Dr. Ivory Lyles, who runs all of OSU Extension Service in Oregon, has agreed to meet regularly with Josephine Board of Commissioners Chair Herman Baertschiger about funding cuts based on political perceptions.

California Creative Corps, a vehicle for putting money into the arts all over the state. Rush Sturges, the founder of the project, Paul Robert Wolf Wilson, a Klamath Tribe member and Chief Storyteller, and Danielle Frank, a Hupa Valley Tribe member, Paddle participant, and artist.

Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics have issues with the constant use of fire retardant dropped from tanker planes. Boss Andy Stahl explains.

KS Wild wants people to know and understand local forests better, through its Forest & Fire Toolkit. Forest and Climate Coordinator Alexi Lovechio is our guest.

Incident commander checks in for an update

Canadian writer John Vaillant writes of the fire and the many contributing factors--Fort McMurray is in the heart of the Canadian tar sands--in the book Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World.

New rules govern streams in private forests. Thomas Whittington and Josh Hanson from the Oregon Department of Forestry.

America's Agenda has plenty of experience with reforming PBMs, pharmacy benefit managers. Exec Director Mark Blum visits.

Oregon State University is surveying coastal visitors about their knowledge of the reserves and their uses, along with questions about ocean acidification and climate change. Lindsay Aylesworth is the Program Leader for the Marine Reserve program.

Richard Sniezko is a geneticist with the U.S. Forest Service will host a workshop on resistance to disease for tree experts across the country (July 24th).