Part 3 in the 3 part series of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

In this episode, I’ll provide a review of the programs listed under the Land and Water Conservation Fund and discuss some of the limitations before sharing some complicated predictions for the future.

Spoiler: If the future seems bright, you're the deer in the headlights.

Report: Tribal Access to the Land and Water Conservation Fund: https://www.wilderness.org/sites/default/files/media/file/Tribal%20Access%20to%20the%20LWCF.pdf 

Outer Continental Shelf definition: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim 

Biden banning offshore oil and gas: https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/06/biden-offshore-drilling-ban-oil-gas/

Mineral Leasing Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGUBxgz_6Ak 

LWCF Manual: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lwcf/lwcf-manual.htm 

Federal, State, Tribe Government Relations: https://www.ncsl.org/about-state-legislatures/separation-of-powers-state-tribal-relations-and-interstate-compacts 

LWCF recommendations from Tribes: https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/needed-federal-conservation-program-designed-tribes

Drilling into the details to explain the framework of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Sources:

P.L. 116-152

https://www.nrpa.org/our-work/advocacy/the-land-and-water-conservation-fund-lwcf/applying-for-lwcf-grants/ 

https://bhamnow.com/2018/02/17/154570/  - Alabama project 

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/blag_ms_04_2019.htm - Mississippi project

https://www.blm.gov/visit/california-national-historic-trail-nobles-emigrant-segment - California Project 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/delivering-mission/sustain/forest-legacy-program-protects-western-maine-lands - Maine Project 

https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/policy/files/ConservationEasementHandbook.pdf 

https://www.neefusa.org/story/public-lands-engagement/key-roles-americas-federal-public-land-agencies 

https://www.doi.gov/lwcf/lwcf-programs 

https://www.fws.gov/refuge/john-heinz-tinicum/what-we-do 

https://www.blm.gov/programs/land-and-water-conservation-fund 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/land/staff/LWCF/about.shtml 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r2/home/?cid=fseprd853127

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-and-agriculture-departments-invest-28-billion-protect-public-lands-support - Direct Tribal Access to LWCF

Happy World Environment Day!

In this cross-pollinating episode featuring "Wild Thoughts" and returning co-host Julian Nesbitt, Tykee discusses the Recovering America's Wildlife Act with special guests from the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society. The episode features education coordinator Ashley Mueller and Executive Director Julie Thorstenson. Together, they explore their careers in conservation, human-wildlife conflict, and also engage in some creative thinking about animal trait-based resumes.

https://nafws.org/initiatives/recovering-americas-wildlife-act/

(Originally published April 2022)

Please excuse the weird echo in the beginning of the episode! Hopefully the background music makes it sounds smooth.

(Originally published March 2022)

Please excuse the weird echo in the beginning of the episode! Hopefully the background music makes it sounds smooth.Always Be Birdin' Podcast: https://always-be-birdin.simplecast.com/

(Originally published Dec 2021)

Wildlife conservation advocate Rosie Sanchez shares how she found herself in the work, her recent accomplishments, and her vision for achieving balance for humans and wildlife!

(Originally published Sept 2021)

Joined by NEW Co-Host Julian Nesbitt, the pair discuss curious mountain lions in California, hungry wolves in Yellowstone, and migrating elephants in Tanzania.

Sources:
⁠https://www.duneland.k12.in.us/cms/lib/IN01001867/Centricity/Domain/237/scienceA.pdf⁠
⁠https://futurehuman.medium.com/russian-scientists-are-trying-to-revive-wooly-mammoths-to-halt-siberias-warming-crisis-e1bd4fd3f6bb

(Originally published May 2021)

Founding President of the Labor Network for Sustainability and Voices for a Sustainable Future. Joe is a current board member of the US Climate Action Network. He also serves on the advisory board of the Future of Music Coalition. Joe is a musician and a member of the American Federation of Musicians.

(Originally published March 2021)

Tykee, a founder of the Audubon for All union effort speaks with Larry, who was one of the founders for the union at the Sierra Club. Vision statement for Audubon for All Union: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/audubon-for-all-vision-statement Details of National Audubon Society's response to workers' organizing efforts: https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/17/stories/1063727733 Sierra Club management walks out in negotiation (2018) https://www.facebook.com/ProgressiveWorkersUnion/videos/1528762327221091/