Rivers & Rangelands Preview

Discover the untold stories and pressing environmental challenges of the Northern Great Plains with the launch of the Rivers & Rangelands Podcast, a new show dedicated to fostering authentic dialogue around conservation, climate, and genuine connection within this vital region. The Rivers & Rangelands Podcast is brought to you by Friends of the Big Sioux River (FBSR) and is co-hosted by Lori Walsh and Travis Entenman.

Born from the sweeping diversity of the Northern Great Plains, the Rivers & Rangelands Podcast is the nexus for long-form, honest conversations that go beyond reports and headlines. While science and climate reporting in the region are strong, the podcast fills the gap for deep, nuanced discussions. Each episode features a dynamic lineup of guests, including scientists, farmers, conservationists, artists, business leaders, students, and passionate citizens who recognize the importance of protecting this extraordinary ecosystem.

Listeners can expect:

• Interview-style episodes tackling the latest research, contemporary challenges, and real-world responses to the climate crisis.
• Unvarnished truths about the state of rivers and rangelands, shared with insight, candor, and local expertise.
• An inclusive mix of voices working or living in the Northern Great Plains, exploring ideas and tough questions.

Tune in to become part of the conversation shaping the future of rivers and rangelands. Follow the Rivers & Rangelands Podcast on your favorite podcast platform and the FBSR social network, and join a growing community committed to conservation with connection at its heart.

About the Show

Rivers & Rangelands explores conservation, water, and community in the Northern Great Plains. Hosted by Travis Entenman and Lori Walsh, the podcast asks big questions about how we care for our land and water — today and for generations to come.

🎶 Special thanks to Jami Lynn for providing the music for this episode. You can explore more of her music here: jamilynnsd.com

👉 Follow Friends of the Big Sioux River for more episodes, updates, and ways to get involved.

👉👉  And to hear more from Lori, follow So Much Sunlight, a newsletter of essays, poetry, and audio ephemera on Substack!

Transcript

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SPEAKER_05 0:00

just hit record and see what

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happens we'll fix it in post

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we'll fix everything in post Red

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Fox, Red Fox And she said in that book, for the first time in human history, every human being on the face of the planet has now been directly affected by chemicals made by human beings.

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I

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felt there was a lack of public conversation around these type of topics and there's a lot of internal within the industry you know we're all talking in the conservation field about best practices and what we can do as a state and as a country but I wanted to try to bring that to a larger audience and everyday folks and highlight what folks are doing and get perspectives the good and the bad and have these honest conversations.

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i held them captive each real line all my spoken love is a lie now every pistol relinquished i never dreamed it pushed me

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I can pull out the original maps. We have those at the office. I can bring them to the meeting, and I can show them down in the lower right-hand corner where my initials are penciled. How do you know that's where the line is? I said, well, for starters, I drew the line. So I know. So I know. We're drawing a line that's supposedly telling us what is below the ground surface.

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When the gray wolf comes to play

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Everyone has a podcast.

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And I had just come back from an environmental writing workshop in the Hudson River Valley through my Bush Fellowship and had spent the whole week really thinking deeply and reading great reporting and great essays about the natural world. And I wanted to do more of that. I

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don't carry my house with me. I stay right in this house. Like I've outgrown some old shell I know someday the Lord will break me And I can stretch out every limb Embrace these bones

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Maybe he had that vision, Laurie and Travis, that we're missing right now about what the Big Sioux River could look like, what the prairie could look like, how many butterflies are the appropriate number for children to watch and to marvel at. So I think what we're missing is a cohesive vision about what we could do as a society.

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That's a good idea, I didn't think of that. Welcome everyone to the Rivers and Rains Land podcast.

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Season one begins soon.