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In this Conservation Conversations episode we talk with Dr. Katy Delaney, a Wildlife Ecologist for the National Park Service at the Santa Monica National Recreation Area in Los Angeles California.

Among the many things she does, she has been in charge of the reintroduction of CA Red Legged Frogs into local streams. A federally threatened species listed under the endangered species act, the CRLF, has lost most of its historical habitat throughout CA and Baja. Their reintroduction into the streams of coastal California and Baja is essential to the survival of the species.

Enjoy!

This episode is brought to you in part by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pelecanus works to highlight. Visit their website at www.tidalinfluence.com to learn more about what they do to conserve our coastal resources and how you can get involved

All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. New Conservation Conversations can be found on YouTube as well!

Host: Austin Parker

Producers: Austin Parker and Taylor Parker

Music provided by: A Picture Book

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks!

All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form Conservation Conversations can also be found on YouTube.

Politics

Biden Reverses Trump-Era Gutting of Migratory Bird Protections

https://www.courthousenews.com/biden-reverses-trump-era-gut-of-migratory-bird-protections/

Senate Confirms Michael Regan To Lead EPA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/10/regan-epa-confirmed/

Queensland passes laws banning 'killer' single-use plastics

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/11/queensland-passes-laws-banning-killer-single-use-plastics

Carbon Neutrality

More Than 50 Companies Have Vowed To Be Carbon-Neutral By 2040

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/05/more-than-50-companies-have-vowed-be-carbon-neutral-by-2040/

Honolulu Charts a Path Away from Fossil Fuels

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/honolulu-charts-path-away-fossil-fuels

Wildlife

Good times in the Galapagos as island welcomes 36 endangered Giant Tortoises

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/good-times-in-the-galpagos-as-island-welcomes-36-endangered-giant-tortoises/

Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Rose to 186 in 2020

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/mexican-gray-wolf-numbers-rose-to-186-in-2020-2021-03-12/

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks!

All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form Conservation Conversations can also be found on YouTube.

Drawdown

Getting to Net Zero – and Even Net Negative – is Surprisingly Feasible, and Affordable

https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2021/01/27/getting-to-net-zero-and-even-net-negative-is-surprisingly-feasible-and-affordable/

Carmakers in US to spend $250B on electrification by 2023, push for national standard, group says

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/carmakers-in-us-to-spend-250b-on-electrification-by-2023-push-for-nationa/594833/

Wildlife

San Diego pilots sea-life boosting alternative to conventional tidal defenses

https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/innovation/san-diego-pilots-sea-life-boosting-alternative-con/

1st Clone of US Endangered Species, A Ferret, Announced

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/feb/18/1st-clone-us-endangered-species-ferret-announced/

People are rescuing thousands of ‘cold-stunned’ sea turtles in Texas

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/17/texas-winter-storm-sea-turtles-cold-stunned

In this episode we talk to a couple zookeepers from the Greenville Zoo in South Carolina. Jennifer and Greg Garcia, a married couple, both have a passion for wildlife and conservation and have been dedicated to the cause for over a decade. Among the multitude of conservation projects they are involved in, we focus on the efforts to conserve Amur leopards both in the wild and in zoos, as well as the larger scale efforts the Association of Zoos and Aquariums or AZA is undertaking.

This episode is brought to you in part by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pelecanus works to highlight. Visit their website at www.tidalinfluence.com to learn more about what they do to conserve our coastal resources and how you can get involved

All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. New Conservation Conversations can be found on YouTube as well!

Producers: Austin Parker and Taylor Parker

Music provided by: A Picture Book

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks!

All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form Conservation Conversations can also be found on YouTube.

Drawdown

Shell says oil production will fall every year, forever

https://futurism.com/the-byte/shell-oil-production-fall-every-year-forever?fbclid=IwAR3h0qWUmpVm6pgsOGHf2WBeR7-heuSpUuGaFvuNWmexR4XJpFN5KjM77eM

General Motors, the largest US automaker, plans to be carbon neutral by 2040

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961777665/general-motors-aims-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2040

San Diego County sets plan for Zero Carbon emissions by 2035

https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2021/01/27/supervisors-ok-plan-to-move-county-toward-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2035/

South Korea Unveils $43 Billion Plan For World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-energy-windfarm-idUSKBN2A512D

Legal wins

Russian Court Orders Mining Giant To Pay $1.96 Billion For Arctic Spill

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/537543-russian-court-order-mining-giant-to-pay-nearly-2-billion-for-arctic

Wildlife

China adds 517 species to protected wildlife list

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/china-adds-517-species-to-protected-wildlife-list/ar-BB1drHwm

New pair of wolves spotted in Northern California

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon/articles/2021-02-03/new-pair-of-wolves-spotted-in-northern-california

This week's episode packs a lot of great headlines into a short amount of time. Check out these awesome stories below!

Drawdown

GM seeks to end making gas- and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2021/01/28/gm-pledges-end-tailpipe-emissions-become-carbon-neutral-2040/4291597001/

Elon Musk pledges $100 million for carbon capture technology

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/22/elon-musk-tesla-ceo-donates-to-carbon-capture-technology-prize.html

Biden

All the things Biden has done:

· Rejoins the Paris agreement

· Cancels Keystone XL Pipeline

· Says he will replace the entire federal fleet with electric vehicles

· Halts new oil drilling on federal lands

· Blocks drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

· Commits to ambitious 30 percent of US land protected by 2030

Endangered Species

Missouri officials remove peregrine falcon from endangered species list

https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/outdoors/2021/01/28/missouri-endangered-species-list-peregrine-falcons/4291977001/

SD Zoo’s Gorilla troop is eating, drinking, interacting, and on their way to a full recovery from covid

https://www.cbs8.com/article/life/animals/san-diego-zoo-gorilla-troop-covid-19/509-1743e57a-245d-422d-950c-09937e2a8c9a

North Carolina judge orders plan to release more captive-bred endangered Red Wolves into Wild

https://www.dailypress.com/nation-world/vp-nw-north-carolina-red-wolves-20210123-4yy7zh5h4fhnvmkznoyqfauf6q-story.html

In this Conservation Conversations episode we talk with Dr. Arnaud Desbiez, president of ICAS - Instituto de Conservacao Animais Silvestres (Institute of the Conservation of Wild Animals).

Dr. Desbiez has worked in conservation for decades, but in the last 20 years he has lived and worked in the Pantanal region of Brazil focused on the conservation of Giant Armadillos and Giant Anteaters. These two programs, found at www.giantarmadillo.org and www.giantanteater.org, are doing everything it takes to save these species and this amazing region's habitat. His passion for these species, and all wildlife is so incredibly inspiring. Enjoy!

This episode is brought to you in part by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pelecanus works to highlight. Visit their website at www.tidalinfluence.com to learn more about what they do to conserve our coastal resources and how you can get involved

All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. New Conservation Conversations can be found on YouTube as well!

Producers: Austin Parker and Taylor Parker

Music provided by: A Picture Book

Special thanks to Jennifer Garcia of the Greenville Zoo

Even during these crazy last few weeks we were able to find a few inspiring conservation news stories. See headlines below!

All podcasts can be found at our website at Pelecanus.org and on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts.

Drawdown

Massachusetts To Require 100 Percent Of Car Sales To Be Electric By 2035

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/532684-massachusetts-to-require-100-percent-of-car-sales-to-be

Researchers find a way to pull carbon out of the air and turn it into jet fuel

https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-find-way-to-pull-carbon-out-of-the-air-and-make-it-jet-fuel

Renewables produce more power than fossil fuels in Germany for first time

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/renewables-produce-more-power-fossil-fuels-germany-first-time

Land protection and Regulations

Nigeria superhighway project through the rainforest stopped

https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/achievements/10007/nigeria-superhighway-project-through-the-rainforest-stopped

EU bans plastic waste from being shipped to developing countries

https://www.euronews.com/living/2020/12/24/eu-bans-plastic-waste-from-being-shipped-to-developing-countries

Rewilding

Manas National Park doubling its tiger population since 2010

https://www.sentinelassam.com/guwahati-city/manas-national-park-doubling-its-tiger-population-since-2010-514407

Discovery of endangered female turtle provides hope for extremely rare species

https://www.livescience.com/endangered-female-turtle-discovered.html

Bald Eagles removed from Indiana endangered species list

https://wgntv.com/news/bald-eagles-removed-from-indiana-endangered-species-list/

UK pledges $4billion to nature and biodiversity protection

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-climate/uk-pledges-4-billion-to-nature-and-biodiversity-protection-idUSKBN29G18Q

Here are all of the amazing headlines, out of many, we highlight on this first day of 2021.

Enjoy!

Divestment

The Rockefeller Foundation, a $5billion foundation literally founded on oil money is saying goodbye to fossil fuels

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/18/investing/rockefeller-foundation-divest-fossil-fuels-oil/index.html

Lloyd’s market to quit fossil fuel insurance by 2030

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/17/lloyds-market-to-quit-fossil-fuel-insurance-by-2030

Technology - both out of UC Berkeley

New nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier in a key step toward a stable and clean fuel source

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-nanomaterial-hydrogen-liquid-energy-carrier.html

New catalytic process turns plastic bags into adhesives

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201217135231.htm

Rewilding

In rare event, 90k turtles hatch on a beach in Brazil

https://www.treehugger.com/rare-turtles-hatch-beach-brazil-5092340

Zoo Knoxville welcomes endangered baby mountain zebra for holidays

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/zoo-knoxville-welcomes-endangered-baby-mountain-zebra-holidays/44HANTFAUFB7PAJ2HIGBQUFRJI/

New population of blue whales discovered in the western Indian Ocean

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/new-population-of-blue-whales-discovered-in-western-indian-ocean-study-120122200228_1.html

For the first time in more than 80 years, salmon spawning in the upper Columbian River

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/dec/17/for-the-first-time-in-more-than-80-years-salmon-sp/

Protected Areas

Nation’s largest land bridge for people and wildlife opens in San Antonio

https://sanantonio.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/12-19-20-most-popular-stories-san-antonio-nations-largest-land-bridge/

Ivory Coast creates wildlife sanctuary to protect turtles and sharks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-21/ivory-coast-names-turtle-nesting-ground-as-marine-protected-area

In this Conservation Conversations episode we talk to Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, the Godfather of Biodiversity. Dr. Lovejoy has been as influential on the conservation movement as any American in history. He has worked for the World Wildlife Fund, the Smithsonian institute, advised multiple presidential administrations as well as the United Nations. We were so pleased to talk with him and hear his many interesting stories from his lifetime of scientific adventures.

Producer on this episode is Taylor Parker

Music provided by "A Picture Book"

Special thanks to Cat Kutz and Carmen Thorndike.

All podcasts can be found at pelecanus.org, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon podcasts, and Google podcasts