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Dedication Point
by Birds of Prey NCA Partnership
Dedication Point is a podcast that features stories about the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Southwestern Idaho.
Episodes
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David Feinman is Helping Legislators Better Understand Public Land Management
David Feinman is the vice president of government affairs for the Conservation Lands Foundation (CLF). CLF is a nonprofit that advocates for better management of the Bureau of Land Management's protected land. They are focused specifically on BLM’s National Conservation Lands system, a system…
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James Skillen - How BLM's History Informs the Agency's Current Crisis
James Skillen is a professor at Calvin University, and the author of several books about the history of land management and land management policy here in the US. His first book, “The Nation’s Largest Landlord”, chronicles the history of the BLM, while his most recent book, “This Land is Our…
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Emily Wakild - What Latin America’s national parks can teach us about land management in Idaho
Emily Wakild is the Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands at Boise State University. She has written books about this history of public lands management in Latin America, and she brings this unique perspective to our ongoing discussions about the management of public...
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Rediscovering Forgotten Lands with Josh Jackson
Josh Jackson is the author of the forthcoming book “The Enduring Wild: A Journey into California’s Public Lands”. He’s also the founder of the Forgotten Lands project, and has become an expert on the Bureau of Land Management.
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Celebrating National Public Lands Day by Planting Native Plants
In this episode, we explore a restoration site in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA. Just a few weeks ago, the Birds of Prey NCA Partnership hosted a public planting day in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Listen in as Birds of Prey NCA Partnership president Steve Alsup...
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Growing Native Plants for Restoration at Twin Peaks Nursery
This week, we’re talking about growing native plants in a nursery setting. Lots of restoration projects include as one component, the planting of nursery grown seedlings. There are several plant nurseries in the region that specialize in growing native plants for restoration projects, and for…
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The Role of Pre-Emergent Herbicides in Desert Shrubland Restoration with Brynne Lazarus
This week’s interview is focused on one crucial aspect of desert shrubland restoration efforts - the use of pre-emergent herbicides. These pre-emergent herbicides prevent seeds from germinating without causing significant harm to most established perennials, and they are used almost universally…
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What the Soda Fire Taught Us About Post-Fire Restoration with Cara Applestein
This week’s interview is focused on the Soda Fire. This megafire burned nearly 280,000 acres in Southwest Idaho and Southeast Oregon - just adjacent to the the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA - in 2015. This wildfire generated a historic response, with more resources put into...
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Strategic Conservation in the Sage-Steppe with Chad Boyd
This week’s interview is focused on the strategic challenges associated with restoring sage-steppe ecosystems in the Great Basin. Our guest is Chad Boyd, a Rangeland Scientist and Research Leader who has been based in Eastern Oregon and working on restoration projects since 1999. His work is...
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An Introduction to Desert Shrubland Restoration with Matt Germino
This is the first episode of Season 4 of Dedication Point! Season 4 will be focused on restoration in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA, and we're getting this conversation started with Matt Germino, supervisory research ecologist with USGS. Germino has been leading a research team...
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Waterfowl and Upland Game Birds of the NCA and CJ Strike WMA
A panel discussion featuring Brandon Flack and Zac Hulling from the Idaho Fish and Game Department and Aaron Utz from Idaho Power discussing management strategies and the population status of waterfowl and upland game species in the CJ Strike Wildlife Management Area (which is encompassed by the...
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Bats of the NCA
Rita Dixon, the State Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator for the Idaho Fish and Game Department, discusses the diverse array of bat species that one can see in the NCA, as well as the the looming threat of white-nose syndrome, a devastating disease affecting bats across North America.
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Insects of the NCA
Boise State University Professor Ian Robertson discusses the role of insects in the ecosystems of the NCA, as well as his research on insect-plant interactions.
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Reptiles of the NCA
Herpetologist Kristina Parker discusses reptile surveys and rattlesnake research that she conducted in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA.
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The Black-tailed Jackrabbit
In this episode we’re talking about Jackrabbits, and how improved survey methods designed to assess their populations in the NCA hold the potential to benefit wildlife survey efforts all across the globe. Guests for this episode are Dr. Jen Cruz, Assistant Professor at Boise State University, and...
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The Piute Ground Squirrel
Welcome to Season Three of Dedication Point! We're extremely excited to bring you a new season of episodes about the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA. This season’s theme is prey. The Snake River canyon region was set aside as an National Conservation Area because of it’s uniquely high...
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The Climate Atlas
Danielle Murray and Andres Esparza from the Conservation Lands Foundation discuss their ongoing efforts to conserve public land through grassroots organizing, and how the new Climate Atlas mapping tool can help.
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Climate Modeling in the Intermountain West
Former Utah State University graduate student Scott Zimmer discusses his research on climate models that predict vegetation and habitat changes in the Intermountain West. We discuss what these projections tell us about our rapidly changing landscapes, and how these findings can be used by land...
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Wildfire, Climate Change, and Carbon Sequestration on the Snake River Plain
Dr. Jen Pierce is an Associate Professor in the Geoscience Department at Boise State University. She is an expert on the impact of Climate Change on Wildfire, and is currently engaged in research about carbon sequestration in desert ecosystems. Dr. Pierce spoke with Dedication Point co-hosts…
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Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) - A Climate-Conscious Approach to Land Management
Patty Glick is the lead author of a new paper that lays out a framework for land management in our modern era of climate change. She explains how the framework was crafted and how it can help land managers adapt their practices to account for our rapidly changing climate.
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The Full-Canyon Prairie Falcon Survey
A panel of raptor biologists discuss the current effort to survey the Snake River canyon’s Prairie falcon population. As you’ll hear in the discussion, the Snake River canyon is a very special place for prairie falcons, and the full canyon survey that’s currently underway is part of a monumental...
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NCA Oral History: Amanda Hoffman
Amanda Hoffman is the current manager of the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA. She took over this role in March of 2016, having previously served as the acting associate monument manager at Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. We talked with Amanda about the challenges that…
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NCA Oral History: Julie Heath
Dr. Julie Heath is a professor in the department of Biological Sciences and the Raptor Research Center at Boise State University. Her research lab is focused on addressing questions about how birds respond to large scale environmental change. She has conducted numerous research projects within…
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NCA Oral History: Kent Carnie
Kent Carnie is a lifelong falconer, longtime board member of the Peregrine Fund, and the founder of the Archives of Falconry. His close friendship with Morley Nelson lasted for many decades, and Carnie played a central role in the decision to relocate the Peregrine Fund’s headquarters to its...
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NCA Oral History: Roger Rosentreter
Roger Rosentreter is a retired BLM botanist – he spent 35 years working as the Idaho BLM state botanist. During that time Roger worked throughout Idaho and the Intermountain West, but always maintained a strong connection with the high desert ecosystems of the sagebrush steppe, and has spent…
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NCA Oral History: John Freemuth
John Freemuth is a professor of public policy at Boise State University, but he also serves as the Cencil Andrus endowed chair of Environment and Public Lands for the Andrus Center for Public Policy. During the Clinton administration, Freemuth served as the chair of the science advisory board for...
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NCA Oral History: Dean Hagerman
Dean Hagerman is a historian, graduate student, and former National Guardsman who worked at the Orchard Combat Training Center within the Snake River Birds of Prey NCA. As someone with both direct experience working for the National Guard at their training area inside the NCA, and a graduate...
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NCA Oral History: John Sullivan
John Sullivan was the first manager of the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, serving in this role for over a decade. In our interview, Sullivan provides some fascinating insight into the issues that needed to be addressed during the early years of the NCA, including a...
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NCA Oral History: Tracy Andrus
Tracy Andrus is the middle daughter of former Idaho governor and secretary of the interior Cecil Andrus. Tracy has a wealth of amazing stories about growing up in the Andrus household and traveling to Washington, D.C. for her father’s term as the Interior Secretary. She has become an advocate for...
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NCA Oral History: Ted Howard
All of our previous interviews released as a part of this series have been focused on the very recent history of the Snake River canyon region. This interview with Ted Howard, the tribal chairman of the Shoshone-Paiute tribe, takes us back to the earliest interactions that humanity had with this...
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NCA Oral History: Dr. Mark Plew
Dr. Mark Plew is a professor of Anthropology at Boise State University. He has spent a significant portion of his career conducting research in the Snake River plain, and has spent more time investigating archaeological sites within the Morley Nelson Snake River birds of Prey NCA than any other...
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NCA Oral History: Clive Strong
Former Deputy Attorney General for the state of Idaho Clive Strong discusses the Swan Falls controversy of the early 1980s. This landmark agreement has had far reaching implications for water rights and water law across the US, but it also had a local impact on the establishment of protection for...
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NCA Oral History: Norm Nelson
Norm Nelson is the oldest son of Morley Nelson, who is widely considered to be the most influential figure in the establishment of a National Conservation Area in the snake river canyon. What many people don’t realize however, is the substantial role that Morley’s family played in working to get...
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NCA Oral History: Larry LaRocco
Larry LaRocco served as a congressman from Idaho’s 1st congressional district in the US House of Representatives from 1991 through 1995. When he was elected, LaRocco knew very little about the Snake River canyon region, but he had cut his teeth as a politician working on wilderness legislation in...
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NCA Oral History: Dean Bibles
Dean Bibles played a key role in one of the most important actions connected to the establishment of the Snake River Birds of Prey NCA - the 1980 withdrawal by then Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, which created the current boundaries for this protected area. It was actually Dean's idea to...
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NCA Oral History: Karen Steenhof
Karen Steenhof has been working in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCa for over 40 years as a wildlife and research biologist. The research that she conducted in the 1970s, 80s and 90s played a key role in the establishment of protection for the area. She has become one of the leading...
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NCA Oral History: Andy Ogden
In our fifth episode of this oral history series we are featuring our interview with Andy Ogden, a man who knows more about the Snake River Canyon than most do about their backyard. Andy was introduced to birds of prey by Morley Nelson when he was just a teenager, and Nelson quickly became a role...
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NCA Oral History: Cecil Andrus
This, our fourth episode of this oral history series, will feature an interview with Cecil Andrus. Andrus is probably Idaho’s best known politician - he ran for Governor of Idaho in 1970 as a Democrat and an environmentalist - and he won. Andrus also served as the Secretary of the Interior under...
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NCA Oral History: Mike Kochert
Michael Kochert has been researching raptor species for over 40 years and has served in multiple capacities for the Raptor Research Foundation. He has been interested in wildlife biology since he was a child, and admits he wasn’t initially interested in birds of prey. But, it didn’t take long…
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NCA Oral History: Steve Stuebner
Steve Stuebner is the author of “Cool North Wind”, a biography of Morley Nelson. Steve spent years researching Morley’s life for this book, conducting numerous interviews and uncovering fascinating details about the creation of the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA.
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NCA Oral History: Morley Nelson
Our first interview is with the man who deserves the most credit for the creation of a national conservation area in the snake river canyon - Morley Nelson. Morley passed away in 2005 at the age of 88, but we uncovered this archival interview conducted in 1990 by the founder of the Archives of...
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