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:
- 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)