Podcasts

Grasslands: Culture, Conservation, and Resiliency

Grasslands form one of North America’s largest and most vital ecosystems, supporting crucial environmental functions like water supply, soil health, and biodiversity. Grasslands are also essential for agriculture, which has provided us with food and livelihoods for millennia. In recent decades, the tension between conserving grasslands and developing them to accommodate a growing population has only increased, exacerbated further by the impacts of climate change. What does a truly sustainable and resilient future for our continent’s grasslands look like? What will it take to achieve it? How can you help? Learn more about the series here.

Episode 1: The Science of Grasslands
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Episode 2: People & Grasslands
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Episode 3: Back From the Brink in Larimer County
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Episode 4: The Path Ahead
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Forests, Fires, and People: A Wildfire Conversation Series

In this webinar series done in partnership with the Institute for Science and Policy, we have wide-ranging conversations with a broad set of panelists from around the region about the decisions, impacts, and stewardship principles that guide our collective approach to forest management and fire.

Part One: Kindling & Sparks
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Part Two: The Historic Fires of 2020
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Part Three: The Human Element
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Part Four: The Future of Western Wildfires
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Part 5: The Marshall Fire Tragedy and the Changing Wildland Urban Interface
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Wolves in Colorado: Science and Stories

In this special six-part series, diverse panelists join us to explore wolf reintroduction through the lens of science, policy, and lived experiences.

Episode 1: The Science of Restoring Wolves to Colorado
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Episode 2: Media Coverage and Public Perspectives on Wolves
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Episode 3: Community Perspectives and Conflict over Wolves
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Episode 4: The Values and Costs of Wolves
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Episode 5: The Experience of Living With Wolves
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Episode 6: After the Vote
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Collaborative Conservation in a Polarized Age of Extinction

The conservation of biodiversity remains the cornerstone of conservation science and practice, but efforts to conserve imperiled species often intersect with people’s use of natural resources. In today’s era of high political polarization, a collaborative approach to conservation of land and water and the species they support holds particular promise to recover species and bring people together. In this panel discussion, our speakers will describe an collaborations focused on at-risk species, including how it came together, the species being addressed, dealing with disagreement, using science, and other key elements of success.

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