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Flood concerns rise as Mississippi River crests in Iowa city
"The Mississippi River is flooding some communities around it as it swells beyond its banks. Prairie du chien Wisconsin resident Melissa Tyree tells Casey RG TV. She's been dealing with about two to three feet of water in her basement. The water in the basement stain about the same, so we're pumping about the same amount of water out. The Mississippi River has been resting after a giant snowpack in northern Minnesota began melting, moving down the approximately 2300 mile stretch. National weather service meteorologist Alex Gibbs in the quad cities bureau. I think we're looking at top 5 crests right now with this one. So at some sites in our area. I'm Julie Walker.
Mark Levin
Caller: Biden Continues to Kill Projects, Take Jobs in Minnesota
"Good evening Mark thank you for taking my call You get a note with you last Thursday and again tonight about the bureaucracy and how they want to stop projects and kill the economy In northern Minnesota we are the largest We have the Duluth complex It's one of the largest precious metals finds in the world And we have one project that's been in permitting for 18 years And with Biden's executive order shutting down 300 and some thousand acres for 20 years essentially killed another project We're talking 600 direct jobs and somewhere in the neighborhood of 2000 indirect jobs And these people they don't care They don't care these people that they're having removed from their jobs or preventing them from getting jobs are hardworking blue collar middle class the lower middle class people who use their hands who use their ingenuity they're not sitting in some office in some city or suburbs These are the people that produce what it is that you like and what you need and what you want And they're out of sight so they're out of mind And you're a 100% right it's just so grotesque So contemptible I don't know what the EPA does but I know it's not so great For all the talk what would we do without the EPA plenty They act like the states don't have their own EPAs you know Eric they do We've got a layer upon it later of it up here It's incredible
Bloomberg Radio New York
"northern minnesota" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"This is a Bloomberg money minute States eager for tourists are hoping fall foliage will be a draw this year Leaf peepers bring big business to small town restaurants hotels tour guides shops even gas stations New Hampshire just released an economic impact statement anticipating this fall you're going to bring in an additional $1.3 billion to the state All sorts of things that the typical tourism industry brings in is on overdrive for three weeks Jim salga is a meteorologist and editor at Yankee magazine He's tracking foliage nationwide where it's peaking in northern Minnesota and hasn't yet shown in the south Areas with a little bit more high elevation a little less ocean influence are going to be the brightest this year colors are going to be quick and punchy right up But Canada the places people usually spend a weekend Foliage hikes and drives are another safe way to travel while also physically distancing and must do Bloomberg radio Jodi Schwartz noted tax attorney tells us why she recommends Jewish communal fund I recommend that JCF to my clients to my colleagues to really anyone who asks a question about charitable giving because it's convenient It allows you the maximum tax deductions permitted by law And it just makes your life easier organized and simple Another aspect for clients and for other colleagues who don't want their identities to be known or don't want to talk about the property that they're giving away to charity I found JCS confidentiality it's aggregate reporting to be.
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"northern minnesota" Discussed on KTLK 1130 AM
"So we're kind of in a as the party is also we're kind of in a state of trying to figure things out how that looks over the next couple months. Are you still going to seek the endorsement? I am. Uh are you going to abide by the endorsement? So I was at the Republican retreat Fitting name, by the way in the last summit? Yeah, kind of a harbinger. Right? And so I Jesus. Uh, Anyhow, I At that time I said Yes, I was going to abide by the endorsement and I still intend to, but because for one reason, and that is because the endorsement happens in May. And that gives the candidate time from then until Uh, you know the general election to prepare for that? If we don't abide by the endorsement, then you only have from August basically, to the end of October to put together a campaign and beat governor walls, and that doesn't that just does not seem like enough time to me. So I think that the best route at this point is that we abide by the endorsement. Okay. What is, um Talking, You know, Speaking of Governor, Tim Walz, is there one thing that you can that you can point to, and I'm making an assumption here, right? You're running to be the governor, So I'm assuming that there's a level of displeasure you have with her current governor, but I'm just curious. If you're looking at the criticism of Governor Tim Walz in this a pick one thing that you could that you could focus on her that you find most concerning what would that be? I think it's just the overall response that has Everything has been become political with him. He's brought politics into everything, and there's a lot of parallels that can be drawn between Governor Walls and Joe Biden, President Biden And that is, uh you know, I can no longer write. Just write this off as incompetence. You know, like the response to Afghanistan, I I just can't buy that that that's incompetence. This. This seems by design or or willing to let these things happen. You know, as Americans we never left people behind ever. We never even left. The dead behind. And now we're leaving hundreds, possibly thousands of people in a in a country where they have really no opportunity to get out. And I just don't know how people can sleep at night, letting that happen. And the parallel There is what happened in Minneapolis during the riots. Those to me were you know, human nature doesn't change and and our our founders knew that That's why when they When they wrote the Constitution. They understand they understood human nature better than probably anybody, and they were able to To enshrine that in the Constitution, knowing that a couple 100 years later it's still going to be a valid document. It's still going to make sense because You know things may change, but humans don't and that response that we're getting Whether it's Afghanistan or the riots is identical. But when it comes to crime in the in the twin cities, so we've asked this question of the other candidates as well as governor are. Are there steps that you feel like the governor of the state of Minnesota? Should take and and and what would you do differently than what Governor Walz has or has not been doing when it comes to dealing with the crime problem in the twin cities. The crime has to be dealt with. But at the same time, you know, as a conservative, I believe in local government, and I believe that Minneapolis needs to take care of Minneapolis problems. That doesn't mean that as government governor you you walk away from that, But I believe Governor Walz should have been leaning on Mayor Fry much harder, saying, Let's allow the National Guard to come in and aid you with this problem. It's very evident. There's a problem. I mean, it's it's unbelievable What's happening in this city. It's time for us to step in and take care of that. Is there one Priority. Um, that you would put above like, what would be your like your first priority if you were if you were elected once you entered into office number one priority is getting Minnesota economically back on track and that that requires a business person to do that. I've been in business for 21 years. And you know, business is business. It doesn't matter whether it's large or small. It still has the same decisions that have to be made every day. And as a small business person, you actually have to make the decisions, you know. All of the decisions and you don't have managers who are taking care of the small minutia. Sometimes you have to Have a person who is able to make that large big picture decision. So, uh, economics. I believe in, um, you know, I believe we need to get rid of the estate tax. We need to get rid of the capital gains tax in this state, because money is leaving this state at an alarming rate, and it has been for decades, but now it's just running out. Well, there are so many better destinations for your money right now, within the within the United States. I mean, there's other states you can go to and you know you're you don't have to be tied to a physical location anymore to do your job necessarily, or to even run your business depending on you know what it is, you're into. You know, there's far less anchors keeping people in the places that they are so when you have an X, a massive economic benefit. To take your money and your livelihood and your business to Florida or Tennessee or Texas or whichever state you're going to. It just makes sense. I can't. I can't. I can't even count the number of people and I've only been in Minnesota for a little over 10 years. I can't count the number of people that I know that have left the state to four Tennessee or Minnesota or North Carolina. You know plenty of other states out there. More economically beneficial. So getting the state more competitive with those a destinations that we're seeing more and more people flee to Florida has experienced tremendous population growth, Uh, is a is a real challenge and something that the current leadership in Minnesota doesn't really seem to be interested in addressing What are some of the things you would do as governor to make the state a little more competitive? You mentioned the estate tax. You mentioned the corporate tax and the other any other measures you would take. We need to open up mining up in northern Minnesota. I mean, that's a that's a double win for the state decides besides, uh, you know, creating all kinds of jobs in northern Minnesota. It also brings those medals to market that will compete against the other metals mined in other parts of the world with, you know, child slave labor with no environmental standards. Yeah. You know, it will address that issue. Plus, we have the, uh The fact that most of that land up there is in the public school land trust so When those are mind those royalties go to our permanent school fund. You know, that's that's a huge windfall that our public schools could get out of that. Talk a little Second Amendment. It's a topic that's come up with every candidate so far this week in front of the show Matt emails in once again and asks about your position on stand your ground law. Specifically. Is that something that you support and if it were to be implemented under a mic Marty administration, What would that look like? Stand. Your ground is is a big key issue because I don't think that when somebody breaks into your house, you should be forced to run out of your house Did the duty to retreat that currently in under current law, before you're able to defend yourself with lethal force?.
Environment: NPR
Fires Force the U.S. Forest Service to Close
"For the first time in forty five years the us forest service has closed the boundary waters canoe area is wilderness in northern minnesota includes one million acres of lakes and rivers and forests many of which are now on fire. Minnesota public radio's dan crocker. Reports many of the fires here are burning within the boundary waters. But the largest is just south. It's the greenwood fire and it scorched more than thirty square miles of forest and it's forced the evacuation of nearly three hundred households. I met one of those evacuees. Doug landy at a recent public information meeting. He lives in the woods near the tiny town of isabella. That's a summer for mao for watching the forest to get compromised. He says the forest is tinder-dry from extreme drought and unusually hot weather earlier this week. Gusty winds sent the fire roaring through a chain of lakes surrounded by dozens of homes and cabins mike birdman and his wife got a call from the county sheriff telling him their cabin is still standing. But he's afraid at the forest surrounding it will look like a moonscape we're approaching seventy and it's not going to grow back in our lifetime and yeah there's just so much uncertainty it just like a slow motion disaster happening just to the north in the boundary waters wilderness rangers have paddled into warren campers that they have to leave. The original closure order was set to expire today but it since been extended at least another week. That's a big blow for the many businesses that count on these few months to outfit those campers. We have people from all fifty states who come here every summer to experience the boundary waters jason's aboard ski runs the outfitting company in the small town of ely which bills itself as the canoe capital of the world in august. It's usually packed with visitors. Canoe strapped to the tops of their cars. But not now and you know to have sort of this immediate closure and have to tell somebody who's traveled from texas or california and are like standing in front of us ready to go out for a week in the woods that actually everything's changed and your boundary waters vacation is off is really difficult. The forest service is encouraging tourists to canoe and camp in areas outside the wilderness. Ends aboard. Ski is trying to stay positive. But says there's nothing comparable the paddling into the amazing boundary waters itself
Democracy Now! Audio
"northern minnesota" Discussed on Democracy Now! Audio
"Who has the same agenda. So from south dakota up to northern minnesota tara house is this the first you're hearing of this. Does it surprise you and can you talk about. Not only the national guard being used but the role of us customs and border protection agents in dealing with the line three water. Protector protesters the. I'm not super surprised. Actually there was just a bill Hr thirteen seventy four. The energy policy and security act that just passed the house and it essentially provides both a a method for private actors private industry to directly work with states and create energy security policy and it also provides federal funding to for states to create energy security plans specifically around critical infrastructure which includes pipelines and extractive industry It seems like it's basically responding directly to situations like the embers corporation here in minnesota which is engaged in a public safety escrow. Trust where it's paying our police directly to. I mean that's incentivizing. Our police to targets harasser vail water protectors And reimbursement for all the costs of doing so. That's why we see fifty sixty squad cars here in the on a dirt road Blockading us in our driveway. I mean they're getting paid by the company to do it and as far as the National guard and all that militarization goes. I mean we've seen customs. Border patrol drones over our camp for years There's been custom's you know. Department of homeland security helicopters over protests. There's been department of homeland security helicopters over our private property are encampment It's something where you're seeing. A very concerted effort to survey harass and target indigenous led movement. Before i ask you A slightly different question about what happened. Throughout canada yesterday being the candidate protests. Let me ask you about the sex. Trafficking charges What do you know about them. Two men working on the end bridge line three charge with sex traffic sex trafficking ring. That's been busted that's had employs in the months. They've been here in our territory. I know that we told and warned the state We warned the governor and tenant governor peggy flanagan thought this would happen and it did A thirty minute training or even a day training to employees Is just not enough. These people are here our state. they're mostly from out of state. There's five thousand mostly out of state workers here constructing lane three. They are growing increasingly aggressive. Actually yesterday at the demonstration one of the work attempted to drive a vehicle running over protesters onsite. These people are here to destroy the territory. They are not interested in developing relationships are being accountable communities because they're not finally This the protests all over canada thursday and candidate following the recent discovery of graves and remains of first nations children at government run schools tarry. You are gibby from the coaching. First nation can.
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"northern minnesota" Discussed on Democracy Now! Audio
"Who has the same agenda. So from south dakota up to northern minnesota tara house is this the first you're hearing of this. Does it surprise you and can you talk about not only the national guard being used but the role of us customs and border protection agents in dealing with the line. Three water protector. Protesters super surprised. Actually there was just a bill Hr thirteen seventy four. The energy policy and security act that just passed the house and it essentially provides both a a method for private actors private industry to directly work with states and create energy security policy and it also provides federal funding to for states to create energy security plans specifically around critical infrastructure which includes pipelines an extractive industry It seems like it's basically responding directly to situations like the embers corporation here in minnesota which is engaged in a public safety escrow. Trust where it's paying our police directly to. I mean that's incentivizing. Our police to targets harasser vail water protectors And reimbursement for all the costs of doing so. That's why we see fifty sixty squad cars here in the on a dirt road Blockading us in our driveway. I mean they're getting paid by the company to do it and as as far as the National guard and all that militarization goes. I mean we've seen customs patrol drones over our camp for years There's been customs you know. Department of homeland security helicopters protests. There's been department of homeland security helicopters over our private property are encampment It's something where you're seeing. A very concerted effort to survey harass and target indigenous led movement. Before i ask you A slightly different question about what happened. Throughout canada yesterday being the candidate protests. Let me ask you about the sex. Trafficking charges What do you know about them. Two men working on the end bridge line three charge with sex traffic sex trafficking ring. That's been busted that's had employees and in the months they've been here in our territory. I know that we told and warned the state We warned the governor and tenant governor peggy flanagan thought this would happen and it did A thirty minute training or even a day training to employees Is just not enough. These people are here our state. they're mostly from out of state. There's five thousand mostly out of state workers here constructing lane three. They are growing increasingly aggressive. Actually yesterday at the demonstration one of the work attempted to drive a vehicle running over. Protesters onsite These people are here to destroy the territory. They are not interested in developing relationships are being accountable communities because they're not finally This the protests all over canada thursday and candidate following the recent discovery of graves and remains of first nations children at government run schools tarry. You are gibby from the coaching. First nation can.
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"northern minnesota" Discussed on Democracy Now! Audio
"Who has the same agenda. So from south dakota up to northern minnesota tara house is this the first you're hearing of this. Does it surprise you and can you talk about not only the national guard being used but the role of us customs and border protection agents in dealing with the line. Three water protector. Protesters surprised. actually. There was just a bill Hr thirteen seventy four. The energy policy and security act that just passed the house and it essentially provides both a a method for private actors private industry to directly work with states and create energy security policy and it also provides federal funding to for states to create energy security plans specifically around critical infrastructure which includes pipelines and extractive industry It seems like it's basically responding directly to situations like the embers corporation here in minnesota which is engaged in a public safety escrow. Trust where it's paying our police directly to. I mean that's incentivizing. Our police to targets harasser vail water protectors And reimbursement for all the costs of doing so. That's why we see fifty sixty squad cars here in the on a dirt road Blockading us in our driveway. I mean they're getting paid by the company to do it and as far as the National guard and all that militarization goes. I mean we've seen customs. Border patrol drones over our camp for years There's been customs you know. Department of homeland security helicopters over protests. There's been department of homeland security helicopters over our private property are encampment It's something where you're seeing. A very concerted effort to survey harass and target indigenous led movement. Before i ask you A slightly different question about what happened. Throughout canada yesterday being the candidate protests. Let me ask you about the sex. Trafficking charges What do you know about them. Two men working on the end bridge line three charge with sex traffic sex trafficking ring. That's been busted that's had employees and in the months they've been here in our territory. I know that we told and warned the state We warned the governor and tenant governor peggy flanagan thought this would happen and it did A thirty minute training or even a day training to employees Is just not enough. These people are here our state. they're mostly from out of state. There's five thousand mostly out of state workers here constructing lane three. They are growing increasingly aggressive. Actually yesterday at the demonstration one of the work attempted to drive a vehicle running over protesters onsite. These people are here to destroy the territory. They are not interested in developing relationships are being accountable communities because they're not finally This the protests all over canada thursday and candidate following the recent discovery of graves and remains of first nations children at government run schools tarry. You are gibby from the coaching. First nation can.
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"northern minnesota" Discussed on Democracy Now! Audio
"Road and pathway towards intervention which is reviewing ordering review of the water crossing permits issued under the trump administration all those wetlands -scribed water bodies describes to suspend this project and review those so considering tribal cultural resources considering climate crisis in climate emissions. That come from this project. There's enough considered in the environmental impact statement that was at the state level. That's what we're asking for. It's almost a playbook directly out of dakota access pipeline resistant which is ordered the. As at least do the review and there's no way it's going to pass the test and your comments as you alluded to earlier about the weather. Catastrophe this country and canada not to mention the rest of the world like russia are experiencing now a town has been wiped off the face of the map in canada. Litton canada Created its own climate with the heat above one hundred twenty degrees fahrenheit leading to a fire that just engulfed this town and so here minnesota. We're experiencing extreme drought. The rivers lakes are incredibly lower. Talking five seat low and then you have pump trucks. All over rivers including the mississippi river pumping out. What now proposes originally there. They're ask was for five hundred million gallons hundred and forty million gallons of water. They call de watering where they pull it out temporarily and then try to put it back into the ecosystem because it is such a wet area. They had to apply for a variance. Five billion gallons of water. That's what they plan on pulling out of the wetlands in northern minnesota while we are an extreme drought so they're pump trucks all over the rivers all of the lakes and they're pulling water out and loading into trucks mixing drilling mud to drill under our rivers and expand the also fuel industry. I've seen rice beds that are completely bone dry and bear and seeing something like that and knowing what's happening around the globe knowing that rate here in minnesota we records almost every day of june because it is so hot and here we are expanding. The fossil fuel industry here is in the mainstream society choosing to engage in self destruction. That's what's happening and it's happening in real time. And in the meantime there are people who are pushing for something different and we are risking everything to do it. I want to bring a second person into this conversation. I wanna go from Nemo camp where you are in northern minnesota to south dakota this week the republican governor there kristie nome now. She's deploying fifty members of the south dakota national guard to the us mexico border at the request of texas governor. Greg abbott but there's a twist. The deployment is being paid for by billionaire. Republican megadonor willis johnson. Who lives in tennessee. Some critics have accused of turning the national guard into a private mercenary force targeting migrants. Our next guest obtained documents indicate the same force. The south national guard will be deployed to suppress land and water defenders resisting pipelines. We are also joined by. Bruce ellison water protector and land back attorney in rapid city Can you talk about bruce What these documents show that. You've gotten a hold of a morning. Amy thank you for having me on. Essentially what seems to be evolving is not just a motorization of our police forces particularly the active deployment and involvement of national guard troops in the suppression of resistance to fossil fuel industry and other activities. And that's aside from the private use that you that you referenced earlier. Where are we going with this. Essentially the documents that we got had to do with plans for the now ended the xl pipeline. And how the south dakota national guard was going to be the main force to ensure that the pipeline three hundred fifteen miles was constructed and that they would be guarding not only construction operations but also we quit -ment and interestingly enough including the use of lethal force so what we're finding is is the way. Can you talk more about what that means. The south dakota national guard in kill people to protect the pipeline essentially. Es they can't it can be used to defensive others of course but also defensive property and the standards Have to do with if other means cannot reasonably be used to stop destruction of property or someone who's leaving believed to have destroyed property lethal force can be used. What's happening is that we look at an evolution from say standing rock where the national guard played a role they manned checkpoints They drove trucks around with food and and other equipment that the has then evolved to current plans or for the pipeline. Which would be appointment. I mean these would be not only so-called civil disorder forces but they would be backed up by regular troops. Who would be armed with automatic weapons. This was deployed a little bit about a year ago around the protest Near mount rushmore when trump was visiting by land back People who were trying to raise issues as near mount rushmore We saw that real first combination of the active use of the military from being in the back to being in the front. So you have the first news. That governor noem is boasting about that. She got a megadonor. Republican donor billionaire donor to pay for national guards. People to be sent to the border will these people. The national guard used to protect pipeline. Go after water. Protectors be paid for by the company. That's an interesting question. Because south dakota establish what they call the peace fund and required the transcanada put up to twenty million dollars into this piece fund to be used for anything having to do with construction of the pipeline. It's a slightly different form but still we're talking about the use of our national guard support multinational hazardous transportation and and extraction industry so in the united states particularly the fossil fuel industry. What's unique about the current situation with the private donor is according to the rapid city journal or our local paper key called up kristi noem and said asked her if she wanted to send national guard troops to the border Because they have similar attitudes about brown red people trying who were seeking asylum or or refugees and offered up to a million dollars to help that happen for a thirty to a sixty day and this discussion now about the can only be using volunteers. Who the people within the guard. Who are going to volunteer in one. Go down the border and engage in these kinds of actions to prevent people seeking a better life in their own survival And and so. It's it's a very dangerous precedent right wing agenda privately-funded use of our national guard essentially as cheap mercenary troops. They're not even being paid the what. What security contractors normally get that hundred and fifty thousand dollars tax free. They're being paid their normal minimum wage jobs. But they're working for a billionaire. Who has an agenda like our governor..
Native America Calling
Enbridge Wins Minnesota Court Ruling on Oil Pipeline Permit
"The minnesota court of appeals has up held approvals of permits for the line. Three oil pipeline. The move is seen as a win. For enbridge energy the company behind the project but indigenous groups and their allies. Fighting construction are not backing down mike. Mohan reports in a two one decision. The court said state regulators acted properly when giving their consent align three which is being built to replace an aging oil pipeline that runs across northern minnesota winona. La duke is one of the leading tribal advocates speaking out against lying three. She says the state including governor at him walls has let them down. I am so dismayed by. The court of appeals and we will stand in resistance with thousands of others. This summer is young. She says the ruling will result in more people arrested or heard with opposition surfacing along the construction route last week. Protestors held their largest gathering yet resulting in arrests after people locked themselves to equipment. Meanwhile the duke says they're pleading with a biden administration to intervene canada-based end bridge says lion three creates thousands of jobs that high degrees of safety are being applied to construction and maintenance installation of line. Three is nearly sixty percent complete and the court noted its presence while troublesome too many groups and tribal members is less of an environmental risk than the current line. But luke says it's a direct threat to natural resources. Tribes rely on watersheds are now subject to bridges aggression and destruction. Even if this decision is appealed to the minnesota supreme court opponents. Worry that would take a long time before a ruling is issued. They say that's why they want. President joe biden to take action with construction moving forward now. is mike moen
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"northern minnesota" Discussed on Newsradio 970 WFLA
"47. He's Jack Harris. She's Katy Pacino. I'm Aaron Jacobson. I said this person was dangerous years ago, Jack and I cannot believe this person represents our country. Ellen Omar. Compared to us here in the United States and Israel compared than us and Israel to the actions by Taliban and Hamas. Fortunately, she is catching all kinds of hell from Pelosi and Steny Hoyer and the majority whip James Clyburn. And so what? Katherine Clark and all these others and They ought to, uh, impeach er. They ought to get her out of Congress. She is a threat to America and Minnesota ought to be kicked out of the union. Mean what's wrong with those people in northern Minnesota? I know a lot of Somalis ended up migrating there, but they've taken over. Apparently totally Minnesota when you've got Alien Omar, representing northern Minnesota. I'm glad that senior Democratic leaders don't stand with her on this, but denouncing her comments here. It's not enough. Not nearly enough. She needs to be extricated from Congress. It's not the first time Jack that she made comments like this. She is dangerous and she needs to be removed. Without a doubt. It's not even in question anymore. This is not, you know, Republicans and conservatives going too far with accusations. This is Ellen Omar, who is Dangerous to America. When she is comparing what she calls atrocities committed by the US and Israel. She compares him to Hamas, Afghanistan and the Taliban. Yeah, she's equating what she calls war crimes committed by the US and Israel to those committed by the Taliban and Hamas terrorist groups. And she should be impeached for that, if nothing else in Minnesota I just can't understand it. I mean, apparently, they've totally taken over. Um her people have taken over in northern Minnesota. And that's a major problem and I think we need to give it to candidate or something like that. You uplift the Taliban. You uplift Hamas when you put them even on the same in the same sentence as the United States and Israel, and she tried to clear upper statement yesterday and said to be clear the conversation was about accountability for specific incidents regarding those international criminal court cases, not a moral comparison between Hamas and the Taliban and the U. S. And Israel. Well, guess what? Too late. It's not clear. Yes. Guess what it was not clear, certainly was She did, she says. I was in no way equating terrorist organization with Democratic countries with well established judicial systems and That's exactly what she did. Yep. Totally did it. And then the clarification apparently satisfied Pelosi and her team who said in their statement yesterday. We welcome the clarification by Congresswoman Omar that there is no moral equivalency. Between the US and Israel and Hamas and the Taliban. But she did it. She did it, and I mean, that's incredible. That's like she threatened to kill the president or Something like that. And she's done. Things like that before she needs to be extricated from Congress needs to be kicked out of the country. Really? Yeah, she's got to be gone. He's a threat to this country, and we got to be gone. Two at 6 51. Let's go to traffic. Now with John Thomas.
MSNBC Rachel Maddow (audio)
"northern minnesota" Discussed on MSNBC Rachel Maddow (audio)
"People turned out in pretty large numbers in northern minnesota this week. More than a thousand people there to protest the construction of a new multi-billion dollar oil pipeline a pipeline that among other things would cross through the delicate headwaters of the mississippi river. The protesters are trying to block that new pipeline and all the environmental hazards that it brings with it. A separate group of protesters made their way into one of the new pipelines pump stations. That's currently under construction. They piled a whole bunch of stuff including a vote at the entrance way so nobody could get in or out. The demonstrators then started locking themselves to the construction equipment bodily at at that site that had the effect of shutting down all work on on the pipeline for the day. Eventually police showed up. They started dragging protesters through the dirt to arrest them. About two hundred. People were arrested just at the pump station but the response by law enforcement wasn't just a local one in terms of local minnesota police officers. Look at this. This is a helicopter belonging to the federal government. Us customs and border patrol cv. Pista flew this helicopter. Really low dangerously low over this pipeline protest using the rotor wash from the chopper to blow dirt and debris all over the place apparently to try to get those protesters to leave see. Bp now says they are investigating the use of that helicopter. You're not supposed to use a government helicopter like that even if it is against protestors especially if it's against protestors this pipeline which is called line three it's pipeline by a company called bridge it was approved greenland under president trump. The protesters are pushing for president biden to suspend the permit for the pipeline before construction on it finished about two hundred. Protesters are camped. Out along the pipeline. Saying we won't stop pushing. They're not saying they won't leave
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Police Say Nearly 250 Arrested in Minnesota Pipeline Protest
"People turned out in pretty large numbers in northern minnesota this week. More than a thousand people there to protest the construction of a new multi-billion dollar oil pipeline a pipeline that among other things would cross through the delicate headwaters of the mississippi river. The protesters are trying to block that new pipeline and all the environmental hazards that it brings with it. A separate group of protesters made their way into one of the new pipelines pump stations. That's currently under construction. They piled a whole bunch of stuff including a vote at the entrance way so nobody could get in or out. The demonstrators then started locking themselves to the construction equipment bodily at at that site that had the effect of shutting down all work on on the pipeline for the day. Eventually police showed up. They started dragging protesters through the dirt to arrest them. About two hundred. People were arrested just at the pump station but the response by law enforcement wasn't just a local one in terms of local minnesota police officers. Look at this. This is a helicopter belonging to the federal government. Us customs and border patrol cv. Pista flew this helicopter. Really low dangerously low over this pipeline protest using the rotor wash from the chopper to blow dirt and debris all over the place apparently to try to get those protesters to leave see. Bp now says they are investigating the use of that helicopter. You're not supposed to use a government helicopter like that even if it is against protestors especially if it's against protestors this pipeline which is called line three it's pipeline by a company called bridge it was approved greenland under president trump. The protesters are pushing for president biden to suspend the permit for the pipeline before construction on it finished about two hundred. Protesters are camped. Out along the pipeline. Saying we won't stop pushing. They're not saying they won't leave
Important, Not Important
"northern minnesota" Discussed on Important, Not Important
"Tattooed on. Yeah one hundred percent. That's literally brian job. awesome well. I appreciate you guys sharing all that. So here's what. I want to have this conversation today and kind of wear a help. We'll go with it. An increasing over the past couple years of fundamental premise of our mission. Here is that these problems and the opportunities were facing are on the whole systemic and designed to be that way and they are so entrenched an unequally entrenched into our economies and our society so to understand and then disassemble them and then to build. New stuff requires this table stakes assumption that we have to attack them from every angle right and that's what you were doing against separately and together times because this isn't just about and we saw this this week and in courtrooms and board rooms. It's not just about the number of electric cars or buildings or gas lines in new buildings or closing oil wells and next to la schools. Are the control burns. Were not doing educating girls. Right up all the draw down stuff right. You guys are going right after their microphone. And i've worked in ads for better or worse i understand how powerful they can be. But it's also not just adds its communications on all levels. And that's why i tried to make this point to folks so glad to see what you guys are doing and i think people are going to really get a lot from this conversation if you work in. Pr or marketing. Or you're a copywriter. You have a part to play here right to to muzzle the bad to lift the good and so my goal is to really understand what you guys have have learned and how you're applying your specific backgrounds and skills to this unique but fundamental part of the problem how our community can learn from you and also against specifically further enable your work. So let's get to this main question right. Which is how do we cut fossil fuel communications advertising off at the knees. It's a full stack operation. Fossil fuel free media for from everything. I've gathered you guys have research and polling talking points in artists networks journalists and advocacy and you produce media. Where where are you guys most effective. What parts of the organization are most effective and also. How do you have time to do all that. Because i'm just genuinely confused as to how that works. Well maybe. I can kick things off then. Drill can can take it from there so you know. Maybe a little bit of background of where i was coming from. We'll help tell the story on sort of. Wow we're going after these in this way So you know. I got start. Yeah exactly In the beginning so i got involved in climate activism back in college And then got pulled into what i thought was just going to be like a summer long gig causing trouble and go get a real job and like here. I am fifteen years later But as one of the co founders of three dot org which was an international climate campaign that ran a lot of different protest movements and days of action and campaigns against the keystone pipeline or fossil fuel divestment or big mobilizations the people's climate march. And what we were finding was that every single time we started a new campaign trying to raise awareness about climate change or promote climate legislation. Or talk about the need to divest from fossil fuels along came this multi million dollar pr effort to basically push back and push us back into a box Every time we tried to make progress you would see these incredibly well-funded air wars get launched in our direction and beat back the progress that we were trying to make. And so at the beginning of two thousand twenty. I left my fulltime role at three fifty and started fossil free media with the eye. Towards how do we get better on our end of doing more effective communications. Have we learn from people. Like durell who've worked in that space from you all from artists from creatives to bring kind of more sophisticated sense of what. Communications could look like for the environmental movement and for climate justice movement. But also how do we throw a wrench in the gears of the other side's ability to keep putting out this propaganda. Fossil fuel industry is one of the wealthiest industries in the history of the planet. You know we are not going to be able to fight the dollar for dollar if it comes down to buying ads at the super bowl. I mean they're going to be the ones buying the ads and so the only way for us to truly compete is to do all the grassroots organizing that we're doing but also find ways to actually inhibit their ability to put this propaganda out and so that's where the kind of piece of Graves about to say. Let's try and strengthen all the good work that we do but let's also as you guys were saying things systematically but how do we disrupt the industry's own ability to work with. Pr people and creative people to put this misinformation out into the the ecosystem. So what did you guys lead with. I guess when this whole thing i started your way into like sort of building fossil fuel. Free media you know. Where do you start with producing your own stuff. Getting other folks on board Supplying materials you know. Where did you find the biggest traction getting off the bat you know. I think we started by partnering with other organizations who are doing good work and seeing how we can amplify that and that is especially applies to kind of more frontline grassroots groups on the ground You know. I think some of the best work. The climate movement is happening at the grassroots. It is the indigenous leaders who are fighting the line. Three pipeline and minnesota is the crew in memphis. Who's fighting the bahali pipeline. That's going through there. But oftentimes those groups don't have the budget to produce a video or build a website or don't have the connections to a new york times reporter who's never heard of them obsessed with what's happening in the beltway and isn't paying attention to northern minnesota. So that's where we find our role which is trying to be that support system and also help people out but honestly were a small creative shop in some ways and so none of that work is possible without actually teaming up with folks like drowned hip hop caucus who are actually out there. Campaigning organizing people putting out media Which is why when this creatives thing was getting started. We relax You know a couple of guys have laptops like sitting in their basement. Isn't going to make this happen. Like we actually have to partner with organizations who have experienced and have a base able to get messages out there So as awesome early on making that connection and saying hey maybe this is a problem. We can tackle together and find a way to put together coalition of groups who are willing to kind of take this challenge of fuel. Pr and advertising on giral I'm not sure how long you've been with hip hip hop caucus. It feels like very near what has been saying. Climate justice is racial justice for ever. How did you find your way into this. And what are your again. Besides michael clayton. Olivia pope being the office. Secret person which. I'm also i side conversation. How does that work in a world of zoom different conversation. How did you find your way in and like where. Where are you finding yourself. Most effective in sort of this particular campaign.
NEWS 88.7
"northern minnesota" Discussed on NEWS 88.7
"Two artists that he realizes, essentially discovers the richness of folk music, which just knocks the socks out. And it's really the fork in the road where Dylan goes down that path and decides he doesn't wanna be a rock and roll star. What he wants to be, is a true authentic folk artist. So that book is exciting because it was actually Dylan's copy and then also Dillon's personal copy of the Woody Guthrie Song Book on What I Love About It Is There's a new introduction by Pete Seeger. And he's putting down put down three rules for people to follow. And Dylan is underlying. Each of those one of those is don't try and imitate what he got for his accent. Don't try and imitate his flat vocal quality, and the third is in short, Be yourself. Of course, Dillon has done exactly the opposite that he very much channels when he got through the way he dresses the way sings and even develops an Okie accent despite being from northern Minnesota. This is a verse of Woody Guthrie's original version of Ain't Got No Home anymore, followed by a verse sung by Bob Dylan in December of 1961 in Minnesota. I got no hold on just a rampant around. I work when I can get it. I go from down time. Hey, feeling cold? No man, Or I go flying. Got no home in this world. A well as a look around me. It's funny. Please see This'll work it cruel world in the financial place to be a gambling man is rich Lord working Menace pool. Keep his home in this world in the morning. Yeah, Jeffries is a major figure in throughout Dylan's life, particularly the early period really wakes up Dylan's political consciousness and also as Topical songwriter Guthrie's one of these people who would read the newspaper and then write a song when he was reading about that becomes a model for Dylan is he starts right topical songs and really, it leads. Don't want to leave Minneapolis.
KTOK
"northern minnesota" Discussed on KTOK
"A better job of getting rid of the unnecessary noise pollution. Vehicles that are overly Lyle motorcycles without must slurs. I mean stuff that's just not necessary. It's just away from people that peacock their way around the world for now. Freedom from pollution is only ever temporary. Are there any places left untouched by human noise? Bad news. They've all been touched by human sounds. It's just a matter of how long you can go between noise pollution events. Boundary waters of northern Minnesota. That canoe area wilderness up there. You can go quite a long time hours or maybe even a whole day, sometimes without noise pollution. That's really special. But like Rocky Mountain National Park, you think it's this wilderness area and you could be in some of the more popular parts of that park and you can't go more than 15 seconds when you certainly can't go during rush hour both morning and evening, more than a minute, a half to two minutes without an overflight, a jet landing into Denver International Airport. You know, the desert is a great place to find. Silence sometimes. But again over flights will get you eventually. It's just incredibly rare in the fact that I'm telling you, this will probably alert you to this for the rest of your life. So I'm apologizing right now. The more you start to pay attention, the more you realized everything we think is this grand outdoor experience is manipulated, controlled, touched by the human hands. It's almost as far away from that wilderness experience as being in a city park in some ways..
The Social Work Routes Podcast
"northern minnesota" Discussed on The Social Work Routes Podcast
"Know what changed about it I think that in in having lived up in the university of north dakota which is right on the northern minnesota border They got a bordered grand forks as a border town of east grand forks minnesota in in the of minnesota northern minnesota and maybe out out state minnesota away from the metro area is very conservative. And that's been my experience but there again. I i did a story to tell you i was. I was a small town nursing home and in hospital social worker Because i moved back home after college and there was a man who was in his early nineties there in the hospital and he needed some help with social services. And i went in there i started talking to him and and he said hey. Aren't you the great grandson of this particular person. I great grandfather who was a democratic labor A person and and was i can't remember. He was in a county position. I believe that was an elected type of position under the dfl. And he's like. I won't talk to you. I just thought i can. He ended up talking to me. We ended up. You know we just kept sticking with it and and whatnot but it was so interesting to add. Never experience something where i was being told. I won't talk to you because of your great grandfather political position so deep roots in deep memories amongst yes people. Yeah yeah yeah. And there's you know i think there's always been this political divide but i clearly. It's getting far worse. Now i think but yeah the those stances have been have been a source of of challenge and consternation throughout the years. So you went. She graduated with your bachelors in social work at bethel. Guess yep and then you and you returned home to works. What was it like actually going out. Is the first time social worker in your own community. Your own area. Yeah so so actually..
The Experiment
Ojibwe Historian Discusses the Problem With America's National Parks
"This week. A conversation between tracy hunt and david troyer about how to make america's best idea better. I'm julie longoria. This is the experiment. A show about our unfinished country. David grew up on the leech. Lake reservation in northern minnesota. It's near what they call the mississippi headwaters region and it's about one hundred miles from the border with canada. The border lakes are basically how we travel and have traveled for centuries for generations. Native people would use these waters to visit each other and trade among different villages. It's basically a highway a watery highway and when he was growing up a new national park called voyagers was opening up right near there. Basically the part was plopped down in our yard. And david says that's the way a lot of national parks were created all throughout history. You know i think. Many americans imagine these national parks are made out of these. Untouched pristine natural landscapes. That's not true. People were living there. I like glacier. National park was established. Exactly a black homelands and the black feet reservation. Boundary was pushed off of what became glacier so they took the land directly away from black. Beat the black. People weren't allowed to hunt or fish or trap or harvest timber or worship within the confines of glacier the parks were set up in such a way as to deprive native people of our homelands and our treaty rights. The parks were just another way of taking. At least from native people.
Native America Calling
The battle over the Line 3 oil pipeline expansion in Minnesota
"One of president biden's first moves office was to counsel the keystone. Xl pipeline indigenous. Environmental groups are calling on him to do the same for line. Three in northern minnesota lindsey weber reports. Tanya abed is a member of the mill x band of ojibway from east lake minnesota. When i spoke with her recently she was on day. Twenty one of thirty eight day hunger strike. She's protesting against the line. Three pipeline replacement project after years of undergoing minnesota's environmental review process. The canadian energy corporation and bridge began construction on the project. In december and bridge received its final permit from the minnesota pollution. Control agency at the end of twenty twenty. The pipeline replacement project will pass through two hundred lakes and streams seventy eight miles of wetlands and land belonging to the minnesota nisha knob people according to an eighteen fifty five treaty op says. She's protesting to uphold that law. Embryos has not has not received a permit from doj boy warrior society. They are lacking that and this right here right now. That's one on isn't illegal illegal. Construction the movement against line three ramped up as bridge started constructing the pipeline last year since then anti pipeline activists known as water protectors have held regular demonstrations. They've also been regularly arrested. Rbm been at a few incidents where people have been arrested. That's winona la duke. She's an indigenous activist from the white earth band of ojibway. She's also a founder of the environmental organization. Honor the earth. She's facing six separate charges for participating in direct actions and protests. Over one hundred and seventy water protectors have been arrested. The duke says it's unjust.
The Daily 202's Big Idea
Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged in George Floyd's death, begins with jury selection
"Difficult of selecting a jury in the trial for minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is underway. Chauvin was filmed with his knee. On george floyd's neck last may and facing second degree murder and manslaughter charges. The post holly bailey. Reports prosecution and defense attorneys began questioning a large pool of potential jurors on tuesday. Even as ongoing appeals over the chargers in the case are threatening to delay the proceedings attorneys press potential jurors on several issues including how many times they had seen the video of floyd's death their views on black lives matter and blue lives matter and what interactions if any they had with the minneapolis police department and other law enforcement by the end of the day three jurors were selected and six others were dismissed after hours of slow and sometimes intense questioning. Nearly all of those question admitted to holding very negative views of chauvin attorneys are seeking to seat twelve jurors and up to four minutes in the landmark trial the first jury selected was a white man from minneapolis. Who works as a chemist the man told attorneys he had not seen the viral footage of chauvin kneeling on floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. Chauvinst defense attorney questioned the man who said he is only seen a still image of the incident and that that photo and other extensive media coverage of floyd's death had notch strongly shaped his opinions on the case the second juror seated was a woman who appeared to be of mixed race. She told attorney she was excited to receive a summons in the case she told the court she grew up in northern minnesota and had an uncle who works in law enforcement but insisted this would not impact her to be a fair juror like most of the potential jurors questioned. The woman did say she had a negative view of chauvin who sat at a nearby table largely avoiding eye contact with those being questioned. The third you're seated was a white man who works as a corporate auditor he also reaffirmed his negative of chauvin and his interaction with floyd but insisted he was undecided. About show wtn's guilt or innocence of the six jurors dismissed three where people of color including a nineteen year old black man who told the court he was suspicious of law enforcement and a woman from mexico who says she was concerned about a language barrier. Defense attorneys have argued that a fair trial is not possible in minneapolis because of extensive media coverage of the case and intense emotions in the community around policing but their attempts to move the trial have so far been denied. Jury selection is expected to continue
Native Opinion Podcast an American Indian Perspective
"northern minnesota" Discussed on Native Opinion Podcast an American Indian Perspective
"He can trading post for being an advertiser around native opinion on today's show. We will talk about sex trafficking. Sting mets Enbridge pipeline workers and canada's poplin regulator says. It's taking a stand against systemic racism. So let's get right into this first talking point sex trafficking sting nets enbridge pipeline workers. This story was brought to light by. Mary timber for indian country today. And i guess some people could say. It's better late than never to do something. But i have a different opinion on that. No share that. In a moment and seven men arrested during sex trafficking sting in northern minnesota have been charged solicit solicitation including two workers for enbridge pipeline contractor in a statement sent indian country today precision wrote and i quote the two workers were terminated immediately when the company learned they had violated zero tallinn's tolerance for illegal behavior in quote. Well i'm glad they fired them. That's progress. I guess one could say but in a report filed by i it's worldwide the university of colorado at boulder and a report by the us department have shown that areas in which extractive industries operate experienced higher rates of sex trafficking in quote during the minnesota public utilities commission hearing lam told indian country. Today at least two of seven man arrested for six trafficking in northern minnesota worked on the line three project and we've heard a lot about lying three and that's the enbridge oil project. The men arrested two in a three day sting after talking with undercover agents. Excuse me on what. Law enforcement officials described as sex advertisement websites. The men were arrested when they arrived at the arrange meaning place for sakes according to officials six men with charged with solicitation of a person to believe to be a minor another what's charged with solicitation to engage in prostitution and with carrying a pistol without a permit the official said in a quote from sheila lamb of the minnesota missing and murdered indigenous women's task force. I quote those arrests aren't surprising but it's very sad when you've been warning about for years actually comes what you've been warning about..
Breaking Green Ceilings
"northern minnesota" Discussed on Breaking Green Ceilings
"Today where he talking to deondraye smiles who is a phd candidate and the department of geography and citizen of the leech lake band of way. I reached out to d andre because he tweeted a few months back that he was going to byu teaching a course a string on indigenous environments activism at the ohio state university in addition he is pursuing an interesting dissertation research focus on historical and contemporary disrespect and disturbances of deceased indigenous bodies and indigenous burial grounds in his home state of minnesota. So those are the two topics. We focused on in this conversation. The indigenous environmental activism course that he's teaching and his dissertation on indigenous bodies and indigenous burial grounds in minnesota. This was an especially challenging interview. Because i had so many questions. De'andre andre and so it was really hard for me to pick and choose what i wanted to ask him and it's not just the situation where i have a challenge really myself in. Its with many of our guests as well. So i've decided that. From time to time i will invite a former guest to check-in continue the conversation and see what's changed in their lives. Since the last time we spoke. I think this will be fun because it allows us to follow our change makers on their journey and to build connection to whatever extent possible. All right well. I hope you enjoy the story. I'm really excited to have you on the podcast to talk to us about your post. Doc research as an indigenous geographer and also about of course that you'll be teaching and spring twenty twenty one that's on shenice environmental activism. But i i wanted to start off with asking you how did you develop your passion for the nutter environments but is a really root question stems from my childhood happened to grow up with a mother who was constantly shoeing me outside to go play and i would go outside and kind of explore in one of the things that we would do. Growing up in. Minneapolis is go to one of our local parks in around. Be outside and be close to the water at next to one of the many lakes in the city. And that's something that's always kinda stuck with me. I remember from my fifteenth birthday of having a birthday party or anything. That's kind of a traditional seeing that you would do in a birthday. My mom took me camping. We went up to the north shore lake superior. We spent a week camping out next to the lake shore and doing exploring and so that sets way stuck with me but i think another kind of background that describes my passion for the natural environment is based upon my own tribal identity initiative and in our creation story. We talk about the ways that are more than human like the animals are. Relatives have come together to create what we call turtle island and it comes with this lesson that we are intrinsically tied into nature that humans are not separate from it that were better than are more than human tin but we are interconnected with them and that we need to continue to work together in order to create a better future for all of us. And so that's been something that's been a really guiding force in my own. Academic work is gone through graduate school now. Transitioning to being a post doc and hopefully one day becoming a tenure track academic and so those things altogether have really kinda field. My passion for the natural environment Somebody that i'm really happy when i'm outside and out about which is pandemic has made it really tough because you're trying to stay away from people and trying to stay away from large crowds and it makes it tough to go down to the park here in the santa mile here in columbus and the makes it tough to go travel to try to go exploring did absolutely kills me that i'm an hour away from the foothills of the appalachians and i can truly tough to goldsboro because you don't know the risks that you put yourself through so i'm this somebody that's always really glad in really the happiest when i'm outside in in the environments and so with that kind of a background this kind of work that i do is natural no pun intended. It's allowed. Puns are lavished here. So you mentioned that you would go up to lake superior. I've never been there. And i'm just curious to know. What does it feel like. So it's really hard to describe feeling This might be kind of feel by a little bit homesickness for being home in minnesota but the things that are remember the most because i lived in a city called duluth for a number of years when i was in my master's degree which is on the far western end of the lake and so the scenic north shore was just outside of town. I found myself going up a lot when i was in graduate school. And one of the things that i really really remember Feeling really kinda cool like stiff breeze coming off. The lake. A lake has is really interesting. Moderating effect called the lake effect where during the summer. It'll be really really cool by the lake. Shore and then in the wintertime is actually warner next to the lake. Bennett is like further inland. For some reason but wow may not notice it in the really cold northern minnesota winters. But i just remember like the cool air and depending on what time of year. You're up there like the fall is absolutely gorgeous because the leaves turn colors up. They're usually about late september early october. So there's about a week and a half two weeks where is just as brilliant display of like changing colors on the trees in it. Sometimes it'll be really cloudy up there and overcast but it's still really pretty but other days it's released sunny up there at night time. If you're lucky enough and some parts of the north shore you can see. Aurora borealis really nighttime from northern minnesota is really good viewing spot for that. I mean outside of the cities of course spots the north shore is extremely rural between duluth in thunder bay ontario. Which is i kind of the next city on the lake do have like a little towns of like a few hundred to a couple of thousand people so it's it's very rural in nature when you get further up the lakeshore getting close to the canadian border. In minnesota the hills that kind of run alongside the lakeshore give a lot tregear a lot rockier and they kind of resemble like small mountains and so it really kind of enhances this wild feeling that you get when you're out there and it's just really great it so easy to unplug up. There has a matter of fact and a lot of places on the north shore. Closer to the canadian border. You'll lose cell phone reception. So you're kind of like forced to just kind of unplugging just kind of be present in the moment and so it's a really really great place. I i hope that you get the opportunity to go one day because it's absolutely my favorite place in the world. I feel like i was there with you. As you were describing the landscaping. I just felt like i could feel the breeze and smell the air it just despite first time living in the midwest in the us. And so it's so different from anything else that i'm familiar with and i'm really excited to explore the nature and these parts of the country and i absolutely loved the fall here in columbus ohio kids. Every moment i'm stopping to take pictures of the cheese changing or the leaves changing color. And as i i lived in the northeast. I just don't remember it being. So i dunno moving and something just so enigmatic about the light and the colors it's just every single angle is better know a whole other story in my mind. It feels like it. But now that you're describing the fall colors at lake superior i'm like. Oh now that's somewhere. I'd love to see the fall. Well thank you for sharing that. I really appreciate it of course. So how has your transition geographically been from growing up in minnesota.
Native America Calling
Line 3 pipeline lawsuit fails, campaigners want Kansas City name change, and Dakota Access pipeline protests continue
"This is national native news. Tonia gonzales tribes and environmental organizations lost a legal battle to stop construction of the line. Three pipeline in northern minnesota. But their attorney says there are still some good options in the fight against the pipeline as melinda to whose reports monet naismith is a staff attorney with earthjustice. She is representing the red lake band of chippewas. The white earth band of ojibway the indigenous rights group honor the earth and the sierra club. In fighting the three hundred forty mile pipeline tributary third. The minnesota court of appeals rejected the request for a preliminary injunction to stop work on it and bridge. The canadian company building line three claims it is exempt from needing a new presidential permit to cross the us. Canadian border because the pipeline is considered a replacement project and it secured that permit decades ago. However naismith says it's an entirely new pipeline along an entirely new route so it really is a new project. In any case she said the us president can resend the permit at will like president biden. Just did for the keystone excel tar sands pipeline. A second option is to get the army corps of engineers to resend several permits. She argues the core granted illegally last november under the clean water act which allowed construction to start but the law is very clear that before issuing a permit under the clean water act and an evaluation under the national environmental policy act or niba that the army corps needed to look at the risk of spills from the pipeline and needed to look at how that risk of spills would affect local tribes and tribal resources and they did neither here in the line. Three earthjustice filed a lawsuit in federal district court in washington. Dc last december seeking to get the permits overturned naismith also filed for a preliminary injunction which would allow her clients to have their day in court. Melinda to who's national native news members of indigenous groups demonstrated outside the tampa bay. Buccaneers that stadium in florida sunday as football fans headed in for the super bowl. They held change the name signs calling on the visiting kansas city team to end. Its use of native names and is a leash. Norris with the group. Florida indigenous rights and equality says much of the day was spent educating the public about indigenous people. Rethought we have to at least go stand and educate and make a statement that it's not okay to objectify and dehumanize indigenous people of our land inc. we're building awareness for sure and It's i think it's just interaction at a time so we've had a couple of positive interactions and then some that are not so positive but i think at any any type of interaction is a step in the right direction to create a shift and as soon as you turn the light on and bring awareness to something People have to think about it even if they don't want to and they're mad about it they still have to think about it so i think for that. We are building awareness in harboring is an education to this area on this issue members from the group not in our honor based in the kansas city area traveled to tampa to join the demonstration. Planes were also rented which flu around tampa over the weekend. With change the name banners the standing rock youth council is hosting a run to call on president biden to shut down the dakota access pipeline young people from the standing rock and cheyenne river sioux nations. Plan to run to the site of the no dapple resistance counts for years ago in north dakota. The run to the cannonball river is scheduled to begin on tuesday. I'm antonio
KCRW
"northern minnesota" Discussed on KCRW
"Oh, that Kate Bush does it for me every time cloud bursting from hounds of love. Whenever I played Kate Bush, I think of my sister who I think put me on initially toe. Kate and, thankfully, so she's amazing. And, as Anthony mentioned ahead of her time, serving with feet, has a new song fellowship that is just all about friendship and fellowship and love and it is giving me life. It's from his forthcoming album, Deacon. And, Of course, Sonny and Cher to start off the hour with I Got You, Babe. It's from 1965, and it was the first single from their debut studio album together. And this is our debut studio album together, Anthony. It is in 2000 and 21. Speaking of which I see looking at your computer. You looking at Twitter? Yes. Oh, my goodness. There's so much love coming in on the morning becomes eclectic Twitter, which is MBE kcrw In case you want to tweet at us, and I just want to like, Say hello to a bunch of people we're gonna do some shout outs. Yeah, I love that should be your roll call is what we used to call it back in the day. Do you know about that course The wildflower loved that are in our plus. Now Deborah Glenn is listening. Jo Han Foggia. Hello. Listen. Jen loved the blue Skies and Jen said her father would play Stardust album every Sunday morning. Such a sweet memory, Lily Cosgrove said. A V has gotten me through many late night shifts. Morty is thankful for the Sophie that I played earlier. Chris and the little man are grooving. Matthew and Northern Minnesota is enjoying the warm tunes in the cold weather in Jordan said Yes, 21 to infinity. I love that play on your 93 to infinity earlier, Susan Hello, Dana. Hello, Edward Manaea. Seda is dancing Joshua and will both enjoy the Beastie Boys. Nelson, Marco, Kimberly, Angela and organ Robby and Mike. Do you naming New addition here? I'm going to get to that. Jennifer Frederico, I'm almost done. Susan just bought Golden days by Mama's gun. So thank you for putting her onto that Krista Rita's is cruising down PCH. Yes, it's a beautiful vision, Josh. Said he was already loving the show. But cloud bursting took it over the top for him and Tomba Talk and Gracie Hello and thank you for listening and thank you to everybody who's listening today and tweeting at us or just enjoying the music. Thank you for the support and taking a chance on a couple of new guys speak for yourself. Get out. I do want to send a shout out to Los Angeles. And you the case for W listener, wherever you're at. I've got a dedication for you. You gotta stay close for that song. How lovely..
Climate Cast
"northern minnesota" Discussed on Climate Cast
"New book tracks minnesota's changing landscape. I'm npr chief. Meteorologist paul hunter here with climate cast as the climate changes sodas minnesota's landscape the second edition of minnesota's natural heritage out this month documents. Those changes over the past twenty five years john. Morality is a co author and senior manager of wildlife for three rivers park district. Hi john welcome to climate cast. Good afternoon call. Why is now a good time to update this book. Well there's been a lot of changes over the last twenty five years whether it's climate population conservation efforts within minnesota so we just felt it was time to keep it fresh for the next twenty five years as far as climate. The book documents. What all of us are seeing with the weather records. That minnesota is about three degrees warmer and three inches wetter overall. Since eighteen ninety-five but climate change is not even across minnesota. What are some of the regional differences that stand out well. it's always been hotter and stickier in the southern part of the state. Now they're getting tremendous summer humidity's up north partially because of change in the weather but also change in our use of climate by having all the cornfields out there that are helping put more moisture into the air <hes>. Ice levels are changing. We still have really good ice conditions north but down south now. The temperatures aren't enough to put down good ice so it does vary. Let's talk about that humidity for a second. Because we talk about corn sweat in the summer where that evapotranspiration puts that additional moisture from the soil into the atmosphere. You're finding that those humidity levels are wafting into northern minnesota more frequently. Is that right. Yeah more western minnesota not so much up into the forested area of the arrowhead but you get up into the red river valley as temperatures warm up question is getting planted further and further north. So that's just helping to increase the humidity levels. Which should people be looking forward to see. Climate change in minnesota. One thing is the movement of certain plants. I mean we're getting plants that are moving further north some of the animals movements. I mean we're seeing things like opossums. You know move up into areas of central north central minnesota twenty five years ago. They were only scarcely found in the southern part of the state. Birds like cardinals are way up in northern minnesota. Now they used to be a lot more migratory further south some of the negative things. We're seeing <hes>. One of the impacts are invasive species. We always used to think that minnesota was safer because all the the bad plants and animals with diaz in the winter. They're not doing that now. So those are some things to look for john. The book looks back at the last twenty five years. How about looking ahead. How do current trends suggest. Minnesota's landscape will look in the next twenty five years we talk about changes in moisture one of the things in super important paper about ten years ago. Showing that you know over the projections are that are conditions over the next twenty. Five years are going to shift to be more like central kansas. So it's going to be warmer and a little bit drier in more drought conditions. So we should expect that. We're going to have more shifted grass areas savanna habitats moving into northern minnesota. That's interesting the kansas reference. The wizard of oz. I'm thinking of. We're not in kansas city more but maybe in minnesota we will be right right. The book is the second edition of minnesota's natural heritage. There's a book launch online event tonight at seven o'clock co author john moriarty. Thanks so much for your perspective today. You're welcome
Permission To Succeed Podcast
"northern minnesota" Discussed on Permission To Succeed Podcast
"Me personally. Yeah you. I didn't get here other than other great intention as much as i was just talking about having a big purpose i. I grew up in a rural town in northern minnesota and had aspirations of going into psychology or business. And i didn't really know what either those mets it was through an internship that life. Her father was a client of thrived since he had introduced me to a tribe into adviser and i was invited to apply for an internship and got it and i frankly no clue not one bit of a clue as to what the business dead. It wasn't until i got into it in really understood inside the client that human level that i really got what i mean by that is it wasn't until i saw the impact that the work advisors do in people's lives. I mean in some cases. I mean it was my first summer where people were tearing up with their adviser. I was thinking to myself. I i haven't seen my parents ever have that type of interaction with any professional here. These people are pouring themselves out to this person. Call the financial by what does that mean. I mean what why. why are people doing so it became. It became very moving for me. The industry kept calling me and i to this day. I think i believe that to my core that it's one of the places where we can bring great wellbeing and health people. That's why i'm in the industry. Tell me a little bit about the journey. You had significant stops in the people who influenced you so many and i'll start with the people. I could probably name at this point. A dozen influential mentors on my i was a person named j. j. and j. j. took me on an insurance. He then took me on a part time associate investment associates. I was finishing up my senior college. Jj one of the most principal people i've ever met. I'll never forget some of the stories. He taught me and some of the ways. He taught me to speak to people and to respect them as a part of the role of an adviser used to. You know there's so many things that he would say that. I would love to share with you. All but his comments would be around the differences between advisers who listen and advisers who speak or.
60-Second Science
How the Wolves Change the Forest
"Literally get down on our hands and knees and starts slowly sifting through the leaf litter looking for bissett hair or a little chunk of bill. Tom gabel is tracking predator. In fact he's tracking pack of them. Oh it's very much like a crime scene investigation since twenty fifteen the university of minnesota conservation. Biologists has used gps collars to track thirty wolves inside voyageurs national park. Those callers lead gable and his team to kill sites and they're amid the leaf litter were bloodied bits of fern bone clues about how wolves the ecosystems they live and hunt and kill in. The long-term study is in a way. A quest to broaden a science story that goes back twenty five years for wildlife ecologists the story of the reintroduction of wolves to the greater yellowstone ecosystem on january twelfth. Nineteen ninety-five has become canonical. The story goes something like this. As the elk grew to fear the wolves they changed where and how they foraged that gave willows cottonwoods and aspens a better chance to grow near streams it also meant more riverside berries for foraging grizzly bears and lead to alterations in the flow of those streams. Sending water in new directions. Wolves out compete coyotes for access to pray so coyote populations plummeted which led to a rise in fox rabbit and ground nesting bird numbers and so on ecologists called this row of biological domino's a trophic cascade regard with your inclination. I think it's hard not to be like. Wow this is amazing right if that is true. That's really incredible. New findings cast some doubt on the idea that wolves primarily regulate the greater yellowstone ecosystem through fear and intimidation and regardless of the situation. They're very little. Research has been conducted on this question. In ecosystems that don't resemble the mountains and grasslands of yellowstone which brings us back to the boreal forests of northern minnesota. The ground that tom gabel and his team have been crawling over the last few years during the winter. Wolves work together to kill large prey. Like dear but gable found than in warmer ice free months wolves focus on smaller prey like newborn dear funds and especially beavers and. That's where things get really interesting for the ecosystem. Wolves by trading on dispersing beavers alter where wetlands are created. If a young beaver gets killed after leaving home it will never have a chance to build a new dam even if it had started construction before becoming a wolf lunch. The damn will remain unfinished. End fall into disrepair beavers are ecosystem engineers so when a wolf kills one it can have a big impact because they prevent beavers from converting a forest into a wetland and in that regard wolves are unconnected to all of the ecological processes that are associated with wetlands and beaver ponds. Ecologists have long assumed that predators can influence their ecosystems in two main ways one is through fear and intimidation like in the yellowstone story. The second is through direct. Killing the voyagers will offer up a third possibility. The park and the forest surrounding it have more than seven thousand beaver. Ponds gable estimates that wolves have a direct impact each year on around eighty eight of them. That's a mere one and a quarter percent affected so it's hard to argue that wolves responsible for reshaping the ecosystem in the broadest sense. But it's equally hard to deny that. They helped to maintain a diversity of habitats landscape.
Native America Calling
Tribal Broadband, Keystone Pipeline and Navajo Voting Patterns
"This is national native news. Megan camera in for antonio gonzales a bill that would help a native american communities get more broadband access on reservation lands passed to the. Us senate indian affairs committee. Wednesday steve jackson reports from spokane fcc survey found that thirty one percent of households on tribal lands lack access to high speed broadband compared to seven percent of americans in non tribal areas at a hearing wednesday senator. Maria cantwell spoke about the impact that some washington tribes of experienced because of the lack of service for the caulfield tribe in north central washington. Many of the households don't have access to the internet. This means many of thousands don't have access to emergency service. Notifications connectivity is critically important during fire season especially this year as fires have forced evacuations from homes and businesses. It's absolutely unacceptable for these tribes and many others living on tribal lands throughout the state of washington to not have access to basic reliable broadband. Cantwell cosponsored the legislation. Which would require technical assistance be provided to the under served native communities and set aside fcc and usda funding for broadband deployment. The bill passed in a bipartisan voice. Vote wednesday and now heads to the full senate for consideration for national native news. I'm steve jackson reporting from spokane. A group made up of five. First nations in canada says it plans to invest up to seven hundred sixty five million dollars in the keystone excel pipeline bloomberg reports. Tc energy corporation is counting on the deal with natural law energy to save the controversial pipeline from the incoming administration of president elect joe biden. The pipeline must have a permit from the us government since it crosses the border with canada. The trump administration granted the permit but biden's campaign has said it plans to resend it. Raiders reports the agreement includes the neat and little pine first nations in saskatchewan and the urban skin creation montana first nation and louis bowl tribe in alberta chief alvin francis president of natural energy and chief of nickel neat first nation said in a news release. The deal is a historic one that will create intergenerational wealth. He also pledged that natural law. Mtc energy will ensure the pipeline is quote held to the highest levels of environmental and social responsibility. Natural law energy has until next september to secure financing for the deal in minnesota to people on wednesday locked themselves to equipment used on line three of the end bridge sands oil pipeline to protest permits granted for the project by the state native news online reports. The action was organized by the guinea collective minnesota public radio reports that approval of key water permit for the project prompted twelve members of an advisory group to the minnesota pollution control agency to resign that included white earth tribal member winona luke and bridges line three would transport up to seven hundred sixty thousand barrels of crude oil daily through northern minnesota. The project is opposed by five agip bands. If you look at a map of how arizonans voted in the selection. You'll see several blocks. That don't correspond with urban areas and gibson with arizona public media reports most of these rural precincts are from voters living in tribal lands high country news reports that sixty to ninety percent of votes in precincts across the navajo nation. When to biden and vice president elect comma harris. Allie young is the founder of protect the sacred a grassroots initiative responding to the pandemic and promoting voter education within the navajo nation. I'm very proud Especially tribal communities in arizona for showing the world. That arizona is indigenous. Dna that we re claimed arizona. A map created by abc. Fifteen arizona shows that on average almost ninety. Four percent of votes in the thaw of nation went blue tube for national native news. I'm emma gibson and i'm megan camera.
Climate Cast
Climate change puts hundreds of Superfund sites at risk
"Hundreds of toxic superfund sites are vulnerable to extreme weather. I'M NPR chief meteorologist Paul Kutner here with climate cast. Hurricane, Harvey Dump Forty five to sixty inches of rain on the Houston area in two thousand seventeen the extreme floodwaters inundated more than one hundred and fifty thousand homes. They also breached toxic superfund site washing deadly chemicals down. In concentrations more than two thousand times. The EPA required cleanup level according to inside climate news. Just. How many of these superfund sites are risk and exposed to these extreme weather events? Frank Coal Ash is the climate director at the Minnesota Pollution? Control Agency. Frank Welcome to climate cast. Hi, Paul Thank you for having me on today the Government Accountability Office reported last year that nine hundred, forty, five superfund sites across the US are vulnerable to hurricanes flooding, sea level rise increased precipitation or wildfires. I see fourteen of those are in Minnesota. What is it about the location of these toxic sites that makes them does too extreme weather events. What we know with a changing climate in Minnesota is that we are seeing heavier rainfall which presents a risk for flooding at some of these sites and the impacts to both surface waters near the sites and potentially groundwater near these sites which we are. Managing and controlling for the toxic chemicals that have been found there. So it's really within Minnesota and the way that our climate is changing is looking at how that precipitation regime is changing, and we've seen that in the mid West here in Nebraska in twenty eighteen, there was a superfund site there that was impacted by the massive flooding. It didn't leach any toxins, but I'm wondering has Minnesota seen any close calls like that? I'm not aware of any close calls that we've seen regarding specific flooding events in Minnesota but certainly, that risk exists anytime that we are seeing a changing climate like we have in that, we're trying to manage sites that have these toxic chemicals on them from past pollution events that we're trying to maintain keep people protected from especially our most vulnerable populations, and we know that one of the biggest climate changes were observing recording in Minnesota are these mega rainfall events these six to eight plus in Sch- rainfall events how is that being incorporated into your? Planning for these sites yes, and that is the kind of work that we're just really getting started with looking at our ability to understand what's going to happen with a rainfall like that and and is the water going to go and where are we at risk for a significant floods? How will that rainfall interact with any of the protective coverings or protections that have been built around the superfund sites and how that may impact the contaminants as they they are moving on the site, and hopefully we're able to keep them from moving away from her saying. Frank superfund sites were talking about clean up. After the fact, I'm curious how climate change can be taken into account before potentially hazardous developments break ground. Yes, and that is an area that we're particularly looking at right now we are providing funding to cities to be able to do climate resiliency and adaptation plans to be able to identify how the rainfall and precipitation flooding events are going to impact not just contamination contaminated sites but the infrastructure that we rely upon many people are concerned about potential pollution from mining projects in northern. MINNESOTA, in sensitive areas like the boundary waters, how can we be sure future extreme rainfall events won't breach containment of those proposed sites. We we continue to look at the best science and the best research about how we can we predict what these large rainfall events are going to look like, and then build that into the planning processes our permitting processes, frank coal, ash climate director for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Thanks so much. Thank you.
Climate Connections
Minnesota family saves energy through simple living
"David Abbas Finland Minnesota keeps his freezer on the porch. Because, guess what it zero lot in northern Minnesota and so our stuff is frozen without the motor running at all. It's just one of the ways that Abbasi families save energy at their rural offer at home and farm the heat with Wood and get water from a well pumped by a windmill. What electricity they do need is generated by solar panels. Abbass says they live simply, but he does not think of it as a sacrifice. I think there's a lot of joy to be had. For example when it's time to fetch some frozen food, we've actually step outside and guess what the stars are beautiful where I live to educate people about conserving energy, and after Living Abaas offers workshops, classes, and internships at the farm. He tried to help others find pleasure in protecting the planet and the billions of lives. It supports I think our farm and other experiences like that. Provide that opportunity for people fall in love with what's around them and just imagine if the world were filled with people that were thinking about how much they love each other and the world how much better the world would be.
Fresh Air
Trump, Biden campaigning in Minnesota
"Johnston, President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are both campaigning in northern Minnesota today. NPR's Amy held reports their visits coincide with the first day of early voting in the key state. Trump is set to hold an airport rally tonight in Bemidji, Minnesota state. He narrowly lost to Hillary Clinton in 2016. He's seeking to reverse the state's near five decades run of voting Democratic in presidential elections. Trump has promoted his tariffs on Chinese steel as a boost for local mining. Died in this week released a statement touting organized labor as well as the importance of Minnesota's iron range in American manufacturing. Today, he's touring Union training
Dave Ramsey
Priest tapped to be bishop by Pope Francis resigns after sexual abuse probe
"Tapped by Pope Francis to become a bishop for a northern Minnesota diocese, Michael Malloy has resigned after an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor surfaced before he could take up the job. He had been in the Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota.
Climate Cast
Minnesota's boreal forest is a climate change hot spot
"As climate change unfolds we're learning that warming is uneven temperature records show distinct climate change hotspots, and northern Minnesota's among the fastest warming areas on the planet. Minnesota's iron range and Canadian border counties have worn more than two degrees, Celsius or three point six degrees Fahrenheit since eighteen ninety-five. That's twice as fast as the twin cities and the global average of about one degree Celsius. How is that changing Minnesota's Flores Lee? Froehlich directs the University of Minnesota Center for forced ecology. Highly Hi, fall good to be with you. How quickly do force react to that kind of temperature change there already reacting the seedlings of Red Maple and Northern Red Oak. And a few other species of trees are already spreading in places like the boundary waters that is enough of a temperature rise that those species which are from southern Minnesota in central Minnesota are moving into what we call the boreal zone, which is the very northern part of Minnesota. Where normally it would be so cold that you wouldn't have anything other than Birch and Aspen and conifers like spruce, and for let's say I'm traveling up in northern. MINNESOTA. What should people look for to see the forest changing? Well if you drive the highway. From Virginia to Ili. Say in mid September. You will see a lot more red there because red maple has expanded quite dramatically there does that mean it's a less favourable environment for the coniferous trees also, we don't think so not yet. That hasn't gotten warm enough to start reducing the growth or to kill the conifers but we do know that if it does warm up another degree Celsius, we might start seeing mortality and reduced growth those coniferous trees when I travel up north I the a lot of these dead birch stands across northern Minnesota. Is there a climate connection there? Yes. There is a climate connection. Now Paper Birch is very sensitive in this case to warming soil temperatures in summer. So just the fact that springs are a little earlier and falls are a little later means that the soil has more time to warm up during the summer and you combine that even with mild to moderate droughts like we had several of between two thousand and two, thousand and ten, and you get a Lotta root damage do these changing forests affect our lakes in Minnesota yes. with fewer conifers and more deciduous trees. The chemistry of the water that percolates through the soil and end of the lake will be different because. The full edge when it falls off, the trees is less acidic for things like Maple and oak that would be for spruce and for so the chemistry of the water will be different. Probably that will lead to more nutrients in the lake and US in a small enhancement of the amount of algae and so on that what grow in the lake in your work as you look ahead, what forest trends will you be watching for the next five to ten years and beyond? Well, we'll be watching the sea of. The maples and oaks continue into invade. The boreal forest will also be looking for wildlife species like deer and Bobcat, will they continue to move in and replace Moose and links? There are also somewhat climate dependent So a lot of interesting things to watch for
Environment: NPR
How Absentee Landowners Keep Farmers From Protecting Water And Soil
"Some of our biggest environmental problems like water, pollution and endangered wildlife caused by large scale farming, which means farmers are in a position to reduce environmental damage or at least mitigate it. Why don't they one reason? They often don't own much of the lands that they farm here's. NPR's Dan Charles Lisa Solti more loves nature. I reached her while she was visiting. The forests of northern Minnesota I can only describe it as healing. All the stress of our world, and said she just forget about it when you're in one of these beautiful old growth, for as she teaches ecology at Iowa State University, but when she moved to Iowa seventeen years ago, she struggled a little. She didn't have that same feeling standing in vast fields of corn. She wasn't hearing any birds or seeing many bugs all I can here are the leaves of the rustling corn around me and not one other. Biological Noise at all right. It's you know they call it the Green Desert and there is a lot of land like this this year. Corn and soybeans covered land. That's equal in size to all the East Coast States from New York to Georgia. But solti more says it doesn't have to be a green desert. She's been studying what she calls. Prairie Strips stretches of land, running through fields of corner soybeans. We're farmers of set-aside may be percent of the land for tall, stemmed grasses and wildflowers. It's a different world there. She says birds singing their bees buzzing. They were crickets chirping. There was stuff hopping around. These bits of prairie also protect soil and water capture carbon dioxide from the air. For this to happen. Though farmers have to be willing to give this land back to nature and many experts on farmland say it can make economic sense. One of them is Steve Brewer President of People's company in Des Moines Iowa who buys sells and manages farmland across the country. One of the first things that we do and we do this on every farm that we managed as we run, these profitability maps. His company creates a detailed map of the. The farm what they spend and what they earn on every acre, and they're finding consistently that some of that land loses money. It's amazing about ten to fifteen percent of all the acres in Iowa. aren't profitable. They're those hillsides with eroded soil spots where water collects in a big puddle after every rain. That is where they advise farmers to cut their losses may be bring back the prairie. Some farmers are doing this kinda thing most are not. And one reason the farm experts say is an under appreciated fact about America's farmland farmers only owned about half their land the rest of it. They rent year-by-year from a collection of landlords. Linda pro copy from Purdue University has studied those landowners. There are very diverse group of people much more diverse than farmers. Many are elderly retired farmers now renting the land to the next generation, some inherited it from grandparents. You have younger urban people who co owned a piece of land with cousins. Don't know anything about farming so when it comes to managing that Land Steve Brewer from People's company says it often plays out like this. Let's say somebody owns one hundred sixty acres. Thirty of those acres are lousy for growing crops, but they'll rent out. The whole thing is a landowner you want. Those thirty acres farmed because you're trying to get rental revenue on every acre that you can get, and the farmer will go along because he or she really wants one hundred thirty good acres. Sarah? Carlson longtime environmental advocate with the group. Practical farmers of Iowa gets annoyed by landowners who just want their rent check? We need to start calling landlord, slum lords and a lot of cases. They're just as guilty she says consider something else. Cover crops vegetation that farmers can plant in the off season to protect and enrich the soil. It's great for the environment and for your crops in the long run, but it costs money upfront, so tenant farmers who may not be there in the long run are reluctant to spend that money. Carson says some landlords do care enough that they'll spend the money to protect the Environment Bill. Does prairie strips pay for cover crops? But they're the exceptions. I mean even my mom wasn't that kind of landlord and I'm her daughter like I'm like what do you mean we're not going to do? Cover crops was wrong with you Steve. Brewer land. Brooker says he does see. Signs of things are changing. There's a new kind of landowner showing up people who didn't inherit the farmland, but decided to buy it. Some of them because they care about how foods produced and the environment, others are purely investors for them. The land is a financial asset, but they understand that this asset can't increase in value if they protected Dan Charles NPR
Environment: NPR
Absentee Landlords Interfere With Farmers Protecting Water, Soil
"Some of our biggest environmental problems like water, pollution and endangered wildlife caused by large scale farming, which means farmers are in a position to reduce environmental damage or at least mitigate it. Why don't they one reason? They often don't own much of the lands that they farm. Here's NPR's Dan Charles. Lisa Solti more loves nature I. Reached Her while she was visiting the forests of northern Minnesota I can only describe it as healing. All the stress of our world, and said she just forget about it when you're in one of these beautiful old growth for as she teaches ecology. At University, but when she moved to Iowa seventeen years ago, she struggled a little. She didn't have that same feeling standing in vast fields of corn. She wasn't hearing any birds or seeing many bugs all. I can here are the leaves of the rustling corn around me and not one other. Biological Noise at all right? It's you know they call it the green. Desert and there is a lot of land like this this year. Corn and soybeans covered land. That's equal in size to all the East Coast States from New York to Georgia. But solti more says it doesn't have to be a green desert. She's been studying what she calls. Prairie Strips stretches of land, running through fields of corner soybeans. We're farmers of set-aside may be percent of the land for tall, stemmed grasses and wildflowers. It's a different world there. She says birds singing their bees buzzing. They were crickets chirping. There was stuff hopping around. These bits of prairie also protect soil and water capture carbon dioxide from the air. For this to happen, though farmers have to be willing to give this land back to nature and many experts on farmland say it can make economic sense. One of them is Steve. Brewer President of People's company in Des Moines Iowa who buys sells and manages farmland across the country. One of the first things that we do and we do this on every farm that we managed as we run, these profitability maps. His company creates a detailed map of the. The farm what they spend and what they earn on every acre, and they're finding consistently that some of that land loses money. It's amazing about ten to fifteen percent of all the acres in Iowa aren't profitable. They're those hillsides with eroded soil spots where water collects in a big puddle after every rain. That is where they advise farmers to cut their losses may be bring back the prairie. Some farmers are doing this Kinda. Thing most are not. And one reason the farm experts say is an under appreciated fact about America's farmland farmers only owned about half their land the rest of it. They rent year-by-year from a collection of landlords. Linda pro copy from Purdue University has studied those landowners. There are very diverse group of people much more diverse than farmers. Many are elderly retired farmers now renting the land to the next generation, some inherited it from grandparents. You have younger urban people who co owned a piece of land with. Don't know anything about farming so when it comes to managing that Land Steve. Brewer from People's company says it often plays out like this. Let's say somebody owns one hundred sixty acres. Thirty of those acres are lousy for growing crops, but they'll rent out. The whole thing is a landowner you want. Those thirty acres farmed because you're trying to get rental revenue on every acre that you can get, and the farmer will go along because he or she really wants one hundred thirty good acres. Sarah Carlson longtime environmental advocate with the group practical farmers of Iowa gets annoyed by landowners who just want their rent check? We need to start calling landlord, slum lords and a lot of cases. They're just as guilty she says consider something else. Cover crops vegetation that farmers can plant in the season to protect and enrich the soil. It's great for the environment and for your crops in the long run, but it costs money upfront, so tenant farmers who may not be there in the long run are reluctant to spend that money. Carson says some landlords do care enough that they'll spend the money to protect the Environment Bill. Does prairie strips pay for cover crops? But they're the exceptions I mean. Even my mom wasn't that kind of landlord and I'm her daughter like I'm like. What do you mean we're not going to do? Cover crops was wrong with you Steve, brewer? Land Brooker says he does see signs of things are changing. There's a new kind of landowner showing up people who didn't inherit the farmland, but decided to buy it. Some of them because they care about how foods produced and the environment, others are purely investors for them. The land is a financial asset, but they understand that this asset can't increase in value if they protected. Dan Charles NPR