This week on The Exchange, we talk native Siouxlander Scott Wendel who has donated more than 100 acres of Woodbury County farmland to Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation.
Also, we talk with a Sioux Falls man who is working to open up South Dakota state parks and wildlife areas to people with all kinds of ability. Michael Samp is raising money to buy more than two dozen special track chairs to give people with disabilities freedom to roam in South Dakota’s state parks.
December 10th was Universal Human Rights Day. This year’s focus surrounded the promotion of dignity, freedom, and justice for all. Late last week, the community came together to recognize a trio of leaders who make a difference.
Siouxland Public Media's Sheila Brummer speaks with one of the recipients of the War Eagle Human Rights Award for 2023, Trish Etringer.
Birds are a natural resource and one birding expert says we shouldn’t be in such a hurry to just see birds, but instead really have a close look at what it’s doing, and discover the facts of its life.
Washington University professor Joan Strassmann goes into detail in her new book Slow Birding.
It’s almost Christmas and that means it is also time for the annual Loess Hillls Audubon Society Bird Count. The count is set for this Saturday, December 17 at the LHAS site.
I talked to Jerry Probst of the Loess Audubon Society about this Saturday’s bird count.
We also talk with University of Iowa law Professor Derek Muller about the future of the Democratic and Republican Iowa Presidential caucuses, now that the DNC has dropped Iowa from the top five contenders in the nominating season that begins a year from now.
