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A Conversation about Conservation: Texan by Nature's CEO, Joni Carswell

High Plains Public Radio

Published January 9, 2019 at 3:30 PM CST

During my internship at HPPR, I had the opportunity to speak with Joni Carswell, the CEO and President of the Texas-based conservation foundation Texan By Nature. Founded by former First Lady Laura Bush in 2011, Texan By Nature aims to unite business and conservation leaders who believe the well-being of Texas is dependent on the conservation of our natural resources.

Check out our interview below, where Joni and I discuss Texan By Nature’s Conservation Wranglers program and chat about the environment, the future, and the importance of conservation.

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HPPR News

Soil conservation in the U.S. started with this agency 90 years ago. Now its future is uncertain

Anna Pope

The Dust Bowl led to the creation of what is now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Just as it celebrates a major milestone, the agency is dealing with job losses, massive proposed budget cuts and talk of consolidation.
HPPR News

A federal conservation program protects her farm from erosion, but Project 2025 aims to end it

The Conservation Reserve Program incentivizes farmers to take environmentally sensitive land out of production. Project 2025 says the Trump administration should champion its elimination.
HPPR News

Thousands of acres in western Oklahoma to remain wild through land agreement

Chloe Bennett-Steele

Sand Creek Ranch was recently acquired by The Nature Conservancy to protect wildlife habitat.
HPPR News

A Midwest farmland owner tests a longstanding wetland conservation law called 'swampbuster'

Rachel Cramer

Under a 40-year-old law, the U.S. Department of Agriculture can withhold subsidies, like crop insurance and disaster payments, from farmers who clear, drain or convert wetlands. A company that owns farmland in Iowa says it’s unconstitutional.
HPPR News

Survey: One in two Kansans concerned about state’s water supply

Celia Hack

The survey, by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University, found one-third of Kansans think the state and local government are not doing enough to conserve water.