This documentary complicates what can seem like a stark partisan divide on the environment, highlighting the many heartland residents who do conservation work.
Those who've ventured beyond the big city bubble know that conservationists don't always fit the "environmentalist" stereotype. "Upending partisan stereotypes about environmentalists, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman profiles land-owning Americans who don't call themselves environmentalists—but are behind some of the most important conservation work in the country."
According to Kristina Kutateli, the documentary "turns its lens specifically toward the Great Plains farmers and Gulf Coast fishermen who rely on the environment for their livelihoods [...] Some 70 percent of voters in Western states, including Montana, Colorado, and Wyoming, consider themselves conservationists."
Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman is based on journalist Miriam Horn's book of the same name.
FULL STORY: This Documentary Upends Stereotypes, Profiling Land-Owning Americans and Their Conservation Work
Trump's proposed budget slashes EPA funding by 52%
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New Jersey’s second-largest city bans standalone data centers
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A new study from the Garden State Initiative found that NJ Transit’s budget grew 20% across a 4 year period, but reliability declined significantly over the same period.
EPA erases limits on planet-warming pollution from power plants
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Phoenix announces new on-demand transit service, more frequent RAPID buses
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Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
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The Architects Foundation
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The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association