Ventures of the Land
by Ventures of the Land
This podcast has one goal, to bridge the ever growing societal gap between every day people and nature/the land. My conversations revolve around a couple key areas, them being; Regenerative Ag, general Ecology, Hunting, in particular habitat design. If you are looking for a podcast that will help you to understand how to be a productive member of an ecosystem and the key mindsets you need to have to do so then this is it.
Episodes
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765v power line with Tim Woodhouse
The 765v power Lines Is a big deal here s southwest Wisconsin and Minnesota. Tim woodhouse Is on the front lines with trying to put a stop to the project.
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Regenerative beef farming with Kent Mclurg
Kent Mclurg and I met through a mutual Friend Travis Klinkner who has been on the show multiple times. Kent has been on the forefront of incorporating multiple regen ag practices on his farm including intensively managed grazing, as well as grazing cover crops and many more we talk about.
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Clayton Frazer: Native Range Ecological
In this episode I have a good friend of mine Clayton Frazer on the show. Clayton Co owns a land management consulting company Native Range Ecological. He focuses on Prairie and wetland restoration, but his main passions lie in non lethal beaver management. Clayton does a tone of other…
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Importance of food plot soil health with Albert from Vitalize seed
Albert has been a long time guest on the show and he and I have formed a beyond wonderful friendship through the years and the both us are heavy on the concepts of big picture land management especially when it comes to food plots and soil health.
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Mark Turner: Proper Deer Nutrition
What should you focus on for feeding your deer good quality food? In this episode Dr. Mark Turner and I attempt to unravel this concept through discussing his discertation project analyzing what the most limiting factor across the landscape is within a whitetails diet.
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Mat Williams: The culture of Deer hunting
In this episode I get talk with Mat Williams again. Mat is one of the more interesting people I have met through the podcast. When ever I talk with him he always has some cool story to tell me or information I haven't heard before. Mat's claim to fame is that he studies the relationship between...
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Summer time food sources for deer
Summer time food and whether or not you need it on your property is one of the more interesting conversations I think you can have within the whitetail hunting community. Summer food such as food plots, Ag fields, cattle pasture that's made up of clover and alfalfa that is being properly grazed…
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Mindsets for good land management with the Ideal Land Management crew
In this episode I talk with some of the crew from Ideal Land Management, including Brian Kozlowski the founder and owner, Jeff their chief operator and Bo who is their newest add on. We talk about general management concepts to keep in mind for going into the spring.
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Managed Grazing for Wildlife Habitat Intro
This is not a comprehensive guide to managed grazing but it is an intro for how it can be beneficial for wildlife. Whether you are trying to build a property for whitetail hunting, song birds and pollinators, or any other reason involving wildlife chances are Grazing can be an extremely helpful...
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Mary C Anderson: Shifts in agriculture and healthy mindsets towards land management
In this episode of the podcast I talk with Mary C Anderson. Mary and I talk about many different mindsets needed for good land management, as well as shifting our agricultural practices.
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An Exploration into Conservation and the Intent Behind This Podcast, with Bob Atwell
In this episode I have a late night talk with my father Bob Atwell about religion, economics, conservation, community and how they all relate. I also provide a reason and purpose for why I am doing this podcast and why I think it is important.
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Tom Kertscher on Wisconsin Ai data centers Signing NDA's with local government
Tom Kertshcer is a journalist for the Wisconsin Watch. He has done a couple stories on the Ai Data centers in Wisconsin including one on stranded assets and one on Data center companies signing NDA's with local government.
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Austin Frerick The Destruction of Rural Iowa
Austin has spent most of his life figuring out what lead to the destruction of rural Iowa, the consolidation of farms and our food system as a whole. In this episode my father Bob Atwell and I discuss this matter with Austin. We focus heavy on what is happening in rural Wisconsin and how to keep…
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Joe Tomandil: Dairy Grazing Alliance
Joe Tomandil started an apprenticeship program for dairy grazing that mimics that of the trades. It attempts to solve two problems within agriculture. It gives people who are looking to get into agriculture a way to learn and people who looking for a successor but have none to find one. Joe and I...
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Travis Klinkner and Carl Volden The 765 Powerline
The 765 powerline project is something people in Vernon and Crawford county Wisconsin have a lot of questions about and none of them seem to be being answered. In this episode I talk again with Travis Klinkner and Carl Volden about this powerline project.
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Matt Rinella: Hunt Quietly podcast
In this episode I talk with Matt Rinella from the Hunt Quietly podcast. Matt and I talked about the current state of the hunting entertainment industry predominately some of effects of hunting influencers and the companies that sponsor them.
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The Genoa power lines with local farmer Travis Klinker
In this episode I discuss the possible project that would put massive powerlines through the heart of the driftless area of Wisconsin. I talk about this with a local organic dairy farmer Travis Kilnker.
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Will Harris from White Oak Pastures
In this episode I talk with Will Harris from White Oak Pastures. We discus a lot about the regenerative agriculture movement and Will's own motivations for the way he farms.
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Grazing native warm season pasture with Dr. Patrick Keyser
In this episode I talk with Dr. Patrick Keyser on grazing native warm season pasture. Dr. Patrick is highly nonweldable in pretty much all things native warm season grasses and has studied them for a very long time.
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Randy Jackson with the Grassland 2.0 project
In this episode I talk with Dr. Randy Jackson about the Grassland 2.0 project. The project focuses and aims to facilitate an agricultural system based on perennial grasslands.
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Mat Williams Fungi and Deer
In this episode I talk with Mat Williams about the relationship between deer and fungi. He studies this topic and has started his own mushroom food plot company called MycoHabitat.
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Prairie 101 with the Prairie Ecologist Chris Helzer
In this episode I discuss the basics of prairie with Chris Helzer. Chris is known as the prairie ecologist largely as a result of his blog. His blog focuses on discussing all things prairie.
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Sustainable land management and hunting with Thomas Mlsna from The Untamed Ambition
In this episode I talk with Thomas Mlsna founder and owner of The Untamed Ambition. We talk about what sustainable and holistic management looks like in the world of whitetail land management. We discuss some of the common beliefs in the industry that can be misleading and some way to improve…
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Water quality and the importance of rural communities with Buzz Sorgie
In this episode I discus water quality and the importance of rural communities with Buzz Sorgie. Buzz is a retired Wisconsin DNR limnologist. Buzz worked on water quality for the majority of his career and towards the end focused on the idea of building back rural communities and how that can...
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Soil building food plots with Albert from Vitalize seed
In this episode I discuss with Albert from Vitalize seed his past in food plotting and what got him into the Idea of a soil building food plot/cover crop company.
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What people need to understand about conservation
In this episode I talk a bit about one thing people need to understand about conservation.
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Nicholas Lirio and Kent Boucher from The Prairie Farm Podcast
In this episode I delve into the world of prairie with Nicholas Lirio and Kent Boucher from The Prairie Farm Podcast and Hoksey Native Seed. These two dudes were a blast to talk with and I hope you guys in joy the episode.
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Conservation grazing with Mary C Anderson from the Wisconsin DNR
In this episode I have a great discussion with Mary C Anderson with the Wisconsin DNR about conservation grazing. Conservation grazing focuses on the needs of the land and then the needs of the farmer second. It is a wonderful practice and I hope you guys get to learn a lot from this episode.
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Brian Kozlowski from Ideal Land Management
In this episode I talk with Brian Kozlowski from Ideal Land management. We discuss prairie planting techniques as well as the type of work Ideal Land Management does.
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Ryan Haines from Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery
In this episode I discuss food trees for your deer hunting with Ryan Haines from Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery. Food trees are a great sustainable and easy way to provide food for deer and other wildlife.
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Tim Landwehr Tightlines Fly Fishing
In this episode I talk with Tim Landwehr founder of Tightlines Fly Fishing. We discuss the evolution of fly fishing in the Midwest and how him and his company brought in the idea of using drift boats for fly fishing for small mouth bass. We also discuss deer hunting and some of the morals of it...
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Tim Mills With Morse Nursery
In this episode I talk with Tim Mills from Morse Nursery. He is a habitat specialist for Morse Nursery. We talk about many different tree species and how to best increase their chances of survival.
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Clayton Frazer and Brian Kozlowski
In this episode I talk with Clayton Frazer and Brian Kozlowski. Clayton is a habitat consultant and Brian is a habitat contractor. Both do great work and were a blast to talk to. we touched on many topics.
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Doug smith on Yellowstone wolf Reintroduction
In this Episode I talk with Doug Smith former projector leader for the Yellowstone Wolf Reintroduction. Doug has over forty years of experience with wolves and is incredible knowledgeable.
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Talking Coyotes with Sean Rossler with the WI DNR
In this episode I talk with Sean Rossler fir bearer biologist with the Wisconsin DNR about Coyotes. We discuss management, and biology with some history here and there.
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Wisconsin DNR Randy Johnson on Black Bears
In this episode Randy and I talk about Black bears. Black Bears will be coming out of the ground soon and it is important to remember how to live with them. We talk about this and much more.
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Ruffed Grouse with Aliana Roth with the Wisconsin DNR
In this Episode I talk with Aliana Roth from the Wisconsin DNR on ruffed grouse. We talk about their habitat, diet as well as some of the issues grouse face.
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Recapping the deer season with Albert from Vitalize seed
In this episode Albert and I recap our deer season. We discuss how things went what we learned and how we learned it. We also discussed many of the benefits to livestock on you property. We talked about frost seeding as well.
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Farming, Homesteading, and community with Travis
In this episode I talk with one of our local organic dairy farmers about the importance of being connected with your food wither that be through farming homesteading or a backyard garden. We also talk about the importance of community and helping your neighbors.
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Oak Wilt with Paul Cigan
In this episode I dive deep into Oak wilt with Wisconsin DNR tree disease Specialist. We talk about the origins of the disease, how it effects the tree and how to manage it.
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Isle Royal wolf and moose with Rolf Peterson
In this episode I talk to Rolf Peterson about the Isle Royale Research project. It was super fun doing this one please go but his book and give some money to the project. Thanks for listening.
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Ben Wagner: General land concepts
In this episode I talk with my brother-in-law about general land management concepts. We talk about all things from food plots, grazing, and native species. Make sure to check out some of the other episodes.
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Tracking big woods bucks with Hal Blood
In this episode I talk with Hal blood about tips for hunting and the general atmosphere of hunting up north. Hal is an author podcaster and YouTube video maker who focuses on hunting bucks in the big woods through the use of tracking. He is a verry interesting dude with even more interesting…
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Grazing and native species with Ben Hinueber
In this episode I talk to my cousin Ben Hinueber. Ben and I talk about how using rotational grazing is extremely beneficial to the soil along with how it benefits native species. Ben uses rotational grazing with beef cattle on his far for all of this benefits to the land. Make sure to follow and...
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RoamR hunting: Caleb Renyer
In this episode I talk with Caleb Renyer Founder of RoamR Hunting. RoamR hunting is dedicated to making mobile hunting easier by useful, quality, and affordable price. We Talk about hings from RoamR Hunting to different hunting strategies.
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CWD with Erin Larson
In this episode I Interview Erin Larson from the Wisconsin DNR on CWD. We cover lots of cool topics with CWD and I get lots of clarification on many subjects.
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Patrick Atwell. What is happening on the farm
In this episode my brother Patrick Atwell and I discuss all the things that have been happening on our farm among other things.
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Ken Koyen on the lake Michigan ecosystem.
In this episode Ken koyen and I talk about all sorts of things withe the lake Michigan ecosystem. We focus our discussion on invasives
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Albert from Vitalize Seed and soil conservation
In this episode I interview Albert from Vitalize Seed. We talk about what Vitalize is and different types of ways to grow their seed blends while also regenerating the soil.
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From gobbles to bobcats my first turkey hunt
In this episode I tell you all about my first turkey hunt from gobbles to bobcats.
About this show
This podcast has one goal, to bridge the ever growing societal gap between every day people and nature/the land. My conversations revolve around a couple key areas, them being; Regenerative Ag, general Ecology, Hunting, in particular habitat design. If you are looking for a podcast that will help you to understand how to be a productive member of an ecosystem and the key mindsets you need to have to do so then this is it.
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Ventures of the Land