Nurse logs, a common site in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, blur the distinction between life and death as they support not only the next generation of trees, but also a host of other plant and animal species. Learn more about nurse logs and what the Jefferson Land Trust is doing to give a hand to these incredibly significant ecological systems. Nan Evans talks to Carrie Clendaniel, Preserve Manager for the Land Trust, about nurse logs and facilitating the facilitators. (KPTZ airdate: November 26, 2025)

Learn more:
Nurse Logs: Healers of the Forest
Nurse Logs
Keeping Dead Wood and Creating Wildlife Habitat Piles: Some Guidance for Forest Owners
Listen Up Collaborative
Listen Up Collaborative and Jefferson Land Trust Featured in the New York Times
The Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests by Lynda Mapes
Cascadia Revealed: A Guide to the Plants, Animals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest Mountains by Daniel Mathews
Mystery sound recording: Andrew Spencer, courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Music by Rick Bauer

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