Dr. Virginia Armbrust, Director of the University of Washington School of Oceonography, joins host Nan Evans to talk about the weird world of microscopic organisms that populate the world’s oceans, and why we should know about them and even care (part 1 of a two-part program). (Airdate: February 7, 2018)

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Curious about the role played by snails in shaping human history? Fashion? Diet? Economics? Class and politics? Or even, what makes snails such a huge, diverse and successful group of creatures? Join Nan Evans as she talks with snail conservationist, farmer, and all-around snail lover, Ric Brewer, to explore these, and other, questions (part 1 of a two-part program). (Airdate: April 3, 2024)

Learn more about:
Little Gray Farms
Meet the Snail Farmer – Ric Brewer
Jefferson Land Trust
Native Northwest Snails by Ric Brewer

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Host Jackie Canterbury talks with Bev McNeil about the nature of Anderson Lake State Park. The park encompasses 496 acres of land with a diversity of plant communities, wetlands, and forests. The park bears the family name of an earlier owner, Amanda Anderson. The land was purchased in 1947. The park now offers trails that pass along the lake and through grassy marshes, patches of salmonberries and huckleberries and through forests of young and older western red cedar and Douglas-fir. (Airdate: March 27, 2024)

Learn more about Admiralty Audubon Society upcoming events.

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Join host Debaran Kelso and puma specialist Dr. Mark Elbroch as they explore both mountain lion ecology and how we might learn to share our world with this large successful predator (part 1 of a two-part program). (Airdate: March 6, 2024)

Learn more about the Jefferson Land Trust's 2024 Conservation Breakfast.

Learn more about Panthera's Olympic Cougar Project.

Learn more about the work of Mark Elbroch and his field guides and books, including The Cougar Conundrum.

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Many of us who live near an ocean know in our hearts, bones and minds about the wonders of living near the water. Join Nan Evans as she talks with Paola Espitia of Ola-Pi Creative about marine biology and the science behind these benefits. (Airdate: February 21, 2024)

Watch Paola's lecture: Water, Wonder, Wellness: How Living by Water Makes Life Better.

Learn more about the Blue Mind effect.

Watch Paola's Conversations with Wavemakers in blue spaces around the world.

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Host Debaran Kelso dives once again into the fascinating world of humpback whales with Dr. Fred Sharpe. This week we focus on the phenomenon of “bubble ring" formation, and what they might mean as a form of communication (part 2 of a two-part program). (Airdate: February 14, 2024)

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Mary Robson and Gary Bullock share experiences while observing nature, basing their thoughts on Rachel Carson's essay A Sense of Wonder. (Airdate: February 7, 2024)

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Join host Debaran Kelso as we explore the mysteries of the universe with Dr. Fred Sharpe. Fred has been studying humpback whale social behavior for many years, and for the past decade has joined with SETI to think about intelligent life in the cosmos, and how understanding animal behavior in general, and whale vocalizations in particular, might serve as a model to understand messages from extrasolar planets far, far away (part 1 of a two-part program). (Airdate: January 17, 2024)

Whale sounds recorded under NOAA Research Permit #19703

Learn more about:
Interactive Playback with a Humpback Whale
SETI Institute
Humpback whale interventions
Orca Network

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Nan Evans talk with local "thalassophile" Nam Siu about his love for the ocean, his work and adventures protecting marine life and ecosystems, and his artistic pursuits. Nam is a wizard of the traditional Japanese art of making fish impressions and at creating beautiful pressings of marine algae. His science inspires his art and, in turn, his art provides meaning for his science. (Airdate: January 10, 2024)

Watch Nam's lecture: Thalassophilic Impressions: Nautical Pursuits, Ocean Conservation, and the Confluence of Art and Science.

Listen to previous Nature Now programs with Nam Siu: Seaweeds (Part 1) and Seaweeds (Part 2).

Learn more about the WA Invasive Species Council's Safeguard Our Shellfish campaign.

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Hosts Debaran Kelso, Nan Evans, and Jackie Canterbury have a good time sharing their favorite recent natural history books. Join the fun and start your 2024 "to read" list. (Airdate: January 3, 2024)

Books discussed:
An Immense World by Ed Yong
The Mind of a Bee by Lars Chittka
Passings by Holly Hughes
Alfie & Me by Carl Safina
Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan Slaght
Take Heart by Kathleen Dean Moore
Horizon by Barry Lopez
Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World by Barry Lopez
A Naturalist's Year in the Pacific Northwest by Geoffrey Hammerson
Salmon Cedar Rock & Rain by Tim McNulty
Sibley Birds West by David Allen Sibley
A Field Guide to Western Birds by Roger Tory Peterson
Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests by Casey McFarland, Matthew Monjello and David Moskowitz
Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest by Andy Lamb and Phil Edgell
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Jim Pojar and Andy MacKinnon
Pacific Northwest Insects by Merrill Peterson
Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry by Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman and Derek Sheffield

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

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