda kinda nice. Those areas intact and functioning because there are things that nature do for us that we don't even know that it's doing for us. Yeah and i think it's a balance. You know conservation is obviously you want. The i think the main selfish reason for having conservation is because people want to use it right or you want your kids to be able to use it but there's also got to be the aspect of you know we can't think about ourselves first. We got to think about you know l. kurds that move through here and the bears and outlines or whatever else uses that that space there. So it's it's an interesting balance. But i think i think you guys definitely have a lot of support being out here and something i just wanted to talk about. Was you know. I think a lot of people get caught up in you know with conservation with the big organizations you know whether it's back country hunters anglers or the sierra club or any of those big nationwide units that that do conservation. But there's so many organizations like you guys across the country where it's just you guys are really planting your flag in one area. And i think that's super important for conservation. You know you've got to have the big organizations with the big money to you. Know capitol hill washington and really fight for the for the overarching plans and designations and stuff like that but then we got to have people like you guys who are just like. I'm going to focus on this little area here. So do you have experience at the bigger level or is this your first conservation job. We'll so i. I've come up through conservation sort of from like a trail work background all the way all the way up now and i worked previously before i came out here to colorado At an organization out in the california desert sort of california nevada desert and so yeah Which was also another local grassroots organization. And i think that the role of grassroots organizations like the western slope conservation center what we bring to. The conversation is sort of a local area. Expertise like sierra club and center for biological diversity and a lot of those larger groups. They do one thing or a couple things really well..
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"conservation" Discussed on Seek Outside Podcast
"Right ryan subpoena with the seek outside podcast here. I got tonya henderson with the western slope conservation center On the other headset here were Taking some time to sit outside and enjoy the beautiful fall weather that we're getting here in colorado So if you hear a few trucks going by. That is the reasoning for that But yeah we We're gonna talk a little bit about local colorado stuff and let tanya give you an intro into what she does over there at the western slope conservation center But just want to talk about conservation. a couple of things that are happening here in colorado. That also may pertain to anybody. There's listening to this. That may wanna come out to colorado for hunting or mountain biking backpacking or whatever so tanya. Thank you so much for being here appreciate it. Yeah absolutely thanks ryan for having me from western slope conservation center like you said. We're environmental nonprofit based out of payan and have worked a lot in the north fork valley and then beyond And yeah anything. Conservation related something that we're interested in and advocating for to make sure that we have the lightest touch on the land and the most sustainable way. So that all the things that you and i love about being able to go outside and experience you know all this amazing natural beauty that we have out here in colorado is preserved for the generations moving forward. We have a really great opportunity now with the Commonly known g mug plan or sort of locally known g mug plan but it's the the grand mesa compadres in gunnison. National forests are all managed as one big unit. an every national forest has to go through Planning processes and sort of a regular. It's supposed to be regular timescale. It's been about thirty years since we've had a revised forest planner and updated for his plan for the g. mug green mason compadres and the gunnison which surround us all around here in grand junction. And then we're based in pennsylvania. Which is you know a short hour and a half car right away. But we're still surrounded by the same national forests and so it's it's a huge chunk of land It's the largest so there three four but they're managed as one unit and it's the largest management unit for the national forest service south of alaska. So yeah yes so. It's a pretty important process. That's going on now and there's a lot of people that come out here and use the land and we wanna make sure that all of those users have a voice in in this forest planning process And so as a as a conservation group obviously the values that we think are the highest strongest. the best are for conservation and science so that we can maintain the ecosystem services that we have in the headwaters in these mountains. And also so that we can you know be the voice that wildlife needs so it can be able to sustain itself so we need to have large habitat patches to maintain the herds that we have out here and we need to have some wild back country to make sure that the land is not just for us as humans but for other species as well..
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Wet Notes - 9-13-21
"This is wet notes here on scuba shock radio from monday september thirteenth. Two thousand twenty one first up today is in another idea for diving with a purpose in one of the most recent newsletters from the coral restoration foundation the coral chronicles. There was a report that cr f. is teaming up with the atlantis. Dive resort in douma getty to offer a unique opportunity to participate in a week long program at the result in helping them build and maintain the largest coral nursery endowing. Actually the town where. Atlantis is located. The program is being sponsored by the coral restoration foundation. The loveland living planet aquarium and the meat foundation. The program runs from september twenty fourth to october. First two thousand twenty two there are planned educational sessions on coral ecology along with restoration efforts and techniques. You also conduct restoration. Dives along with some fun dies. This sounds really fascinating. One of the pictures into newsletter showed the table coral at apo island. I vividly remember that area when we dove air in two thousand nineteen there wasn't any pricing available in the article and you'll have to contact the hotel directly if you have the time and desire to dive with a purpose check out this program and market on your calendar. Long time ago. Donna and i lived in hawaii that was in the mid nineteen eighties. At that time we got to experience. What was probably one of the first while in walls in honolulu. If you're not familiar with wilem walls you can check them out. The wall was a large mural of the humpback whale on the side of a building near waikiki. It was quite impressive. Well it might not be a while and wall but if you happen to be near brant rock in mansfield massachusetts you can catch a the view of a mural of a large shark painted on the side of an old restaurant according to wicked local dot com. The mural was painted by a local artist. Shane leonard. Shane was a former football player at boston college. Who has a passion for painting and a passion for sharks. Now the muros on the side of the former arthur and patch restaurant that closed back in two thousand fifteen. The shark faces divers as they head down ocean street which is a one way street. So you can't miss it say. Shane says he likes the way shark. Show emotion. the photo is pretty impressive. there's no guarantee that the building won't be torn down. Now that is unoccupied but according to shane. Even if it doesn't survive it was worth doing so if you happen to be near mansfield mass check out the shark mural on ocean street about a month ago. Patio wear foundation announced their fourth annual aware week. Now this year it will run from september. Eighteenth through september twenty six two thousand and twenty one the whole idea behind aware week is to empower the global dive community to lead or take part in conservation activities in courses focused on local action for global impact in the past aware has focused on two elements marine debris and vulnerable marine species this year in concert with patties blueprint for ocean action. They're adding three more components. Climate change marine protected areas and coral reefs. Some of the ways. That dive shops can participate or by conducting aware classes like dive against debris coral conservation or the aware specialty. Also like us. You can become a one hundred percent aware dive centre where you provide a monthly contribution in support of the patty certifications you award. We are very proud to be one hundred percent aware. But here's something that. Patty aware foundation needs to work on. We need more notice as to win. Aware week is happening. I wasn't sure what was happening this year and our calendar filled up and we weren't able to get things scheduled as i mentioned at the top of the show. We've already created are twenty twenty two calendar and it would be nice to know when aware week twenty twenty two is happening. I also mentioned at the top to show that the re photo contest results were in and that i didn't win while scuba diving magazine. Magazine's two thousand and twenty one through the lens contest is also complete. The winners were recently released at scuba diving. Dot com and the photos will be revealed in september october special photo issue. They received one thousand seven hundred and nineteen photos from around the world. The contest categories included behavior compact camera macro and wide angle. The entries were judged on beauty originality and unique encounters. I check them out and they are spectacular. I only wish. I had the talent impatience to do that kind of work. Now if you wanna get a jump onto twenty twenty two contests they will start accepting entries january third two thousand twenty two and you can submit your photos through may thirty first two thousand and twenty two and finally we recently received our two thousand twenty two aqualung buyer's guide along with information on all the new products coming down from aqualung apex. So i thought. I'd give you a little preview on what's on the horizon. I from aqualung. They are releasing a new regulator the helix pro and the helix it looks like the helix pro is a mid range regular and i think it's replacing their core. It is a balanced first and second stage in his environmentally sealed with four low pressure ports and two high pressure ports. It was built for cold water and has the automatic closure device or a cd. lower end. helix is not environmentally sealed. And it doesn't have a cd and it's designed for warmer water. Also coming out in two thousand and twenty two is their new. Aqua fluck aqua flex men and aqua flex woman wetsuits. I think it's a redesign of their tried and true. Aqua flex line they also have a two millimeter. Free flex wetsuit now. The i one hundred computers going to come in a new color yellow and speaking of colors. They've added a number of different colors to various products including something called sand petrol red and orange as for eight packs. They also have a new regulator the xl four osha and it is billed as a totally sustainable regulator bay from post consumer waste it comes in grey or mint with some great etching. On the first stage. I suspect it's just like the xl four plus being an overbalanced diaphragm regulator with two hp and four l. p. ports. It looks pretty. Sharp and apex is releasing a new dive computer to the sx. It will be program can program up to six gases and monitor six transmitters. The has a titanium basil making it lightweight endurable but also has a color display. There's something more that require. Some more research It says it has in oh to analyze or onboard. But no to sell gotta check that out a little bit. There's a lot more out there and over time. I'll give you more updates from both aqualung and apex. Well that wraps up wet notes. Here on scuba shock. Radio for monday september thirteenth. Two thousand twenty one
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Biden Nominates First Native American to Lead National Parks Service
"Park Service could be led by a native American. NPR's Nathan Rott reports. The Biden administration has nominated Charles Sam's a member of the Confederated Tribes of the U. Mattila Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. The National Park Service hasn't had a full time director since the Obama administration. Biden's nomination of Charles Sam's who's worked on conservation issues for decades could soon change that. The nomination comes at a crucial time for the park service. Despite some recent injections of funding, the park system is running a massive deferred maintenance deficit. At the same time, it's struggling with overcrowding and some of its most popular parks. A rapidly changing climate and long standing criticism for a lack of diversity within its ranks. The nomination of Sam's is subject to Senate confirmation. Nathan
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States in the West Face Water Cuts
"Residents in arizona. Nevada and across the border in mexico will have to cut their water consumption starting next year this the day after the extraordinary announcement by the us government of a first ever water shortage on the colorado river. Here's npr's kirk siegler. Some forty million people and countless farms rely on the colorado river and its tributaries. The shortage comes amidst a mega drought on the river basin. That's so far. Lasted twenty two years and as desert cities like las vegas and phoenix. Continue to grow at among the fastest rates in the us the entire reservoir system including lake mead with it's alarming white bathtub brings behind the hoover dam is now it just forty percent of capacity. Here's the department of interior secretary for water. Tanya trujillo we are seeing the effects of climate change in the colorado river basin through extended drought extreme temperatures extensive wildfires and in some places flooding landslides and now is the time to take action to respond to them. Arizona will be the hardest hit initially with these cuts. Losing almost a fifth of its entire river allotment for now california will not see any cuts because it's water rights are senior under century-old river laws. This shortage is monumental but it was also widely expected western. Water officials have been planning for this eventuality by ramping up conservation and water recycling. Tom bukowski directs arizona's department of water resources. This is a serious turn of events but not a crisis for now. Most cities won't see water. Supplies cut but farmers will in arizona. Thousands of acres of fields are expected to go fallow. Ironically the arid southwest is a huge producer of water intensive crops like cotton and alfalfa water law experts like marks quill lachey at the university of colorado say climate change will force this region to rethink how it uses its limited water. So many people rely on. We can't handle anymore stresses we're looking at a pretty dire situation right now on the river. School laci says climate. Change is drying out the soils and leading to rapid. Evaporation even a near average winters. Like this last one in the rocky mountains where snow melt feeds the river. That dry soils are acting like a sponge and they're soaking up a lot of water before that water can make it into the reservoirs. And that's likely to continue and federal water. Managers warned the shortages to will continue and probably get more severe. They'll reassess whether more cuts are needed in the next year.
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In a First, U.S. Declares Shortage on Colorado River, Forcing Water Cuts
"For the first time. Low levels of water and arizona's lake mead are triggering. A federally declared water shortage under which some western states will need to reduce their use of colorado river water. It's a sign of severe pressure on a water source that's vital to both the us and mexico. And amid the second worst mega drought. In twelve hundred years some say it portends the need for new water-management policies due to change but the emergency declaration reflects something else success at a collaborative model. That can help pave the way forward. The cutbacks are based on states past ability to agree on plans to cope with precisely this kind of scenario a bilateral. Us mexico deal is also in place and significant conservation. Actions are already happening.
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Governor Asks Californians to Voluntarily Cut Water Use
"Governor Gavin Newsom is asking people and businesses to voluntarily cut how much water they used by 15%, Newsom says. Some are calling this a mega drought, Mrs. Jaw dropping What's happened in the West Coast. United States, reservoirs in California are rapidly emptying. The recommendations include taking shorter showers. Running dishwashers only went full and less lawn watering. Newsom's request is not in order when I want to underscore voluntary Water conservation. The governor says drought conditions go as far back as 2000 were hopeful that people will take that mindset that we brought into people of the state of California will take that mindset they brought into the last drought. And extend that forward Lake Oroville in Northern California is at 30% capacity. I'm Ed
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Governor Newsom Asks Californians to Voluntarily Cut Water Use
"California governor Gavin Newsom is asking people and businesses to voluntarily cut how much water they use by fifteen percent Newsome says some are calling this a mega drought this is John dropping what's happened the west coast United States reservoirs in California are rapidly emptying the recommendations include taking shorter showers running dishwashers only when full and last lawn watering nuisance request is not in order to one underscore voluntary water conservation the governor says drought conditions go as far back as two thousand we're hopeful that people will take that mindset that we brought into the people of the state of California will take that mindset they brought into the last drought and extend that Ford lake Orville in northern California is at thirty percent capacity I'm at Donahue
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"conservation" Discussed on Seek Outside Podcast
"Make a living and they need to be able to pay the bills but also wildlife is a public resource. And and how do you support landowners. Their ability to to deal with the hassle wildlife getting on their haystacks and eating forage a break in their fences and things like that. How do we help them. sort of deal with that in a way that financially benefits at the same time keeping wildlife a public resource and. That's a difficult thing to do. But it's really hard when there's a whole bunch of bills that are being shoved through. That really haven't had a lot of public discourse and i think it'd probably be advantageous for people to sit down and try and come to some consensus on some of this stuff and find solutions that everybody can live with verses having a duke this out in helena down that's my non involved understanding of what's going on in the montana and surface through the monkey wrench in there. I find it interesting. And i've been following the little bit. There was something i was like. Whoa this is kind of concerning you know. I mean just i haven't been paying super attention but i've seen some mentions of like ooh that sounds odd. You know go to different direction isn't there. Isn't there also something similar in wyoming right now to as far as as far as guide outfitter permits going. Yeah i've seen some headlines on some of that. I think there's a proposal to increase prices to. I got an and i got an email from a guy that i don't subscribe to or something or now fitter asking me to weigh in. I haven't been tracking very closely. Though i it's on my periphery and i'd be dangerous. If i tried to get details we like being dangerous. Can we so you admit some notes Department of interior. And i know there's a there's a lot of things going on there right now in kind of the the secretary of the interior Can you can you speak to the come with what's going on there. And maybe what the what. The future holds as far as hunting and fishing concern. Sure i folks have been watching the news. I'm sure you've seen that deb holland from new mexico's then nominated to be the next secretary of the interior. And she's also poised to be the first native american cabinet secretary in us history You know she. She's from she's she's been congress representing the district in the state of new mexico for the past two years and when she was nominated tears. Cpa and a number of our partners reached out and basically requested the opportunity to talk with with the nominee About hunting and fishing issues and how we could work with her at the department of the interior and she's been really receptive. I actually met with with tears several times. An hour in the past few months as well as other organizations and there's been very receptive to feedback and our and our interests and seems to be a pretty quick learner every time that we've talked with her you know. Her knowledge of our issues is has increased and so we support her confirmation. And and we wanna work with her to to make sure that that hunters and anglers can continue to have a seat at the table at the department of the interior and that that our interests are the things we care about our part of the decision making over there right and so as they're putting out proposals making decisions that hunters and anglers have seat at the table and that we either benefit from or you know are not unduly harm by any decisions and so but that's that's the latest there and we look forward to working with her. I know that is back to. We already talked about thirty by thirty. But there's some specific priorities that you know. The biden administration has laid out. That is going to really influence. What the interior department works on Those are addressing climate change as we talked about protecting thirty percent of of land waters thousand thirty but also racial equity. And i think you're gonna see equitable access to public lands to be a part of the discussion at the department of the interior. But you know sort of diving in a little bit on the climate change front a big part of this taste energy development and again as we talked about earlier you know. The trump administration was very focused on oil and gas development unleashing with the executive order that came out from the president. It actually hit pause on any leasing on oil and gas development and kelly can do a study of of leasing practices and show what leases is basically an energy company expresses interest in purchasing the rights to develop federal lands for oil or gas development and orlando development and then the federal agencies generally then have like an auction a lease sale which is like a cadillac or whatever or banquet action. I mean it's like that where they auctioned off parcels for oil and gas development. That's been put on hold temporarily while they look at those practices and i think Look in my crystal ball right. A lot of that still needs to play out with this process is going to look like but there are some things that have been happening over the past few years that i think you're gonna get a hard look. I opted a practice called non-competitive leasing where know these. These companies are speculators will nominate a huge swath of public land for leasing and then they won't sell it the auction and then they can go in after word. Pick them up for two dollars an acre and basically what they're doing is they're tying federal lands for the purpose of development and they're not even really paying a real market rate for those lands in So i would expect that you know to be given a hard look. Also there's there's lands that have the us. Geological survey has done an analysis of where oil and gas potential is. So they know where high-potential is they know where.
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"conservation" Discussed on Go West, Young Podcast
"And where once it might have been something that you would say. Well you know. Republicans are are just You know dismissive. Even sometimes hostile to those ideas it's really move significantly. We now the majority of republicans that say this is a serious problem in their state. And and that's a big change over the last decade And you know in in other research that we do. We see. We see that as well not just in the west but throughout the country where it's really shifted in terms of opinions and it's something that especially younger republicans. Moderate republicans really want on the action on. So i think it's something that they need to pause and think about and take a fresh look at Given the very real shifts. We've seen over time dave same question to you. The by didn't administration calls you up and says okay. What do i need to know from this. Giant forty question battery What are the two or three biggest takeaways. You'd want the administration to to really hear here. Yeah well i i would. Echo what lori said about climate change I think in particular for a democratic administration Issues related to climate are not just a rising concern a big concern for democrats but they are one of the things that they are. Most concerned about period We lot of polling around the democratic presidential primary last year that it was literally change was the issue about which democratic voters were most concerned But as laura detailed this is not just a democratic issue anymore something that the center of the electorate also feels strongly about or even seeing Substantial concern from from republicans. I think the main thing that i would recommend from this data is not having to do with one specific policy or issue. But it's just the need to go big and obviously the president is getting this advice on a wide range of different policy fronts right now but despite the pandemic what we're seeing in these numbers is voters are not only not backing away from support for conservation but their support is broader and more intense than it has been in prior years and Even when prompted to think about some of the budget concerns that our current economic context creates. They're still saying that they wanna see more. Invested in conservation The administration's getting a lot of criticism fairly or not these days You know as they consider using reconciliation to pass the covid relief. Bill that this is inconsistent with the president's promised during his campaign to to govern from a position of unity. And you know as we discussed earlier. This set of issues around conservation are ones that unite westerners more than they divide and so the biden administration is looking for a place where it can really have some bipartisan success and it appealed to the full political spectrum of voters investing in conservation is absolutely a place where they can do that. Go big i guess is the takeaway. Then dave mets is upholster with fm. Three laurie weigel pollster of newbridge strategy. Thank you both so much You can find the full results of the conservation in the west pole at state of the rockies dot com..
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"conservation" Discussed on Go West, Young Podcast
"And yeah we had two thirds or grader. indicating support for any one of these Particular policies and the list goes on and on sort of hit the range from water to wildlife to lance to To what exactly can take place or not on national public lands. But generally i think the themes that they've talked about the interest in prioritizing the conservation value these lands for wildlife habitat. Well still ensuring that that you know we westerners can get out there and recreate in these places Was really sort of the tone Across all of these different policies and they're not shy about wanting to make investments when we asked about modernizing water infrastructure or extending water and sanitation areas We saw great support for that as well. Even when directly talked about that requiring funding so. I think you're really seeing a sense that these things are worthy and needed and something. That's important to do today. I want to dive into this. Oversample of indigenous americans and people of color I think it's it's fascinating that we spent the. I think it's fascinating that you spent the time to do that. to to make sure you could speak with confidence about what voters of color say dave what what stuck out to you from those results. I think what's most striking is not that. The views of westerners of colored differ dramatically from From white voters but the intensity of their sentiment on many issues is just much higher Both their support for policies that would protect land. Aaron water And their level of concern about some of the threats facing the west in terms of climate change and other things we just see A higher proportion of voters of color telling us that they feel strongly about these issues. And that's true. Both for some policies where were invoking Issues that may be of particular concern to one racial or ethnic group for example. We had questions talking about a support for protecting native american sites where we saw among native american voters upwards of two-thirds offering strong support for the policy far more than any other ethnic group. But it's also true when we're just talking in general about the sort of full range of conservation concepts that. Laurie and i have been talking about so far and i will say that. That's very consistent with holding that. We have done around the country where voters of color make up a larger share of other states electorates We pretty consistently see ten to fifteen point gaps with more support and stronger support for conservation policies. Coming from communities of color than we see coming from white voters. Last question for each of you is takeaways to your your various clients who you might advise so laurie your republican pollster. If you're advising or or giving a briefing to say republican in the us senate what's the takeaway for them What's what do you need to internalize from this poll. Well there's a lot here. And i encourage all of them to really the data's like any of your listeners because there's just so much that we're seeing in the data. But you know. I think one thing. That's clearly going to be On the agenda coming up there in at the federal level is issues related to climate change..
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"conservation" Discussed on Go West, Young Podcast
"Can many. I'd be hard pressed. I mean really water issues there. One of the things that that tends to get overwhelming bipartisan agreements and even some land conservation issues You know can consider as we see. What thirty thirty can match that. Kind of a bipartisan here. But really it's it's it's a rare and few. We see where voters across. The aisle will agree. Davidson's like you agree. This outlier yeah hundred percent. It's a it's a rare area of consensus that time when our politics is marked more by division than unity. And i think what really makes this issue distinct is that voters may come to it from different places may be different values and desires their motive. Motivating them but they end up sharing support for these policies. four democrats as we've seen their highly concerned about climate change Larger numbers of of democrats will tell us that they wanna see nature preserve for its own sake for its own inherent value but among republicans. We also have large numbers of sportsmen and sportswomen people who recreate outdoors frequently And want to see land preserved for those recreational values and so there may be different factors that drive their support for conservation but it does result in this remarkable and rare sort of bipartisan agreement. That this is that Worth significant effort an investment from government. Right now so. I know we didn't. You didn't drill into Exactly how you get to thirty by thirty but they did ask about. Should we have more national parks. National monuments those sorts of things. What did you end up finding their very strong support for creating new national parks national monuments. National wildlife refuges and those type of protected areas Especially given the context we pfizer on protecting historic sites or areas for outdoor recreation We had eighty four percent overall in the west and Basically two thirds or greater in every single state and support was fairly intense as well. We had a a solid majority of fifty five percent saying that they strongly support that i think some of that is linked to the fact that we had a majority as well that said You know we survive twenty twenty and once we get through a difficult winter in the pandemic under control. They really want to go out and visit national public land's more often Than they have in the past and you know very few only four percents that they prefer to visit less less often so really people are wanting to get out there and to enjoy these places and so that may be part of the rationale for why they are so badly and support of creating new places truck create. Was there also an awareness of of overcrowding issues.
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"conservation" Discussed on Go West, Young Podcast
"You right behind toasting marshmallows. In the summer leaf peeping the aspens in the fall. It is time for the annual conservation in the west pole from colorado college in all seriousness. High-quality public opinion polling is very hard to come by even more so when it comes to outdoors and conservation issues so this poll which is now in its eleventh year gives us incredible insight into what westerners are thinking. And how those thoughts have changed over the last decade. We're going to talk to pollsters behind it in just a minute but first let's do the news. It took mere moments for the oil and gas industry to start running around like chicken. Little as soon as president biden announced a pause on oil and gas leasing across the west kathleen sagana. the head of the western energy alliance. Trade group went on fox news to warn that. Even pausing new leases. We'll do this. And so this order yesterday would kill fifty eight thousand seven hundred jobs in eight states in the west where over ninety seven percent of the federal production is found. yeah it was a similarly dire story from the ceo of the american petroleum institute. Mike summers he went on the call with reporters to say that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in government revenue at risk. Api is even spending more than a million bucks on tv. Ads that suggests school buses will vanish into thin air. Just because of a pause on oil leasing really does sound terrible. Doesn't it and there is just one problem with those dire predictions and that's if you ask oil and gas executives. They will happily admit they are doing just fine. The ceo of conaco phillips was on an earnings call. Now keep in mind this earnings call. It's regulated by the sec. You don't get to lie to investors and he said on this call quote. Conaco phillips has the flexibility that i've versity and the depth of low cost of supply and low greenhouse gas resource to manage through this issue without materially impacting. Our plans there is no equivocation there. No material impact. That is as definitive as it gets. It's a similar story. At two of the other biggest producers on public lands in the west both yoji resources and different energy have confirmed. They have at least four years worth of drilling permits on national public land. The chief operating officer of yogi told investor conference quote when it comes to access to federal lands. That's one of the things. Were really not worried about in our business. So if oil companies aren't actually threatened by this temporary pause and leasing. Why do they want the american people to think. The.