Liz Garst on prairie planting, forest management and more
During Summer 2024, Climate Land Leaders met up in Central Iowa at Whiterock Conservancy. There Liz Garst and her partner, Darwin Pierce, gave the land… Read More →
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The problem is the solution: Nature-based adaptation as mitigationThe problem is the solution: Nature-based adaptation as mitigation
By Oliver Luker* In 2022, we discovered a degraded fen on our property in McHenry County, Illinois. Originally transformed in the 1960s into a fishing… Read More →
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Applying a risk framework to CO2 pipelinesApplying a risk framework to CO2 pipelines
Guest blog by Climate Land Leader and Iowa landowner Angie Smith Harris, who worked in several areas of risk and project management throughout her professional… Read More →
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Graze. Not too much. Mostly regeneratively.Graze. Not too much. Mostly regeneratively.
Recently Jonathan Foley of Project Drawdown released a piece “Regenerative grazing is overhyped. We should do it anyway.” He wrote that some suggest raising regenerative… Read More →
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Open door conservation at Earth Heart FarmsOpen door conservation at Earth Heart Farms
A guest blog by Climate Land Leader Vicki Rae Harder-Thorne. Vicki Rae and her family steward Earth Heart Farms in Ottawa County, OH. Read More →
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Carbon credits: A major pillar in achieving net zeroCarbon credits: A major pillar in achieving net zero
by Climate Land Leader Oliver Luker, Seq Solutions and Wonderland Community Project Nature is not one-dimensional: Just as human hopes and dreams cannot be reduced… Read More →
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On justice and allyship: A call to actionOn justice and allyship: A call to action
Climate Land Leaders Board member Dr. Michelle Montgomery is a Haliwa Saponi (enrolled)/Eastern Band Cherokee (descendant) and tenured professor at the University of Washington, Tacoma… Read More →
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Expanding Climate Land Leaders’ camaraderie to IllinoisExpanding Climate Land Leaders’ camaraderie to Illinois
Reprinted with permission from our friends at Illinois Farmlink. Agriculture is a climate problem – and a climate solution. This is the belief of the… Read More →
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House Farm Bill fails farmers ready to lead on climate resilienceHouse Farm Bill fails farmers ready to lead on climate resilience
Last week the House Agriculture Committee released its draft Farm Bill. The Climate Land Leaders Initiative joins many agriculture, food systems and hunger relief organizations… Read More →
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Ditching drainage destruction for riparian restorationDitching drainage destruction for riparian restoration
Wendy Johnson, an Iowa farmer and Climate Land Leaders’ Policy Co-Lead, writes with clarity and heart about the challenges of regenerative farming in corn and… Read More →
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“For right now and for future generations”“For right now and for future generations”
Throughout 2023 and as Farm Bill drafting and negotiations continue in 2024, Climate Land Leaders have been voicing their support for a Farm Bill that… Read More →
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An intergenerational passing of the batonAn intergenerational passing of the baton
Climate Land Leaders Maggie McQuown and Matt Vermeersch of Red Oak, IA, recently shared their (ongoing!) story of what Maggie calls an “intergenerational passing of… Read More →