Conservation through conversation
The Art of Range Podcast
Washington State University rangeland and livestock Extension specialist Tip Hudson interviews researchers, ranchers, and other range experts to bring you discussion on the art and science of ranch management. A new episode releases every two weeks. The Art of Range Podcast is funded by the Western Center for Risk Management Education and sponsors committed to our mission.
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AoR 189: "Sailing true" on waves of grass with Pono VonHolt on Hawai'i
“Ponoholo” comes from Hawaiian wayfinding: when the canoe was on the right path — reading stars, currents, and waves — you were pono holo, going the good way. Pono Von Holt runs Ponoholo Ranch on Kohala Mountain at the north end of the Big Island, the birthplace of King Kamehameha, and where his family has […]
AoR 188: Lani Cran-Petrie — Kapapala Ranch, Hawai’i
“I want to make this ranch look like Ellensburg.” Lani Cran-Petrie runs Kapapala Ranch on the south flank of the Big Island of Hawai’i with her husband, Bill. This episode with Lani begins a series on ranching in Hawai’i. Lani describes the improbable history of cattle in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, from a […]
AoR 187: Lee Knox on Ranch Management Education at Texas Christian University
In 1956, a group of Texas ranchers decided the training their kids needed didn’t exist yet—so they built it themselves, and it’s still running. Lee Knox, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Professor in Ranch Management at Texas Christian University, describes TCU’s nine-month, 35-credit certificate program that packs soil and forage management, animal husbandry, business, […]
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AoR 188: Lani Cran-Petrie — Kapapala Ranch, Hawai’i
“I want to make this ranch look like Ellensburg.” Lani Cran-Petrie runs Kapapala Ranch on the south flank of the Big Island of Hawai’i with her husband, Bill. This episode with Lani begins a series on ranching in Hawai’i. Lani describes the improbable history of cattle in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, from a […]
AoR 183: Rangelands on Display – Using Public Art to Reach Beyond the Choir, with Stephen Bramwell
What if the key to making people care about rangelands wasn’t a fact sheet, a policy brief, or even a podcast — but interactive art that people can view, hear, touch, and smell? WSU Extension’s Stephen Bramwell joins the show to talk about a first-of-its-kind public art project that’s deploying multisensory exhibits across 18 states […]
AoR 182: Allen Miller on Fire, Fence, and Family – 140 Years of Stewardship at Tower Rock Ranch
Allen Miller of Tower Rock Ranch in Mansfield, Washington was the 2023 NCBA Environmental Stewardship Award regional winner. His family has run cattle on the same Douglas County ground since 1883. Allen joins Tip to talk about blending the art and science of range management on a 15,000-acre operation reshaped by five major wildfires in […]
