Art of Range
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The Art of Range Podcast accomplishes conservation through conversation with some of the brightest minds in rangeland management and livestock production. Washington State University rangelands and livestock Extension specialist Tip Hudson interviews researchers, ranchers, and resource professionals to bring you extended discussion on topics that are of interest to anyone in rangelands work. A new episode releases every two weeks. This project is funded by the Western Center for Risk Management Education, the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission, and sponsors committed to our mission.
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AoR 181: Jim Strickland, Keeping Florida Ranches Ahead of the Bulldozer
Jim Strickland is managing partner at Blackbeard’s Ranch in southwest Florida, co-founder of the Florida Conservation Group, and vice chair of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Environmental Stewardship Award Program. Over a seventy-year career in cattle, Jim watched nearly 100,000 acres of leased pasture disappear to development around Sarasota, and in response he helped build […]
IYRP March: Maryam Niamir-Fuller on Economic Services of Global Rangelands
Maryam Niamir-Fuller’s career spans decades of work with pastoralist communities from all over the world. She is a special advisor to the Secretariat of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Global Alliance. Maryam shares how her journey began among the Dinka people of Southern Sudan and grew into a lifelong commitment to elevating the […]
AoR 180: Doug Poole on Integrating Grazing into Cropping Systems for Rangeland & Soil Health
In this episode, host Tip Hudson speaks with Doug Poole, a third-generation dryland farmer in Eastern Washington’s arid Columbia Basin, about his decade-long effort to reintegrate livestock into a cropping system that had largely abandoned them. Doug farms on just 8–10 inches of annual rainfall, and the conversation digs into how industrial row-crop agriculture — […]
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IYRP February: Mark Moritz on Pastoralist Mobility, Land & Water Security
Pastoral mobility is crucial for both the sustainable management of rangelands and the economic viability of pastoralism. It is key to livestock productivity, because it enables herds to reach resources that are unevenly dispersed across space and are often short-lived in highly variable environments. Pastoralists specialize in guiding their herds through seasonal grazing of a […]
AoR 173: Mike Adams on Florida cattle history and Adams Ranch Brafords
The Adams Ranch was the first to develop a breed of cattle in Florida for Florida, the Braford breed. This Brahman – Hereford cross could handle heat and insects and still produce desirable meat. In this interview, Mike Adams describes agricultural history in this subtropical wilderness of grass and how his family has shaped and […]
AoR 143: Dr. John Buckhouse, Reflections on a Half Century of Thinking in Wholes, Part 1
Riparian management, water quality, and livestock grazing used in the same sentence can warm up a room with heated discussion. John Buckhouse has spent a lifetime contending for the Radical Middle, where people recognize that land conditions that are good for fish are also good for cattle. He has effectively advocated for and led collaborative […]
