Ep. 402 - Plant Communities & Trails
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever wondered about the impact of outdoor recreation on plant communities? Trinie Chisholm certainly has. Together with her colleagues, Trinie sought to investigate how offroad vehicle and other type of trails are impacting plants in Canada's Castle Provincial Park. Her work is a great example of how multiple stakeholders can come together to collaborate on more sustainable outdoor recreation activities so that we can continue to enjoy nature in a variety of ways for generations to come. This episode was produced in part by Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of Inoffensiveplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone doing this week? Today we're talking about something I've been wondering about for a long time, and that's the effect of outdoor recreation on plant communities. Now, I know what you're thinking. I'm not saying outdoor recreation in any way, shape, or form is bad. |
| 0:21.5 | I just want to understand how it affects plant communities, because I've seen so many examples of even very botanically minded people, being very cavalier about where they walk off-trail, how they go see the species of concern, and all of the, I guess, collateral damage that happens with every footstep along the way. |
| 0:38.4 | Now extend that out to things like ATVs or off-roading vehicles, |
| 0:42.0 | and you could see where this might have some pretty considerable effects on plant communities |
| 0:45.5 | that we need to consider. |
| 0:47.0 | Joining us to talk about this is Trini Chisholm, |
| 0:49.6 | who recently completed her master's work exploring this topic and more up at Castle |
| 0:53.4 | Provincial Park in |
| 0:54.3 | Alberta, Canada. |
| 0:56.0 | Trini's work is really important, and it just goes to show you that getting as many people |
| 0:59.3 | in the room can lead to better and more sustainable outdoor recreation practices. |
| 1:03.8 | I'm going to let her give you all of the details on that, but I do want to remind you that my |
| 1:07.8 | book is currently 30% off over at mango.bz. |
| 1:11.3 | So go check out the show notes over to indefensiveplants.com slash podcast, where you can find a link to get a discount on my book, as well as all of the other titles at Mango Publishing. |
| 1:21.5 | But until then, on with the show. |
| 1:23.3 | Without further ado, here's my conversation with Trini Chisham. |
| 1:26.2 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:40.6 | Music Without further due, here's my conversation with Trini Chisholm. I hope you enjoy. All right, Trini Chisholm, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. I am super excited to talk you about this topic today because it's something I've been wondering out for a long time. |
| 1:49.0 | But let's start off with an introduction. |
| 1:51.0 | Tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. |
| 1:54.0 | Okay, well, thank you, Matt, for having me on the show. |
| 1:58.0 | My name is Trini, and yeah, I guess I started out just as sort of a young naturalist, |
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