Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Podcast

The Northcentral Region Education Coordinator for the PA Fish and Boat Commission, Amidea Daniel strives to connect people to our natural resources. She does this in creative ways, including overseeing the Trout in the Classroom initiative and leading a statewide women in the outdoors effort. Interview by Emily Shosh.

An avid outdoorsman since little, growing up in Schuylkill County and seeing environmental impacts of mining and other pollutants first-hand, Andrew Mickey serves the State Conservation Commission and works on roadway-waterway interactions via PA's dirt and gravel program.

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Project Review Manager Todd Eaby looks back at his 15 years so far with the commission and discusses how water withdrawal permits work for a wide variety of industrial needs across the watershed.

Founder and director of the Forest School Teacher Institute, Dr. Jean Lomino, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, talks about what forest schooling is, her journey as an educator to better understanding the importance of outdoor learning and what people can expect at a mid-April certification training she is offering in PA.

A lifelong angler, Jamie SanFilippo has turned her passion into a fly-fishing guide career in Centre County. She talks with West Branch Regional Director Andrew Bechdel about her work and how development is impacting trout habitat and what groups like Trout Unlimited are doing about it.

Physicians assistant Alyssa Maddalena shares the story of how she started writing a children's book about her daughter and their adventures along the Susquehanna River called "Good Morning, Susquehanna" which released in late November.

December 3, 2024 -- DCNR Botanist chats with Northern Tier Regional Director Emily Shosh about her love of plants, the importance of protecting wetlands as a way to saving rare plant species and how we all can be more aware of our impacts to the environment around us.

November 25, 2024 -- We celebrate our 100th episode of the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper podcast by looking back at some of the most popular moments from more than 29 hours of interviews from people who all share a passion for our river, its tributaries and the creatures that depend on those aquatic resources.

Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife diversity biologist Richard Fritsky chats about his work and specifically about bats and their important relationship with our aquatic ecosystem, the insects they help control and the impacts of white nose syndrome on their populations.