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Rewilding Earth PodcastEpisode 141: Tom Biebighauser Gives A Wetland Rewilding MasterclassSince 1979, Tom Biebighauser has enthusiastically restored wetlands, lakes, streams, and rivers. He has designed over 10,000 wetland projects and successfully supervised the construction of more than 3,000 wetlands and streams in 26 states, three Canadian provinces, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Taiwan. He has a deep and long-standing concern for the environment and […]
Read full article: Episode 141: Tom Biebighauser Gives A Wetland Rewilding Masterclass2025-02-0744 min
Rewilding EarthEpisode 141: Tom Biebighauser Gives A Wetland Rewilding MasterclassSince 1979, Tom Biebighauser has enthusiastically restored wetlands, lakes, streams, and rivers. He has designed over 10,000 wetland projects and successfully supervised the construction of more than 3,000 wetlands and streams in 26 states, three Canadian provinces, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Taiwan. He has a deep and long-standing concern for the environment and […] Read full article: Episode 141: Tom Biebighauser Gives A Wetland Rewilding Masterclass2025-02-0745 min
Off the Beaten Path with Sam DickMorehead man travels the world building wetlandsOn Round Hill Farm in Oldham County, Wildlife Biologist and Wetland Ecologist Tom Biebighauser leads us on a walk past fields of wildflowers, and native plants.He wants to show us a natural wetland area.Biebighauser who lives in Morehead, travels the world restoring and building wetlands. He describes a wetland as a place with shallow water, knee high or less, that is home to many plants and wildlife.“Wetlands have shallow water during part of the growing season, and wetlands have all these aquatic plants. So, in looking at these wetland areas th...2024-07-2604 min
Regenerative SkillsSuccessful design and construction of wetlands, with Tom BiebighauserOne of the most crucial natural environments for the health and stability of landscape hydrology are wetlands. They also usually happen to be areas of the highest density of wildlife and biodiversity when they are healthy and functioning well. At the same time wetlands in all their different forms are highly endangered, being the targets for milenia of drainage and infill in order to make use of them for cultivation. Yet recovering and rebuilding wetlands is not only possible, it can be an affordable and context appropriate way of regenerating the health of entire water catchments as well.
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Whitetail Landscapes - Hunting & Habitat ManagementBetter than Waterholes, Wetlands, and Improved Deer HabitatIn this episode, Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) and Tom Biebighauser (Wetland Restoration and Training) discuss the importance of wetlands and restoring our properties with better management tactics. Tom has developed highly successful and inexpensive techniques for restoring wetlands and streams that should last forever without maintenance. He cautions against using berms, dams, dikes, levees, weirs, diversions, pipes, pumps, water control structures, or wells that all require frequent and expensive maintenance. Having built over 1,400 dams he has since decommissioned over 300 dams and impoundments, restoring natural valleys in the process.Tom explains the benefits of wetlands and wet areas...2024-05-0752 min
Nature's Archive#73: From Dirt to Life: How Regenerative Agriculture Rebuilds Biodiversity with Gabe BrownI’ve been really lucky to have some amazing guests on Nature’s Archive. Guests who open my eyes, and hopefully yours as well, to new ways of seeing nature. Today’s guest opens our eyes to agricultural practices that work in harmony with our ecosystems.Why is this important? Well, by some estimates, as much as 44% of the land in the United States is used for some form of agriculture. And the principles of regenerative agriculture serve as a great primer for understanding important aspects of soil health and the carbon and nitrogen cycles.We dis...2023-06-191h 08
Wild For ChangeEpisode 37: Wetland Restoration with Tom BiebighauserWetlands are crucial ecosystems for the filtration of excessive water in some parts of the world and for storing carbon, preventing the overheating of the atmosphere. This is why they are often called the ‘kidneys’ of the landscape. Moreover, they are home to numerous flora and fauna species and thus are vital as a variety of habitats. However, human interventions sometimes have catastrophic impacts on wetlands.according to some estimations, over the last 50 years, our planet has lost around 35% of wetland area, and the rate of degradation is increasing. Moreover, wetlands are actually dying three times quicker than...2023-06-121h 08Nature's Archive#71: Wetlands Rediscovered - Exploring Nature's Hidden Gems and Restoring Their Glory with Tom BiebighauserWetlands are phenomenally important to biodiversity, water quality, and flood control. Yet they are often overlooked and dismissed.Today's guest is Tom Biebighauser. Tom is perhaps the most enthusiastic wetland advocate that you’ll ever encounter. He’s been restoring and designing wetlands since 1979, and is widely regarded as one of the worlds experts in these endeavors.Today Tom sets the record straight for wetlands. We discuss the many types of wetlands that naturally occur, including my personal favorite, vernal pools, and what makes each of them distinct, including the plant and animal communities they supp...2023-05-221h 17
Backyard Ecology™More than a Mud Puddle: The Exciting World of Vernal Pools Vernal pools are a special type of shallow wetlands that fill with snow melt and rain in late fall through early spring, then dry up sometime during the summer. Because they dry up, they are sometimes overlooked or dismissed as “not very good wetlands.” However, they serve an important role in the ecosystem and can be teeming with all kinds of life. In this episode, we talk with Tom Biebighauser about vernal pools. Tom is a wildlife biologist, wetland ecologist, educator, and...2021-02-111h 02