Ashland.news editor Bert Etling about local journalism after attending Independent News Sustainability Summit.

Jill Fritz is the senior director for wildlife protection with the Oregon Humane Society. We bring her in for a conversation about why coyotes are considered fair game, and how long a process this has been.

Andrew Maynard, the author of the book "Future Rising."

Scientist Tim Gregory, in his book Meteorite: How Stones from Outer Space Made Our World.

Children's book authior, Michael Sampson and his wife, Olena Kharchenko, Ukrainian born and raised, with artist Polina Doroshenko, crafting a book that tells the story of Ukraine through simple facts, and through the words of its national anthem. The Story of Ukraine: An Anthem of Glory and Freedom.

Cal Fire runs an entire division of Urban and Community Forestry. Walter Passmore and Julia Gowin at Cal Fire for details.

Pulitzer prize winning author Michael Hiltzik takes us a lot further down the track in his book Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America.

Ashland Oregon YMCA to provide after school care for Ashland elementary schools.

Amy Miller and Marc Janssen have poetry and stories about poetic creation

The nonprofit First Story helps families buy new homes with zero-down, zero-interest loans in several communities in the Northwest. Jackson County's community action agency. Joe Vollmarr, ACCESS Housing Director.