Dedication Point

A podcast and speaker series featuring the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area.

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season two - Protecting the snake river canyon’s raptors

six episodes highlighting current issues affecting the snake river canyon’s unique population of birds of prey and the region itself

Episode Six - 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.

Episode Five - Ecology of the NCA with Ann Marie Raymondi

Discussing climate change, habitat restoration, and management goals with Ann Marie Raymondi, the ecologist for the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA.

Episode Four - Climate Modeling in the Intermountain West

Scott Zimmer, former graduate student at Utah State University, discusses his research on climate models that predict vegetation and habitat changes in the Intermountain West.

Episode Three - Wildfire, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration

Dr. Jen Pierce, Associate Professor of Geoscience at Boise State University, discusses the impact of climate change on wildfire in Southwest Idaho, as well as new research investigating the potential for carbon sequestration in desert soils.

Episode Two - Resist-Accept-Direct - 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 for 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.

A roundtable discussion focused on a monumental effort to survey a truly unique population of raptors in the snake river canyon.

This series is produced by the Birds of Prey NCA Partnership, working in close collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management, the Conservation Lands Foundation, the Wild Lens Collective, and the Peregrine Fund’s Archives of Falconry. 

Dedication Point is available for streaming on all major podcast distribution networks. You can subscribe to the show via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Google Podcasts.