Nerdy About Nature

Tom Balfour is a fish ecologist and fish program manager at Redd Fish Restoration Society, working to restore habitat for Wild Salmon out on the coast of Vancouver Island.  He & I sat down in a creek and weathered a few little rain showers to chat all about these amazing fish, from their history in these Cascadian waters to all the factors that impact their populations today, and finding positive action in such dire times.  

Learn more about Redd Fish Restoration Society at https://www.reddfish.org 

Nerdy About Nature is an independent passion project that relies on support from folks like you!  If you’re enjoying this podcast and videos, please don’t hesitate to support their production at my Patreon page for as little as 1$ per month!  -> https://www.patreon.com/nerdyaboutnature

You can also get NAN merch, stickers, resources and more information at www.NerdyAboutNature.com

I sat down with Jessica Hutchinson amongst some ancient Redcedars and Salal to chat about forests and how they've been affected by modern logging practices, how that then impacts Salmon and the broader ecosystems in which we live, and all the good work she is doing at Redd Fish Restoration Society to help fix these problems created by our past.

Learn more about Redd Fish Restoration Society at https://www.reddfish.org

Nerdy About Nature is an independent passion project that relies on support from folks like you!  If you’re enjoying this podcast and videos, please don’t hesitate to support their production at my Patreon page for as little as 1$ per month!  -> https://www.patreon.com/nerdyaboutnature​

You can also get NAN merch, stickers, resources and more information at www.NerdyAboutNature.com

Indra Hayre & I took a drizzly day to sit down and chat about diversity, equity & inclusion in the outdoor world, and all that she's learned through her experiences growing up as a brown girl in a world often dominated by white men.

Learn more about Indra's project, Inclu-SKI-vity, at https://www.instagram.com/incluskivity

Nerdy About Nature is an independent passion project that relies on support from folks like you!  If you’re enjoying this podcast and videos, please don’t hesitate to support their production at my Patreon page for as little as 1$ per month!  -> https://www.patreon.com/nerdyaboutnature​

You can also get NAN merch, stickers, resources and more information at www.NerdyAboutNature.com

I sat down with Myia Antone on the banks of the Squamish River to chat about Language, Land, and our ever-changing relationship to it as we, as a society of both settlers and Indigenous peoples, move forward together.  

Learn more about Myia's project, Indigenous Women Outdoors at https://www.indigenouswomenoutdoors.ca/

Learn more about the Snichim Foundation & support Squamish Language speakers at https://snichimfoundation.ca/

Hello there, fellow nature nerds!  Welcome to the Nerdy About Nature Podcast!  

After tons of feedback from all of you, I've decided to step into this unknown realm of audio for a whole new medium that's sure to have it's fair share of ups and downs, but all in good fun, right?!

Here's just a little introduction to my mindset for creating this series, as well some detail on the first few shows I have planned in a new series of 'podchats' where I sit down with various folks and talk about issues pertaining to nature, the world around us, or even human nature!  Because us humans, after all, are a part of nature, not apart from it.

Bear with me as I learn and grow from this awkward new venture, and stay tuned for more fun episodes to come!

Nerdy About Nature is an independent passion project that relies on support from folks like you.  If you're enjoying this podcast series or all the fun, goofy and educational videos on social media, you can help support their production by becoming a patron and my Patreon page via NerdyAboutNature.com!  You can join for as little as 1$ a month and get all sorts of sweet perks, and your support goes into giving me the stability to continue to put more energy into this whole project.