CONSERVATION CONVERSATIONS
Program on KAXE/KBXE Northern Community Radio
We dive into a specific conservation topic with a special guest on the show to share their knowledge.
Tune in on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 8:40am.
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You can listen to past episodes here.
September, 2022
Conservation Conversation: Annie Knight of Northern Waters Land Trust: Grant Manager, Conservation Specialist, Radio Producer | KAXE, featuring Annie Knight, NWLT’s Grants Manager & Conservation Specialist
July 2022
Conservation Conversations: Conservation Easements and the Minnesota Land Trust | KAXE, featuring Pat Collins (Conservation Program Manager at Minnesota Land Trust) and John Sumption (Co-Chair of NWLT Conservation Committee)
June 2022
Conservation Conversations: Discussion on Carbon Sequestration in Conservation | KAXE, featuring Crystal Mathisrud, (District Manager of Hubbard County Soil and Water Conservation District)
May 2022
Conservation Conversations: Conserving Critical Muskie Spawning Grounds | KAXE, featuring Doug Schultz (DNR Walker Area Fisheries Supervisor) and George Selcke (NWLT Board Member, Member of the Twin Cities Chapter of Muskies Inc., and Chairman of its Hugh C. Becker Grant Committee)
April 2022
Conservation Conversations: Lakes of Biological Significance | KAXE, featuring Paul Radomski (DNR Biologist, co-author of Lakeshore Living and author of Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark).
March 2022
Conservation Conversations: Cedar Lake Wildlife Management Area in Aitkin County | KAXE, featuring Bob Karls (NWLT Board Chair & Cedar Lake Conservancy Member) and Rick Bruesewitz (Aitkin Area DNR Fisheries Supervisor)
February 2022
Conservation Conversations: History and Projects of Northern Waters Land Trust | KAXE, featuring Tim Bremicker (NWLT Board Member)
January 2022
Conservation Conversations: MN Loon Restoration Project and Northern Waters Land Trust, featuring Rob Rabasco (Natural Resources Program Coordinator for the Minnesota Loon Restoration Project)
December 2021
Conservation Conversations: Northern Waters Land Trust and MN DNR and Fee Title Acquisition on Pelican Lake | KAXE, featuring Marc Bacigalupi (Fisheries Area Supervisor with the MN DNR in Brainerd)
November 2021
Conservation Conversations: Partnerships Between Northern Waters Land Trust and Initiative Foundation | KAXE, featuring Don Hickman (Vice President of Community and Workforce Development at the Little Falls-based Initiative Foundation)
October 2021
Conservation Conversations: MN DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen and Northern Waters Land Trust | KAXE, featuring Sarah Strommen (MN DNR Commissioner)
September 2021
Conservation Conversations: Succession Planning for Your Cabin To Protect The Land and Waters of Northern Minnesota, featuring Derek Jensen (NWLT Board Member and Financial Advisor for Edward Jones)
August 2021
Conservation Conversations: Low Impact Shoreline Living,
featuring Andrew Seagren (Forest Easement Technician for Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District)
July 2021
Conservation Conversations: What is a Land Trust? Northern Waters Land Trust Partners with MN Land Trust,
featuring Kris Larson (Executive Director of Minnesota Land Trust) and Ruurd Schoolderman (Program Manager for Minnesota Land Trust)
June 2021
The Importance of Conservation of the Mississippi Headwaters,
featuring Todd Holman (Mississippi Headwaters Program Director for the MN-ND-SD Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, based in Brainerd)
May 2021
Shingobee Headwaters Aquatic Ecosystems Project,
featuring Don Rosenberry (United States Geological Survey, Research Hydrologist)
April 2021
Cass County SWCD and the Northern Waters Land Trust,
featuring Kelly Condiff (Technical Resource Specialist for Cass County SWCD and Cass County Environmental Services)
March 2021
Lake Associations and the Northern Waters Land Trust | KAXE,
featuring Kathy Semotuk Wagner (Association of Cass County Lakes President)
February 2021
Fisheries Scientist Pete Jacobson on Tullibees with Northern Waters Land Trust | KAXE,
featuring Pete Jacobson (former DNR Fisheries Scientist)
January 2021
Why Tullibees Matter: Conservation Conversation on Water Temperatures – Northern Waters Land Trust | KAXE,
featuring Bob Karls (Vice Chair & Treasurer of the NWLT Board of Directors)
December 2020
New Monthly Segment on the Tuesday Morning Show with Northern Waters Land Trust | KAXE,
featuring John Sumption and Annie Johnson (NWLT Conservation Staff)