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#751 Nurse Logs

(Airdate: November 26, 2025) Nurse logs, a common site in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, blur the distinction between life and death as they support not only the next generation of trees, but also a host of other plant and animal species. Learn more about nurse logs and what the Jefferson Land Trust is doing to give a hand to these incredibly significant ecological systems. Join Nan Evans this week to talk to Carrie Clendaniel, Preserve Manager for the Land Trust, about nurse logs and fascilitating the fascilitators.

#275 Aaran Stark, Cooking Up the Best

(Airdate: November 25, 2025) Maryanne interviews Aaran Stark, Chef at Jefferson Healthcare. After five years of being closed to the public the café is finally open again. It closed for the pandemic and then construction of the new wing delayed reopening the café. Back pre-pandemic, the café was a favorite lunch haunt for locals who actually had no official business at the hospital. They came for the food! Stark is an immensely creative chef who both trained and taught at the Cordon Bleu. Patients and staff always had food during those five years. A new kitchen was constructed at the Fairgrounds and six trucks a day rushed meals the 2.7 miles to the hospital. That’s creative cooking!

Silk

(Airdate: November 25, 2025) We’re in Xinjiang Province, in the town of Hami, and we’ve already visited the tombs of the Uyghur kings, who ruled Hami over 90 years ago. When the last ruler died in1930, Chinese bureaucrats moved in to fill the vacuum and precipitated a rebellion that spread across the entire Province….

Holiday Arts and Crafts meet Ebenzer Scrooge

(Airdate: November 24, 2025) his week’s Attention Please! comes in two festive parts.  Flavia Heinemann and Elizabeth Rowen open the doors to the 38th Annual Chimacum Arts and Crafts Fair.  Then, Denise Winter and Brendan Chambers roll up the curtain on Key City Public Theatre’s “Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big Christmas Show”.  Hosted by Phil Andrus.

County Connections

(Airdate: November 21, 2025) Instead of the usual County Commissioner co-host , this week Jim Burke is joined by Pinky Faeria Mingo, Director of Environmental Health and Water Quality of Jefferson County. Jim and Pinky are joined by two others in that Department: Becca Maurer, Code Compliance Specialist and Carter Erickson, Environmental Health Manager.

Becca talks about an alternative program that is relatively new that helps bring property owners into compliance in a collaborative way instead of the usual punitive model, (similar to diversionary programs in Superior Court.)


Carter explains the process for new septic systems and remediation of existing systems. They both stress the importance of clean up of environmental hazards that affect water quality and the general environment in Jefferson County.

Brewocracy Now ~ 11/20/25

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by PT Mayor David Faber as well as Washington State Parks’ Chris Holm, Campus Business Manager for Fort Worden. Chris brought us up-to-date with changes at the Fort, including possibility of overnight accommodations which are re-starting this week. Reservation information is available here.

#750 Backyard Wildlife Certifications

(Reprise airdate: November 19, 2025) The bad news – losses of bird and wildlife populations, extinction of species, and destruction of habitats. The good news – find hope and empowerment in your own home through the Backyard Wildlife Certification Program. Join Nature Now host Nan Evans and Cristie Lassen, co-owner of Wild Bird Unlimited in Gardiner, as they explore both the good and the bad news.

Silk

(Airdate: November 18, 2025) We’re in the town of Hami, and we’ve rented a couple of bicycles from an obliging lady at the entrance to our hotel. We didn’t have to pedal far. After one kilometer, we passed a cemetery. We stopped and walked up a pile of steps to a mausoleum at the top of a small hill….

Friends of Fort Worden

(Airdate: November 17, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Tate Munnich were joined by Barry Denton and Vicki Legman from the Friends of Fort Worden about the work the Friends are doing around the park and how people can get involved. More information is available at https://www.fwfriends.org/.

County Connections

(Airdate: November 24, 2025) County Administrator Josh Peters Joins co-hosts Jim Burke and Heidi Eisenhour to discuss a potential budget shortfall for 2026 in excess of $5 million. They discuss how we got here and where potential cuts might come from. There will be a public hearing during the BOCC meeting on Monday December 8.

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