Up North Journal Podcast

What does the future of the digital age hold for the outdoors and conservation for all of us? Ron Siegle talks about the new Allband Center for Education and Wildlife Research (ACEWR) Allband began as a need for phone service in North Eaastern Michigan where no service or infrastructure had ever existed before. Began as a fiber optic co-op phone company. After 12 years of service there was a push to use the technologies for use in the outdoors to help study and learn more about the outdoors and whats in it. Can be used to study fauna and flora diseases, invasive species, conservation, wildlife management, etc.... Partnering with Universities to conduct real time studies with no human intervention. Allows for us to get and offer information faster. Can we get the temperature of a deer remotely in the wild? What can't we do with this technology? Use a portal to distribute and collect the information Listening to the Heartbeat of the Outdoors What is the toughest resistance encountered for this technology? La