Topic: Desertification

Doug Lindemood discusses the "Cattle Free by 93" campaign and its unintended consequence of causing desertification on public lands. Without ruminant grazing to prune grasses, landscapes in Southern California have transitioned into thick, woody brush, which creates extreme fire hazards and prevents healthy grassland ecosystems.

Dr. DeMaio describes his graduate research at the University of Kansas where he successfully used a Cloudbuster to trigger rainfall across the state. He reveals that the National Academy of Sciences allegedly threatened the university's funding to stop his research, leading to his eventual ostracization from mainstream academia.