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Join us as we continue on our field trip to explore the world of wild edible and medicinal plants! Debaran Kelso is invited to the wild gardens of herbalist Nancy Slick to speak about some of her favorite medicinal plants (part 2 of a two-part program). (Airdate: July 24, 2024)
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Join us on a field trip to explore the world of wild edible and medicinal plants! Debaran Kelso is invited to the wild gardens of herbalist Nancy Slick to speak about some of her favorite medicinal plants (part 1 of a two-part program). (Airdate: July 10, 2024)
Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Nourish your curiosity about the natural world around us. Join Nan Evans as she talks with Kelly Brenner, Seattle author, artist and urban naturalist, about projects and experiments you can do around your home to explore the hidden worlds of life that share our spaces. (Airdate: June 26, 2024)
Learn more:
Kelly Brenner
Kelly's suggestions for a naturalist's field kit
The Naturalist at Home: Projects for Discovering the Hidden World Around Us
Slime molds are gorgeous (you just never knew it!) from Oregon Public Broadcasting
Macroinvertebrates Of The Pacific Northwest: A Field Guide
Plants of the Pacific Northwest CoastNature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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We're all familiar with Washington's state flower, the native Pacific Rhododendron. Did you know there is a classification for that ecosystem – it's called the Rhododendron forest. Remnants of the Rhododendron forest are on the Toandos Peninsula in Puget Sound and are technically part of a "globally imperiled plant association". This forest type has been confirmed by botanists with the Department of Natural Resources' Natural Heritage Program. Over the past decade biologists have mapped this globally rare type of forest which represents the largest occurrence of its type left in the world. Although this native forest type was once common west of the Cascades in Washington state, it has largely been eliminated by conversion to tree plantations and development. Join Jackie Canterbury as she talks with Peter Bahls, Director and Biologist for the Northwest Watershed Institute, and Heidi Eisenhour, Jefferson County Commissioner, about their collaborative efforts to protect this globally rare remaining Pacific Rhododendron forest. (Airdate: June 19, 2024)
Learn more:
Northwest Watershed Institute
WA DNR Seeks Public Comment on Expansion of Dabob Bay Natural Area until June 28
Rare Rhododendron Forests by Peter Bahls in the Natural History Society Newsletter
WA DNR Natural Heritage ProgramNature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Nan Evans and Dr. Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens continue to explore the weird world of plankton. Did you know some plankton can make water go bad? Cyanobacteria can produce a wide range of toxins poisoning waters and threatening humans and other animals (part 2 of a two-part program). (Airdate: May 29, 2024)
Watch Dr. Stephen Bollens' and Dr. Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens' lecture: The Mysterious World of Plankton: Cascading Migrations in a Fertile Fjord.
Learn more:
Aquatic Ecology Lab at WSU Vancouver
Eutrophication: Causes, Consequences, and Controls in Aquatic Ecosystems
The Secret Life of Plankton from TED-Ed
Why Are Plankton the Most Vital Organisms on Earth? from BBC EarthNature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Host Debaran Kelso delves into the amazing world of secretive wetland birds with guest Cindy Easterson from the Puget Sound Bird Observatory. She is program manager for the Regional Wetland Secretive Bird Monitoring Project and shares details on this grand new research effort in our region. (Airdate: May 22, 2024)
Learn more:
Puget Sound Bird Observatory
The Wetland Secretive Bird Monitoring projectNature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Nan Evans welcomes back Ric Brewer to continue their "snail tales" conversation with a discussion of the native snails and slugs of the Pacific Northwest. Our moist temperate climate is just right for these gastropods (that means "stomach-footed"). And, for a final conversational treat, consider eating snails (i.e., escargots) on your pizza or pasta (part 2 of a two-part program). (Airdate: May 8, 2024)
Join Ric on a Gastropod Gallop, a guided walk exploring the inhabitants that dwell at ground level: snails and slugs.
Learn more about:
Little Gray Farms
Meet the Snail Farmer – Ric Brewer
Jefferson Land Trust
Native Northwest Snails by Ric BrewerNature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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During a 2-mile walk, host Jackie Canterbury talks with John Goldwood about the history and nature of Teal Lake near Port Ludlow. As a resident of Port Ludlow, John shares his knowledge about the history and complications of living at the interface between timber country and residential development. He engages us about the Teal Lake trail, the trail system in Port Ludlow, the surrounding forest, the local geology, and the plants and birds of the area. (Airdate: May 1, 2024)
Learn more:
Nature out of balance in Port LudlowBooks:
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne SimardNature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Join host Debaran Kelso and puma specialist Dr. Mark Elbroch as they continue to explore both mountain lion ecology and how we might learn to share our world with this large successful predator (part 2 of a two-part program). (Airdate: April 24, 2024)
Learn more about the Jefferson Land Trust's 2024 Conservation Breakfast.
Learn more about Panthera's Olympic Cougar Project.
Learn more about the work of Mark Elbroch and his field guides and books, including The Cougar Conundrum.
Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Ancient bacteria, single cells and long strands of strange little plants, plus minute single-celled animals and weird fantastical animal larvae – these are the members of the Earth's massive and hugely important planktonic ecosystems. Come with Nan Evans as she talks with Dr. Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens about this strange world and its significance to global ecology and human well being. Consider eutrophication, the world's biggest threat to water quality, or cyanobacteria, one of the causes of toxic algal blooms such as the ones in our local Anderson Lake (part 1 of a two-part program). (Airdate: April 10, 2024)
Watch Dr. Stephen Bollens' and Dr. Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens' lecture: The Mysterious World of Plankton: Cascading Migrations in a Fertile Fjord.
Learn more:
Aquatic Ecology Lab at WSU Vancouver
Eutrophication: Causes, Consequences, and Controls in Aquatic Ecosystems
The Secret Life of Plankton from TED-Ed
Why Are Plankton the Most Vital Organisms on Earth? from BBC EarthNature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Dr. Virginia Armbrust, Director of the University of Washington School of Oceonography, joins host Nan Evans to continue the conversation about the weird world of microscopic organisms that populate the world’s oceans, and why we should know about them and even care (part 2 of a two-part program). (Airdate: August 15, 2018)
Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Dr. Virginia Armbrust, Director of the University of Washington School of Oceonography, joins host Nan Evans to talk about the weird world of microscopic organisms that populate the world’s oceans, and why we should know about them and even care (part 1 of a two-part program). (Airdate: February 7, 2018)
Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Curious about the role played by snails in shaping human history? Fashion? Diet? Economics? Class and politics? Or even, what makes snails such a huge, diverse and successful group of creatures? Join Nan Evans as she talks with snail conservationist, farmer, and all-around snail lover, Ric Brewer, to explore these, and other, questions (part 1 of a two-part program). (Airdate: April 3, 2024)
Learn more about:
Little Gray Farms
Meet the Snail Farmer – Ric Brewer
Jefferson Land Trust
Native Northwest Snails by Ric BrewerNature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Host Jackie Canterbury talks with Bev McNeil about the nature of Anderson Lake State Park. The park encompasses 496 acres of land with a diversity of plant communities, wetlands, and forests. The park bears the family name of an earlier owner, Amanda Anderson. The land was purchased in 1947. The park now offers trails that pass along the lake and through grassy marshes, patches of salmonberries and huckleberries and through forests of young and older western red cedar and Douglas-fir. (Airdate: March 27, 2024)
Learn more about Admiralty Audubon Society upcoming events.
Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Join host Debaran Kelso and puma specialist Dr. Mark Elbroch as they explore both mountain lion ecology and how we might learn to share our world with this large successful predator (part 1 of a two-part program). (Airdate: March 6, 2024)
Learn more about the Jefferson Land Trust's 2024 Conservation Breakfast.
Learn more about Panthera's Olympic Cougar Project.
Learn more about the work of Mark Elbroch and his field guides and books, including The Cougar Conundrum.
Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Many of us who live near an ocean know in our hearts, bones and minds about the wonders of living near the water. Join Nan Evans as she talks with Paola Espitia of Ola-Pi Creative about marine biology and the science behind these benefits. (Airdate: February 21, 2024)
Watch Paola's lecture: Water, Wonder, Wellness: How Living by Water Makes Life Better.
Learn more about the Blue Mind effect.
Watch Paola's Conversations with Wavemakers in blue spaces around the world.
Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Host Debaran Kelso dives once again into the fascinating world of humpback whales with Dr. Fred Sharpe. This week we focus on the phenomenon of “bubble ring" formation, and what they might mean as a form of communication (part 2 of a two-part program). (Airdate: February 14, 2024)
Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Mary Robson and Gary Bullock share experiences while observing nature, basing their thoughts on Rachel Carson's essay A Sense of Wonder. (Airdate: February 7, 2024)
Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Join host Debaran Kelso as we explore the mysteries of the universe with Dr. Fred Sharpe. Fred has been studying humpback whale social behavior for many years, and for the past decade has joined with SETI to think about intelligent life in the cosmos, and how understanding animal behavior in general, and whale vocalizations in particular, might serve as a model to understand messages from extrasolar planets far, far away (part 1 of a two-part program). (Airdate: January 17, 2024)
Whale sounds recorded under NOAA Research Permit #19703
Learn more about:
Interactive Playback with a Humpback Whale
SETI Institute
Humpback whale interventions
Orca NetworkNature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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Nan Evans talk with local "thalassophile" Nam Siu about his love for the ocean, his work and adventures protecting marine life and ecosystems, and his artistic pursuits. Nam is a wizard of the traditional Japanese art of making fish impressions and at creating beautiful pressings of marine algae. His science inspires his art and, in turn, his art provides meaning for his science. (Airdate: January 10, 2024)
Watch Nam's lecture: Thalassophilic Impressions: Nautical Pursuits, Ocean Conservation, and the Confluence of Art and Science.
Listen to previous Nature Now programs with Nam Siu: Seaweeds (Part 1) and Seaweeds (Part 2).
Learn more about the WA Invasive Species Council's Safeguard Our Shellfish campaign.
Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and want to support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!
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