(First airdate: April 10, 2019) Nan Evans goes on a virtual “behind-the-scenes” tour of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center with Ali Redman, Aquarist at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, and AmeriCorp Member Marley Loomis.
(Encore airdate: April 3, 2019) Debaran Kelso speaks with rare plant botanist Joe Arnett, discussing the role of the Washington Dept of Natural Resource’s Natural Heritage Program in plant protection, specifically in conserving the threatened golden paintbrush population (originally recorded in May 2015).
(Encore airdate: March 28, 2018) Frequent guest Christie Lassen of Wild Birds Unlimited in Gardiner joins host Mary Robson to discuss the many aspects of bird song.
(First airdate: March 20, 2019) Nature Now visits the Jefferson County Historical Resource Center to see their Natural History collection. Join host Kate Dwyer and Resource Center curator Becky Shurman as they go back in time to learn about stuffed birds, giant clams, Charlie the Cougar and reindeer.
(First airdate: March 13, 2019) Walk along with Bob Jepperson as he observes the results on frogs and birds from the long weeks of below-freezing temperatures on Fidalgo Island.
(First airdate: March 6, 2019) Nature Now’s host Debaran Kelso speaks with Bob Boekelheide about his work surveying the seabirds and marine mammals of the Protection Island Aquatic Reserve (Part 2 of a two part show).
(First airdate: February 27, 2019) Nan Evans talks with Steve Grace, a local author and marine science educator, about a “Lost Wilderness” he found here on the Quimper peninsula and efforts to protect this treasure. Contact Steve directly if you would like to arrange a trip to the old growth forest.
(First airdate: February 20, 2019) 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.
(First airdate: February 13, 2019). Mary Robson and Dr. Megan Anderson discuss the geology and geophysical forces that shaped our region, hoping to make an accurate map of the underworld here.
(First airdate: February 6, 2019) Debaran Kelso talks with Bob Boekelheide about the seabirds and marine mammals of the Protection Island Aquatic Reserve.
