(Airdate: December 15, 2021) Hydrologist Ann Soule reviews with host Mary Robson the water year up to October 2021 and considers the effects of storms in November and December 2021.
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Nature Now #544
North Olympic Salmon Coalition (Part 2)
(Airdate: December 8, 2021) Host Debaran Kelso is joined by guests Rebecca Benjamin, Executive Director for the North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) and Hans Daubenberger, habitat biologist with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, to speak about the past 30 years of NOSC work in our area. This is part 2 of a two-part show.
Nature Now #543
Economic Benefits of Conservation
(Airdate: November 30, 2021) In addition to the value of being good stewards of the Earth for the health and well-being of all life and ecosystems, Nan Evans and Richard Tucker, Director of the Jefferson Land Trust, explore the documentable economic benefits of conserved and working lands on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Nature Now #541
North Olympic Salmon Coalition (part 1)
(Airdate: November 10, 2021) Host Debaran Kelso is joined by guests Rebecca Benjamin, Executive Director for the North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) and Hans Daubenberger, habitat biologist with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, to speak about the past 30 years of NOSC work in our area. This is part 1 of a two-part show.
Nature Now #539
Ecological Benefits of Community Forests
(Reprise Airdate: October 27, 2019) Erik Kingfisher and Carrie Clendaniel from the Jefferson Land Trust join Nature Now host Nan Evans at Valley View Forest south of Chimacum to talk about the ecological health of forests, optimizing ecological and human benefits from a “community forest’, and recent activities at Valley View.
Nature Now #537
Orcas: Shared Waters, Shared Home
(Airdate: October 13, 2021) Seattle Times writer Lynda Mapes joins Nan Evans to talk about Lynda’s new book, Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home. Listen in to explore these unique individuals who astound us with their intelligence, strong culture and family structures, elaborate communications skills, and playfulness.
Nature Now #534
Outings with Friends and Strangers in the Time of Covid
(Airdate: September 22, 2021) Being in nature is keeping many of us sane during these Covid times – being out-of-doors by ourselves, with friends or family, and with other naturalists. But, it is harder to feel comfortable on natural history outings. What are some of our local organizations doing to help us all stay safe? And, how shall we navigate the dilemma of enjoying ad exploring nature with others during a pandemic?
Nature Now #533
Dr. Kirk Johnson, Part 1
(Reprise airdate: September 15, 2021) Nature Now encores an interview with Dr. Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History from October, 2019. Join Debaran Kelso as she talks with Dr. Johnson about the unique geology of the Pacific coast of North America. (Part 1 of a two part program)
Nature Now #531 Kala Crabbers and the Green Crab Project
(Airdate: September 1, 2021) A seafood treat in their native Europe, the Green Crab poses an ecological and economic threat to the Pacific Coast. Catch up with the latest in a 6-year effort to create a baseline database of our nearshore ecosystems and to monitor for expansion of the Green Crab territory into the Salish Sea. Nan Evans talks with Chris Jones and Eileen Cooney, members of the Washington Sea Grant’s citizen science team working at the lagoon at Kala Point.
Nature Now #522 Climate Change and Life in the Sea, Part 2
(Reprise airdate: June 30, 2021) Nature Now’s Nan Evans continues her conversation with Dr. Jan Newton, a biological oceanographer at the University of Washington, about climate change and the work being done to better understand how the oceans are being affected and what this can mean for human communities.
Nature Now #519
Ecological Benefits of Community Forests
(Airdate: June 9, 2021) Erik Kingfisher and Carrie Clendaniel from the Jefferson Land Trust join Nature Now host Nan Evans at Valley View Forest south of Chimacum to talk about the ecological health of forests, optimizing ecological and human benefits from a “community forest’, and recent activities at Valley View.