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Hotline: Christmas Bird Count
Kim Perez of Fort Hays State University tells the story of how the annual Christmas Bird Count got its start in 1901 and how this conservation effort continues today on the Humanities Hotline.
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Hotline: The Wintering Prairie
Learning from the land. Emily Ryan, director of The Commons at The University of Kansas, invites listeners to explore and connect with the winter prairie on the Humanities Hotline.
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Dam It! The Story of Melvern Lake
The construction of Melvern Lake and Dam saved millions of dollars of flood damage in Osage County, but it also uprooted families and farms. An oral history project captures the stories.
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High and Dry
Author Lucas Bessire presents on the history and current state of water on the High Plains.
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Kansas 1972: Only You
Learn about the Kansas roots of Smokey Bear, New Deal public works programs, the environmental movement, and a Rawlins County mural.
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Sustaining Healthy Communities One Meal at a Time
On a recent warm July night, farmers, community members, scholars, and advocates came together in Emporia to think about the future of food and climate change.
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The Weather of Our Lives
On a recent warm July night, farmers, community members, scholars, and advocates came together in Emporia to think about the future of food and climate change.
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The Prairie Wetlands: Natural Neighborhoods
On a recent warm July night, farmers, community members, scholars, and advocates came together in Emporia to think about the future of food and climate change.
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People & Place
On a recent warm July night, farmers, community members, scholars, and advocates came together in Emporia to think about the future of food and climate change.
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Shifting Course
On a recent warm July night, farmers, community members, scholars, and advocates came together in Emporia to think about the future of food and climate change.
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Waters of Kansas
On a recent warm July night, farmers, community members, scholars, and advocates came together in Emporia to think about the future of food and climate change.
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When the Well Runs Dry
On a recent warm July night, farmers, community members, scholars, and advocates came together in Emporia to think about the future of food and climate change.
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With the Grain
Farming, conservation, and community in Miami County, Kansas.
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A Deluge of Things to Do
During the 1951 flood that ravaged Eudora in northeastern Kansas, neighbors emphatically came together to help each other through the chaotic crisis.
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Dam, That Took a Long Time
Learn more about the history and difficult development of the Wyandotte County Lake, a lake situated at the northwestern edge of Kansas City, Kansas.
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Crossings: Getting Over, Around, and Through Water in Franklin County
The Marais des Cygnes River meandered through the center of Franklin County, nearly cutting it in half from west to east. Learn about how the Main Street bridge in Ottawa, Kansas, bridged a county and communities.
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Joe Kuska and the Laboratory on the High Plains
In the midst of erratic rainfall, high winds, and extreme temperature shifts of the 20th century, Joe Kuska researched better farming practices in an agricultural experiment center in Colby, Kansas.
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