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Kevin McIntyre speaks with Dr. Margaret A. Walls, an economist and a senior fellow at Resources for the Future and a specialist in conservation and ecosystem services. Her research is rooted in finding cost-effective remedies and building resilience in the aftermath of natural disasters like floods and wildfires. She explains the meaning behind ecosystem services and the specific societal values we get from nature, such as how forests naturally reduce flooding and how responsibly managed forests leads to better water quality. Dr. Walls also explains payment for watershed services and how providing landowner incentives and creating a market is a win-win situation for everyone for both water consumers and landowners alike. Produced by Lee Schneider. Music by Chuck Leavell.How the River Flows highlights how our region’s communities are banding together to conserve the 245 million acres of existing forests. Each episode will take a close look at the relationship between healthy forests and clean drinking water. We talk to the experts on the ground who share their best ideas for conserving local forests to ensure a lasting, clean supply of drinking water for future generations. Included in these discussions will be issues surrounding taxes and compensation, infrastructure, and voter initiatives. You’ll learn how these innovations are financed, managed and how your local community can join the effort in protecting our precious southern forests and the many benefits that they provide.Music by Chuck Levell. Produced by Red Cup Agency. Executive Producer: Judy A. Takats.Links and Resources:Keeping ForestsMargaret A. WallsAn abstract for Dr. Walls' paper, Evaluating Payments for Watershed Services Programs in the United StatesRead on ResearchGate

<a href="https://www.jonesctr.org/staff-member/kevin-mcintyre/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin McIntyre </a>speaks with <a href="https://www.rff.org/people/margaret-a-walls/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Margaret A. Walls</a>, an economist and a senior fellow at <a href="https://www.rff.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Resources for the Future</a> and a specialist in conservation and ecosystem services. Her research is rooted in finding cost-effective remedies and building resilience in the aftermath of natural disasters like floods and wildfires. She explains the meaning behind ecosystem services and the specific societal values we get from nature, such as how forests naturally reduce flooding and how responsibly managed forests leads to better water quality. Dr. Walls also explains payment for watershed services and how providing landowner incentives and creating a market is a win-win situation for everyone for both water consumers and landowners alike. Produced by Lee Schneider. Music by Chuck Leavell.How the River Flows highlights how our region’s communities are banding together to conserve the 245 million acres of existing forests. Each episode will take a close look at the relationship between healthy forests and clean drinking water. We talk to the experts on the ground who share their best ideas for conserving local forests to ensure a lasting, clean supply of drinking water for future generations. Included in these discussions will be issues surrounding taxes and compensation, infrastructure, and voter initiatives. You’ll learn how these innovations are financed, managed and how your local community can join the effort in protecting our precious southern forests and the many benefits that they provide.Music by Chuck Levell. Produced by Red Cup Agency. Executive Producer: Judy A. Takats.Links and Resources:<a href="http://keepingforests.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keeping Forests</a><a href="https://www.rff.org/people/margaret-a-walls/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Margaret A. Walls</a>An abstract for Dr. Walls' paper,<a href="https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2382624X19500036" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Evaluating Payments for Watershed Services Programs in the United States</a><a href="https://www.researchgate.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read on ResearchGate</a>

What We've Learned About Long-Term Investments in Water: A Conversation with Margaret Walls

This week, host Daniel Raimi talks with RFF senior fellow Margaret Walls. Along with coauthors Patrick Lee and Matthew Ashenfarb, Walls published a study last week on the economic impacts that result from the establishment of national monuments. The study looks at how the designation of a national monument affects businesses and employment in the surrounding area. While some have argued that monuments stifle economic activity by making land off-limits to extractive activities like oil and gas drilling, others argue that national monuments generate growth in other industries, such as tourism. In their new study, Walls and colleagues provide answers.References and recommendations:"National monuments and economic growth in the American West" by Margaret Walls, Patrick Lee, and Matthew Ashenfarb; https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/12/eaay8523"Cadillac Desert" by Marc Reisner; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/323685/cadillac-desert-by-marc-reisner/"The Source" by Martin Doyle; https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Source"Nuclear explained: Where our uranium comes from" by the US Energy Information Administration; https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/where-our-uranium-comes-from.php

This week, host Daniel Raimi talks with RFF senior fellow Margaret Walls. Along with coauthors Patrick Lee and Matthew Ashenfarb, Walls published a study last week on the economic impacts that result from the establishment of national monuments. The study looks at how the designation of a national monument affects businesses and employment in the surrounding area. While some have argued that monuments stifle economic activity by making land off-limits to extractive activities like oil and gas drilling, others argue that national monuments generate growth in other industries, such as tourism. In their new study, Walls and colleagues provide answers. References and recommendations: "National monuments and economic growth in the American West" by Margaret Walls, Patrick Lee, and Matthew Ashenfarb; <a href="https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/12/eaay8523" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/12/eaay8523</a> "Cadillac Desert" by Marc Reisner; <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/323685/cadillac-desert-by-marc-reisner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/323685/cadillac-desert-by-marc-reisner/</a> "The Source" by Martin Doyle; <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Source" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Source</a> "Nuclear explained: Where our uranium comes from" by the US Energy Information Administration; <a href="https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/where-our-uranium-comes-from.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/where-our-uranium-comes-from.php</a>

Do National Monuments Help or Hinder Local Economies?, with Margaret Walls

Host Kristin Hayes talks with Margaret Walls, a senior fellow at Resources for the Future about her work on the economics of national parks and other public lands, including ways to address ongoing funding needs and overcrowding. They also discuss some of the recent concerns related to national parks and the government shutdown.References and recommendations made by Margaret Walls:"The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks" by Terry Tempest Williams; https://www.amazon.com/Hour-Land-Personal-Topography-Americas/dp/0374280096"All The Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West" by David Gessner; https://www.amazon.com/All-Wild-That-Remains-American/dp/0393352374

Host Kristin Hayes talks with Margaret Walls, a senior fellow at Resources for the Future about her work on the economics of national parks and other public lands, including ways to address ongoing funding needs and overcrowding. They also discuss some of the recent concerns related to national parks and the government shutdown. References and recommendations made by Margaret Walls: "The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks" by Terry Tempest Williams; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hour-Land-Personal-Topography-Americas/dp/0374280096" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Hour-Land-Personal-Topography-Americas/dp/0374280096</a> "All The Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West" by David Gessner; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-Wild-That-Remains-American/dp/0393352374" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/All-Wild-That-Remains-American/dp/0393352374</a>