This Green Earth

On This Green Earth, Mike Scott, a Senior Campaign Representative with Sierra Club’s Montana Chapter, comes on to discuss the importance of the Biden Administration’s plan to fully restore environmental protections to the Tongass National Forest in Alaska.

On This Green Earth, Nate Brooks, Summit County Environmental Health Director, comes on the show to talk about the County's proposed Grey Water System Program.

On This Green Earth , Kimberly Hersey, Mammal Conservation Coordinator for the Utah Division of Wildlife comes on the show to talk with Nell and Chris. Hersey takes us into the world of the elusive and adorable river otter. She fills us in on otter sightings in Utah, and why tracking them can help inform us about the health of the aquatic environment throughout our state.

On This Green Earth, Brian Tonetti, Executive Director of Seven Canyons Trust, joins Nell and Chris to talk about the opening of Three Creeks Confluence Park. This is a restored plot of land in the Glendale part of Salt Lake City where three creeks meet the Jordan River. Tonetti will share the importance of this project and how it will impact the local ecology as well as the neighborhood's health and welfare.

On This Green Earth , Robert Dewey, vice president for government relations with Defenders of Wildlife joins Nell and Chris. Dewey comprehensively breaks down the wins and losses for biodiversity in the interior appropriations spending bill for 2022. Dewey says that species are being lost faster than ever before in human history, and that adequately funding protections for endangered species is the missing half of this bill.

On This Green Earth, Nell and Chris bring birder Nate Brown on the show. Brown is a local bird authority, and he gives us the scoop on all the different species of birds that can currently be found in Utah, and what we could potentially see in the coming months. He also talks with them about how to be good stewards of the land and the birds when you go out.

On This Green Earth , co-host Nell Larson has just returned from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She and Chris talk about what she experienced during her three weeks there.

On This Green Earth , Zach Frankel with Utah Rivers Council talks about the Great Salt Lake. This important body of water is now registering at an all-time low. Frankel explain the circumstances behind the low levels, including the ongoing drought and man-made diversions of water that otherwise would go into the lake.

On This Green Earth , Nell and Chris speak with Walt Meier, Senior Research Scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Arctic sea ice is in full melt for the next couple of months, and Meier brings us the latest data on where the levels are now and what is expected to come.

On This Green Earth, Sara Jo Dickens, ecologist and noxious plant expert with Ecology Bridge, gives us insight on Summit County's seemingly never-ending battle with invasive plants and weeds. Are we seeing new species here in the county? She answers this question and so many more.