The hosts of Nature Now - Jackie Canterbury, Nan Evans, and Debaran Kelso - start the year by sharing their favorite books about natural history. The conversation roams from bees to wolves, research to poetry, and beautiful photographs to whimsical illustrations. Laugh with them, listen to the awe and amazement they share, and find a new favorite book to read. Happy New Year, listeners! (KPTZ airdate: January 7, 2026)

Books discussed:
The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests by Lynda Mapes
Apprentice To The Wild by Kurt Hoelting
Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
I Was a Middle-Aged Wolfman: Chasing Wolves in Idaho's Backcountry by Jim Holyan
Seabirds As Sentinels: Auklets, Puffins, Shearwaters, and the View from Destruction Island by Eric Wagner
Seabirds: The New Identification Guide by Peter Harrison
The Mind Of A Bee by Lars Chittka
Around The Salish Sea: Plants and Art by Alice Derry
In Praise of Mystery by Ada Limon
Dog Songs by Mary Oliver
Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids by Joseph Gaydos
From BAM! to BURP! A Carbon Atom’s Never-Ending Journey through Space and Time and YOU by Melissa Stewart

Find more to read in the Jefferson Land Trust Natural History Society Book Club reading list.

Music by Rick Bauer

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