WILDERNESS & WILDLIFE

Rick is retired from the University of Alaska and a marine wildlife specialist, working in Alaska. He has been involved in the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup and reports on its current status. Part 1.

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The Sonoran desert of the American Southwest has its own unique ecosystem with its own assortment of wildlife. Dr. Alston talks about his studies and research in this past of the country. Part 1

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Dorothy is a veteran of conservation efforts in Montana, enjoying successes and enduring defeats. In this interview, she talks about her experiences and about the difficult situation Montana is facing with a Governor wo breaks the law to shoot what he wants, a legislature that seems hostile to wildlife conservation, and a pair of Congressional Representatives who are aligned with the Governor. 

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Rick is retired from the University of Alaska as a Marine Biologist and has been involved in the cleanup of the Exxon oil spill since the beginning. He talks about the lasting impact of that disaster and the prognosis for the time ahead. 

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Karen Garthwait is Acting Public Affairs Specialist for Canyonlands. Karen has been an Interpretation park ranger with the NPS since 2004 and stationed here in Moab for 18 years, starting out as a Park Guide giving walks and talks, then supervising Park Guide teams and interns, and now overseeing the park’s media work and exhibit projects. Canyonlands National Park is in Southeastern Utah. Established in 1964, it preserves over 500 square miles of high-desert country through which flow the Green & Colorado rivers.  This is Part 2 of a one-hour interview.

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Karen Garthwait, is Acting Public Affairs Specialist for Canyonlands. Karen has been an Interpretation park ranger with the NPS since 2004 and stationed here in Moab for 18 years, starting out as a Park Guide giving walks and talks, then supervising Park Guide teams and interns, and now overseeing the park’s media work and exhibit projects. Canyonlands National Park is in Southeastern Utah. Established in 1964, it preserves over 500 square miles of high-desert country through which flow the Green & Colorado rivers.  

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Denver Holt is Founder & President of Owl Research Institute in Charlo, Montana, about 20 miles south of Flathead Lake. Today, it is one of the premier owl research centers in the world. Denver has published numerous scientific papers and is a widely published author who has been featured in many articles from National Geographic to the New York Times, as well as in many television programs. He has educated and entertained people from all walks of life.  

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Denver Holt is Founder & President of Owl Research Institute in Charlo, Montana, about 20 miles south of Flathead Lake. Today, it is one of the premier owl research centers in the world. Denver has published numerous scientific papers and is a widely published author who has been featured in many articles from National Geographic to the New York Times, as well as in many television programs. He has educated and entertained people from all walks of life.  This the the second half of our one hour interview. 

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Ryan Trimbath, a Biologist at Cuyahoga Valley National Park where he has worked for the last eight years. Prior to working for the NPS, Ryan got a degree in Wildlife & Conservation Biology from Ohio University (2007) then traveled around the country working as a field biologist on various research projects. During this time, he honed his skills as a field biologist and pursued his interests in forest and avian ecology. Ryan has the honor of being the only Ornithologist to ever hold a living Northern Parula x Cerulean Warbler hybrid which he discovered at Deep Lock Quarry in 2014, with a second bird found at Oak Hill in 2015. You can read more about this discovery in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology “Evidence for hybridization between Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) and Cerulean warbler (S. cerulea)” (Trimbath et al. 2019).

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Ryan Trimbath, a Biologist at Cuyahoga Valley National Park where he has worked for the last eight years. Prior to working for the NPS, Ryan got a degree in Wildlife & Conservation Biology from Ohio University (2007) then traveled around the country working as a field biologist on various research projects. During this time, he honed his skills as a field biologist and pursued his interests in forest and avian ecology. Ryan has the honor of being the only Ornithologist to ever hold a living Northern Parula x Cerulean Warbler hybrid which he discovered at Deep Lock Quarry in 2014, with a second bird found at Oak Hill in 2015. You can read more about this discovery in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology “Evidence for hybridization between Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) and Cerulean warbler (S. cerulea)” (Trimbath et al. 2019).

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