Dr. Trish Miller and Mike Lanzone explain how the bleeding-edge tech powering wildlife tracking today is yielding new insights into animal behavior.

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Katy Duffy has been banding, surveying, and teaching about owls for over 40 years. She joined the podcast from Yellowstone to share her insights into, and love for, this iconic and much beloved group of birds.

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Climate scientist Dr. William Solecki on what makes sustainable cities work, how they use nature as a partner and ally, and the increasingly important role they will play in the fight against climate change.

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The artist Pat Brentano discusses her visual voice and speaking out for nature, the importance of the arts in education, and the benefits of native-planted yards.

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Acclaimed author and essayist Jonathan Franzen on his love of birding, the deeper meanings of beauty, and caring for habitats and wildlife in the teeth of the iron logic of climate change.

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Kelly Mooij, Director of the Division of Clean Energy at the NJ Board of Public Utilities, on New Jersey's wild habitat- and community-friendly energy initiatives — and listening for leaks.

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Dave Golden, Director of the NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife, on the vital importance of land (and ocean) stewardship in maintaining species diversity, the long history of hunting and conservation, and providing access to natural habitats for all, in crowded New Jersey.

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Sam Pesin and Greg Remaud tell the story of Liberty State Park and why it's so important to protect such a special and symbolic natural oasis for the three and a half million people who use it every year.

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Corina Newsome and Tykee James, two of the co-organizers of Black Birders Week, discuss how a week of rapidly organized social media events became a STEM phenomenon, as well as the prescriptions for racial justice that inspired it. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org/coffee

Dr. Amanda Rodewald, Garvin Professor of Ornithology at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Dr. Ruth Bennett, Research Ecologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, join Eric and Mike to discuss bird friendly coffee farming, its importance to the ecology of the areas where it's grown, and the benefits for the local farmers who grow it. For more info, please visit: https://njaudubon.org