(Reprise Airdate: August 23, 2023) Birds molt – when and why? Join Mary Robson and guest Christie Lassen to explore the feathery mysteries of molting.

(Airdate: August 16, 2023) Brenda Johnson is the leader of the East Jefferson Pigeon Guillemot Breeding Survey which is part of the Salish Sea Guillemot Network. The network is a community science project that monitors breeding colonies across our region to understand their role in healthy coastal ecosystems. Join Jackie Canterbury as she discusses the project with Dr. Brenda Johnson and volunteer Karin Ertl, who both make this project happen in the field. Both guests provide a portrait of the Pigeon Guillemot, a fascinating seabird that shares both our land and water ecosystems. 

(Airdate: August 9, 2023) Come with Nan Evans to the forests of Chimacum Ridge as she talks with Erik and Jen Kingfisher about their family’s experiences living at the foot of the Ridge and how strong relationships with place were built. Jen calls the Ridge “not spectacular, but perfect”. Hear about the ecological features of the Ridge and the vision of it becoming a treasured community forest in perpetuity for the enjoyment of all members of our community.

(Airdate: August 2, 2023) Dr. Brenda Johnson is the leader of the East Jefferson Pigeon Guillemot Breeding Survey which is part of the Salish Sea Guillemot Network. This network is a community science project that monitors breeding colonies of Pigeon Guillemots, an endemic seabird. Join Jackie Canterbury as she discusses the project with Dr. Brenda Johnson who will share reflections about this seabird and what we can learn about the birds’ role in a healthy coastal ecosystem.

(Airdate: July 19, 2023) Nan Evans continues her conversation with scientists and authors, David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, about their recent book What Your Food Ate. This book deepens and broadens that old adage that “we are what we eat” by exploring how the health of soil ecosystems form the roots of a complex dynamic that determines the health of crops, livestock, and ultimately human communities. Part 2 of this discussion delves deeper into the benefits of restorative agriculture.

(Airdate: July 12, 2023) Julia and George Maynard invite Nature Now host Debaran Kelso and field recorder Meg Amos to view and learn about the active bald eagle nest near their property west of Port Townsend.

(Airdate: June 28, 2023) Join Nan Evans as she talks with scientists and authors, David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, about their recent book What Your Food Ate. This book deepens and broadens that old adage that “we are what we eat” by exploring how the health of soil ecosystems form the roots of a complex dynamic that determines the health of crops, livestock, and ultimately human communities. 

(Airdate: June 21, 2023) Nature Now continues searching for bird nests in our neighborhood with host Debaran Kelso and guest Dr. Geoff Hammerson (part 2 of a two-part program).

(Airdate: June 14, 2023) Jackie Canterbury interviews the local Puget Sound Seabird Survey group represented by Wendy Feltham. They discuss their citizen science project that gathers data on wintering seabird populations at two sites on Marrowstone Island, as well as the challenges they face doing a sea survey in the rain, in winter, with wet clothes and foggy binoculars.

(Reprise airdate: June 7, 2023) Join host Debaran Kelso on a field trip to the sandy shores of Fort Worden! Dr. Fred Sharpe is our guest to speak about dune restoration in this area and in other locations on the Olympic Peninsula (Part 1 of a two-part program).