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On this episode of Conservation Conversations we talk to JJ Soski of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA about their programs to conserve Kelp in CA! JJ shares so many stories of working on keeping these crucial species around on the California coastline and much more!

Thank you to JJ for talking all about what AOP is doing to help Kelp and the CA coastline and so much more. Please either visit AoP when you’re in town or consider donating to help them recover local wildlife and habitats. Visit them at https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ to see how you can help.

Hosts and Producers are Austin and Taylor Parker

Producer is Madeline Walden

Music was provided by A Picture Book studio

This episode is brought to you 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

This podcast is sponsored by Project Dragonfly, a master’s degree program offered by Miami University dedicated to ecological and social change. Project Dragonfly offers a part-time Master of Arts in Biology degree, focused on conservation, or a Master of Arts in Teaching for teachers. The program is designed for working professionals and can be completed from anywhere in the United States. Learn more at projectdragonfly.miamioh.edu.

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 podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube!

Rewilding

"Colorado To Release Gray Wolves: Here's When, Where And Why."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/18/colorado-to-release-gray-wolves-heres-when-where-and-why/71508193007/

Pollution

Toxic Gunk Cleansed From South Carolina's Congaree River 13 Years Later

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-toxic-gunk-cleansed-south-carolina.html

For this episode of The Possibilists, as part of our Year of Action, the theme is Invertebrates! We talked with Anna Walker and Tim Lyons of the New Mexico BioPark Society. We wanted to learn everything they do to conserve and restore populations of invertebrates in New Mexico and beyond! Enjoy our conversation with Anna and Tim, they do some pretty amazing work!

Please check out their website https://www.bioparksociety.org and follow them on social media @nmbioparksociety

Hosts and producers are Austin and Taylor Parker

Producer - Megan Joyce

Images provided by Anna Walker, Jason Schaller, and Sarina Jepsen

Music - A Picture Book studios

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 podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube!

Drawdown

"Over 60 Countries Back Deal To Triple Renewable Energy This Decade"

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/over-60-countries-back-deal-triple-renewable-energy-this-decade-officials-2023-11-10/

Plastic Pollution

New York Cites PepsiCo’s Plastic Pollution In First-Of-Its-Kind Lawsuit

https://grist.org/accountability/new-york-calls-pepsicos-plastic-pollution-a-public-nuisance-in-first-of-its-kind-lawsuit/

Wildlife

Facing an uncertain future, 70 endangered yellow-legged frogs released in California lake

https://sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org/pr/MountainYellowLeggedFrogRelease2023

A critically endangered Sumatran rhino named Delilah successfully gives birth in Indonesia

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/critically-endangered-sumatran-rhino-named-delilah-successfully-gives-rcna126818?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=6564e041b51a5b0001a51848&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&fbclid=IwAR3LteQ1DZnGTPPukzqSCKDIIU1HmmEr21WgzM4lVK_b73NxlsZ606fLg4g

"Dominica Set To Open World’s First Reserve Centered Around Sperm Whales"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/13/caribbean-dominica-whale-reserve

This podcast is sponsored by Project Dragonfly, a master’s degree program offered by Miami University dedicated to ecological and social change. Project Dragonfly offers a part-time Master of Arts in Biology degree, focused on conservation, or a Master of Arts in Teaching for teachers. The program is designed for working professionals and can be completed from anywhere in the United States. Learn more at projectdragonfly.miamioh.edu.

On this episode of Conservation Conversations we talk to Jenifer Burney of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach CA about Sea Stars! Jen shares all of her stories of working on restoring a long imperiled species of Sea Star on the California coastline and much more.

Please either visit AoP when you’re in town or consider donating to help them recover local wildlife and habitats. Visit them at https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ to see how you can help.

Hosts and Producers are Austin and Taylor Parker

Producer is Madeline Walden

Music was provided by A Picture Book studio

This episode is brought to you 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

This podcast is sponsored by Project Dragonfly, a master’s degree program offered by Miami University dedicated to ecological and social change. Project Dragonfly offers a part-time Master of Arts in Biology degree, focused on conservation, or a Master of Arts in Teaching for teachers. The program is designed for working professionals and can be completed from anywhere in the United States. Learn more at projectdragonfly.miamioh.edu.

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 podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube!

Rewilding

Endangered bird hatched in Houston Zoo, first for species in North America

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/animals/2023/11/13/469407/endangered-bird-hatched-in-houston-zoo-first-for-species-in-north-america/

Two Channel Islands Plants Removed from Endangered Species List - The Santa Barbara

https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2023/11/06/two-plant-species-unique-to-channel-islands-removed-from-endangered-list-after-recovery/

Deforestation

Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Falls To Lowest Since 2018

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/deforestation-brazils-amazon-drops-223-year-through-july-2023-11-09/

This podcast is sponsored by Project Dragonfly, a master’s degree program offered by Miami University dedicated to ecological and social change. Project Dragonfly offers a part-time Master of Arts in Biology degree, focused on conservation, or a Master of Arts in Teaching for teachers. The program is designed for working professionals and can be completed from anywhere in the United States. Learn more at projectdragonfly.miamioh.edu.

Welcome to Pelecanus Deep Dives, where we take a headline from a recent Pelecanus NEWS episode and take a deep dive, just like a pelican, into the article and try and explain some of the more technical, nuanced, or maybe complex ideas of the story to help us all better understand our world.

In this episode, our host Harrison Parker, PhD., talks about Keystone species as it relates to the Conservation Conversations episode with the Aquarium of the Pacific's Megan Smylie about their Sea Otter surrogacy program that originally aired on October 19th, 2023.

Visit them at https://www.aquariumofpacific.org

Host for this episode is Harrison Parker,

Producers are Harrison and Austin Parker.

Music was provided by A Picture Book Studios

This episode is brought to you 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

This podcast is sponsored by Project Dragonfly, a master’s degree program offered by Miami University dedicated to ecological and social change. Project Dragonfly offers a part-time Master of Arts in Biology degree, focused on conservation, or a Master of Arts in Teaching for teachers. The program is designed for working professionals and can be completed from anywhere in the United States. Learn more at projectdragonfly.miamioh.edu.

References:

Video on Yellowstone wolves:

https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wildlife/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem/

https://www.csustan.edu/sites/default/files/groups/McNair%20Scholars%20Program/20192020Journals/pitts_taylor.pdf

https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/The%20keystone%20species%20role%20of%20the%20sea%20otter%2007302021.pdf

https://www.coastalresearchcenter.ucsb.edu/cmi/seaotters.html

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/role-keystone-species-ecosystem/

https://www.fws.gov/story/2022-09/sea-otters-are-unlikely-helpers-our-fight-against-climate-change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_fur_trade

https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/conservation/research/southern_sea_otters

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/788130003513324931/

https://ocean.org/blog/trophic-levels-part-1/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_%28architecture%29

https://oregonmarinereserves.com/2019/10/24/urchins/

https://news.virginia.edu/content/study-finds-kelp-key-californias-coastal-ecosystems

https://www.marinemammalcenter.org/animal-care/learn-about-marine-mammals/pinnipeds/california-sea-lion

https://plannersweb.com/2006/07/enticements-needed-to-woo-the-public/pizza-delivery-large-stack-square/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphaerechinus_granularis

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/the-feel-good-science-behind-sea-otter-surrogacy

https://ny.eater.com/2015/1/23/7876987/pasquale-cozzolino-makes-an-uni-pizza-with-fire-and-ice-at-prova

https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/conservation/sustainability_for_all

https://www.esa.org/blog/2014/08/climate-change-predators-and-the-trickle-down-effects-on-ecosystems/

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 podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube!

Protected Areas

$300 Million Conservation Financing Mechanism for New Protected Areas Established in BC!

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023FOR0061-001662

US Fish & Wildlife proposes huge new conservation area in Southwest Florida

https://www.wfit.org/environment-and-science/2023-10-24/fish-and-wildlife-service-proposes-a-sprawling-conservation-area-in-the-everglades-watershed

Rewilding

First Successful Captive Birth Of Endangered Sawfish Species At SeaWorld

https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2023/10/22/first-successful-captive-birth-of-endangered-sawfish-species-at-seaworld/?sh=68073c3524c3

Drawdown

California to get up to $1.2 billion in federal funds to expand hydrogen energy projects

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/13/california-selected-as-a-national-hydrogen-hub/

Port of Long Beach aims to restore ocean habitat when it builds a massive wind turbine facility

https://lbpost.com/news/port-of-long-beach-aims-to-restore-ocean-habitat-when-it-builds-a-massive-wind-turbine-facility/

This podcast is sponsored by Project Dragonfly, a master’s degree program offered by Miami University dedicated to ecological and social change. Project Dragonfly offers a part-time Master of Arts in Biology degree, focused on conservation, or a Master of Arts in Teaching for teachers. The program is designed for working professionals and can be completed from anywhere in the United States. Learn more at projectdragonfly.miamioh.edu.

On this episode of Conservation Conversations we talk to Megan Smylie of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach CA. Megan works with Sea Otters! She talks about the programs that the Aquarium of the Pacific and their partners are undertaking to recover the Sea Otters of the California coastline.

Enjoy our conversation with Megan and check out the youtube version or social media for videos and photos of our day at the aquarium with these adorable otters!.

Please either visit the Aquarium when you’re in town or consider donating to help them recover local wildlife and their habitats. Visit them at https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ to see how you can help.

Hosts and Producers are Austin and Taylor Parker

Producer is Madeline Walden

Music was provided by A Picture Book studio

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This episode is brought to you 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

This podcast is sponsored by Project Dragonfly, a master’s degree program offered by Miami University dedicated to ecological and social change. Project Dragonfly offers a part-time Master of Arts in Biology degree, focused on conservation, or a Master of Arts in Teaching for teachers. The program is designed for working professionals and can be completed from anywhere in the United States. Learn more at projectdragonfly.miamioh.edu.

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 podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube!

Conservation Area

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announces conservation area of 30,000 sq km

https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2023/10/08/saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-announces-conservation-area-of-more-than-30000km/

Environmental Justice

EPA Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Alabama’s Management Of Sewage Funds

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4238986-epa-opens-civil-rights-probe-into-alabamas-management-of-sewage-infrastructure-funds/

Drawdown

UAE's Jaber Says Oil, Industrial Firms To Commit To Decarbonization At COP28

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/uaes-jaber-says-oil-industrial-firms-commit-decarbonization-cop28-2023-10-02/

"Cleveland Accelerates Its Ambitions for Hitting Net Zero Energy"

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08102023/cleveland-climate-plan-net-zero/

"Appeals Court Gives Connecticut Win In Climate Fight With Exxon"

https://www.eenews.net/articles/ee-subscriber-appeals-court-gives-connecticut-win-in-climate-fight-with-exxon/

Wildlife

Endangered Sumatran rhino born in Indonesia

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/03/asia/indonesia-new-sumatran-rhino-baby-intl-hnk/index.html