(Airdate: June 10, 2020) Curious about those cute marine mammals that float on their backs, wrapped up in kelp, often with a stone on their chests to crack a tasty sea urchin or crab? Join Nan Evans as she talks with marine mammal scientist, Jim Bodkin, about the biology of sea otters. (This is an encore interview of a program that first aired in May 2016.)
(Airdate: June 4, 2020) Nan Evans talks with local naturalist Ken Wilson about observing the world around us as a naturalist and Ken’s belief that we as humans, are innately, naturally, neurologically, and genetically wired to be naturalists. We can be fascinated and often excited by observing behaviors, attributes and traits in the natural world – using our sensory experiences in the noticing of patterns and variety in the world around us.
(Airdate: May 27, 2020) Ann Soule, Resource Manager for the city of Sequim, talks with Nature Now host Mary Robson. She shares historical and current data about summer water supplies on the Olympic Peninsula.
(Airdate: May 20, 2020) Birder extraordinaire Fred Sharpe continues his series on Birding By Ear with host Debaran Kelso, helping us to recognize our local bird calls. (Part 2 of a two-part show, first broadcast in June 2016).
(Reprise airdate: May 13, 2020) More about local bumblebees as Debaran Kelso interviews Karen Holtrop, wildlife biologist with the Olympic National Forest.
(First airdate: May 6, 2020) Join Nan Evans when she talks with Heather Harding and Rebekah Korenowsky about a new virtual learning opportunity via the Jefferson Land Trust’s “Nature in Your Neighborhood” program – complete with virtual nature walks, study groups, special talks and inviting things to do in your very own neighborhood.
(First airdate: April 29, 2020) Guest Bob Jepperson from Fidalgo Island relates to Mary Robson the spring progress of fledgling Great Horned Owls as they leave the nest and fly. Listen here for his sound recordings used on the show.
(Reprise airdate: April 22, 2020) Host Debaran Kelso is joined by birder extraordinaire Fred Sharpe, helping us to learn some of our more common local bird calls. This is Part 1 of a two-part show, which first aired in the spring of 2016.
(Reprise airdate: April 15, 2020) Nan Evans encores one of her favorite programs from 2015 – Port Townsend residents, Skip and Rebecca Cadorette, playing and singing their original songs of the sea and the critters that live in the ocean.
(First airdate: April 8, 2020) Host Nan Evans talks with Emily Grason about the threats from the invasive European Green Crab, one of the world’s worst invasive species, and the efforts in the Salish Sea to document sightings of green crab and track the species’ impacts on Salish Sea ecosystems. This is part 2 of a March 2020 show.
