Every month, we dive into a specific conservation subject and often invite a special guest on the show to share their knowledge.
Tune in on future shows! We go “live” every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 8:40am.
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Here are our past episodes:
- 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)