http://looncommons.org/2008/10/31/the-farmer-as-natural-resource-professional/ A forum for current and emerging environmental and conservation issues in Minnesota. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://looncommons.org/2008/10/31/the-farmer-as-natural-resource-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Loon Commons: Dedicated to Protecting and Restoring Minnesota’s Environment » Blog Archive » Wildly Successful Farming Sat, 09 May 2009 00:21:11 +0000 http://www.looncommons.org/?p=851#comment-592 [...] This agroecological tour on a summer day is significant not only for what is being observed on the Warthesen farm, but who is doing the observing. At first blush, it may seem odd that someone like Tex Hawkins appreciates the benefits a privately held farm can provide landscape health. His employer is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is known for, among other things, managing federally-owned wildlife refuges across the country. But like a growing group of natural resource professionals, Hawkins knows that such refuges do not have impenetrable walls around them. [...] [...] This agroecological tour on a summer day is significant not only for what is being observed on the Warthesen farm, but who is doing the observing. At first blush, it may seem odd that someone like Tex Hawkins appreciates the benefits a privately held farm can provide landscape health. His employer is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is known for, among other things, managing federally-owned wildlife refuges across the country. But like a growing group of natural resource professionals, Hawkins knows that such refuges do not have impenetrable walls around them. [...]

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