(Airdate: July 29, 2026) Today we are speaking with Dr. Eric Wagner about his book Seabirds as Sentinels. The Pacific coast—often called the “Blue Serengeti”—is one of the most productive ecosystems on earth and an important region for seabird research. The book’s central theme is that seabirds serve as sentinels, or early-warning indicators, of the health of our marine ecosystems. Wagner takes us to two nearby islands; Protection and Destruction as we travel into auklet burrows under the cover of night.

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(Reprise airdate: July 22, 2026) Nan Evans talks with Thor Hanson, biologist and author, to explore the wonders of biodiversity. Biodiversity is the variety of life on earth from genes and species to ecosystems. Biodiversity encompasses the interactions between all living things, animals (including humans), plants, fungi, microorganisms and the environments they inhabit and communities they create. Biodiversity has been attributed with holding the world together.

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(Airdate: July 15, 2026) Please join Nature Now host Debaran Kelso and our guest Sophie DeGroot, the Noxious Weed Coordinator for Jefferson County, for the promised second part of our program on invasive weeds!  This week we get down and dirty out in the field,  focusing on how to remove a couple of our arch enemies, English ivy and holly, along with discussing removal strategies for other invasive species in our area.  Part 2 of a two part program.

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