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Interviewer(s)
Justin Angle
Interviewee(s)
Dave Hage, Josephine Marcotty
Description
This week’s guests are Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty, authors of Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie. Josephine and Dave trace the legacy of industrialized agriculture and showcase various models for restoration.
In this conversation, Dave and Josephine discuss the ecological value of the American prairie ecosystem, and go through some of the conflicts that arise when different groups value preserving that ecosystem or converting it to agricultural land. The two bring up American Prairie - a nonprofit focused on preserving prairie landscapes - and its efforts, and compare them to Matador Ranch, a ranch in Montana focused on using sustainable agriculture to keep ranchlands in ranch family’s hands. Dave and Josephine talk about the cultural identity and history tied to prairielands and the challenging balance of ecological and economic needs.
Find Sea of Grass here.
Date Published
11-6-2025
Language
eng
Run Time
29 minutes, 07 seconds
Digital File Format
audio/mp3
Document Type
Podcast
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Angle, Justin W., "Saving the prairie with Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty" (2025). A New Angle Podcasts. 417.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/anewangle_podcasts/417