Learning about your local environment is a great way to feel more at home. That’s the message that Madison Public Library’s latest Naturalist in Residence Andrea Debbink wants folks to understand.

Debbink tells host Douglas Haynes about her love of black walnut trees and Starkweather Creek, recommends children’s nature books, and advises listeners on how to get to know your local birds.

Featured image of a bee on a thistle flower, a native plant to Wisconsin. Photo by Greg Emmerich on Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).