Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences’ Dr. Christopher Gobler joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe during WLIW-FM’s Shore Week celebration to talk about the Gobler Lab’s Annual State of the Bays report and research being conducted through the New York State Center for Clean Technology.

Bob DeLuca and Jen Skilbred of Group for the East End join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe during WLIW-FM’s Shore Week celebration and just ahead of the triennial count of the increasing local osprey population and the Group’s annual fundraiser at The Bridge golf club.

Documentary filmmaker Joanne Friedland Roberts joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM ahead of the WLIW PBS (Channel 21) premiere of documentary, “The Bonackers,” at 8 p.m. on April 24 with a conversation to follow between Roberts and Hari Sreenivasan.

Vice Chair Dr. Bernie Furshpan of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County in Glen Cove joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM during Yom Hashoah. Watch the Treasure of NY: Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center documentary produced by WLIW on the WLIW.org TV program page or the Thirteen YouTube page

Dr. Matthew Sclafani of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County’s Marine Program joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe during WLIW-FM’s Shore Week celebration to discuss the horseshoe crab monitoring program that has grown from three to 30 sites since 2008 before Kim Barbour and Kate Rossi-Snook talk 10 years of CCE's Bay To The Bays initiative and improving coastal resiliency through targeted multi-species habitat restorations using shellfish, as well as marine and dune grasses. 

New York Marine Rescue Center’s Maxine Montello also calls in to discuss NYMRC's work rescuing and rehabilitating sea turtles and seals after a record season for cold-stunned turtles. 

Peconic Baykeeper Pete Topping joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about protecting our local waters’ quality during WLIW-FM’s Shore Week celebration.

Cindy Pease Roe and Bri Sander of UpSculpt join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about making art from marine debris ahead of a talk and artist demonstration at the East End Seaport Museum and Marine Foundation in Greenport Village on April 27. 

Becky Genia and Tela Troge of Shinnecock Kelp Farmers join Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM to talk about growing sugar kelp and how it helps fight ocean acidification.

World-renowned primatologist, Dr. Patricia Wright, executive director of Stony Brook University's Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments & Centre ValBio, joins South Fork Natural History Museum’s executive director, Frank Quevedo, and Mare Dianora of SOFO's Young Environmentalists Society alongside ICTE’s Patricia Paladines and Dr. Wright’s grandson, Issan Poston, on WLIW-FM’s Heart of The East End with Gianna Volpe before the community screening of “Ivohiboro: The Lost Forest” at Sag Harbor Cinema on April 26 at 11 a.m. 

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Marine educator, researcher and charter captain, Greg Metzger, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amid 10th anniversary of South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center’s Shark Research and Education Program.