WILDERNESS & WILDLIFE

Jay is joined by Dr. Rick Toomey, cave resource management specialist and research coordinator at Mammoth Cave National Park, about the flora and fauna and distinctive features at the Park.

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Lisa Bate is a Wildlife Biologist for the National Park Service in West Glacier, Montana. She specializes in the monitoring of birds and bats in the Park and in northern Montana. A graduate of the University of Idaho, she operated her own wildlife consulting business for several years before joining the National Park Service. This is a two-part series; the first part discusses birds in Glacier and the second is about Glacier’s bats.

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Lisa Bate is a Wildlife Biologist for the National Park Service in West Glacier, Montana. She specializes in the monitoring of birds and bats in the Park and in northern Montana. A graduate of the University of Idaho, she operated her own wildlife consulting business for several years before joining the National Park Service. This is a two-part series; the first part discusses birds in Glacier and the second is about Glacier’s bats.

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Dr. Robert Serrouya is a Wildlife Biologist and Director of Biological Pathways working out of his home in Revelstoke, British Columbia. Since 1952, he has been author or co-author of more than 100 studies on various forms of wildlife, involving the interactions of predators and prey as well as various influences on the behavior of each – methods used for obtaining reliable data and conclusions drawn for maintaining wildlife diversity during the time of global warming. Since they are now absent from the United States, we wanted to talk with him about caribou, how they are faring in Canada, and what the prognosis is for their continuing existence in the northern landscape.

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In this interview, Supt. Sholly talks about the currrent status of wildlife in Yellowstone following the 2022 flooding and the slaughter of more than a thousand bison during the winter of 2023. 

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Jay discusses lepidotera and lepidopterists with Orley R. “Chip” Taylor, Founder and Director of Monarch Watch and Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas. Trained as an insect ecologist, Chip Taylor has published papers on species assemblages, hybridization, reproductive biology, population dynamics and plant demographics and pollination. Starting in 1974, Chip Taylor established research sites and directed students studying Neotropical African honey bees (killer bees) in French Guiana, Venezuela, and Mexico. In 1992, as the bee research was coming to an end, Taylor founded Monarch Watch, an outreach program focused on education, research and conservation relative to monarch butterflies. Through the last 18 years Monarch Watch has enlisted the help of volunteers to tag monarchs during the fall migration.

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Supt. Sholly talks about the devastating rainfall & flods during the Spring of 2022, the washout of the roads and the success of road repair in record time. 

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Jay interviews Dr. Kristina Ernest, Biology Professor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, on I-90 about 50 miles east of Snoqualmie Pass. Kristina earned her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of New Mexico in 1993 and now teaches Mammology, Field Techniques, and Fisheries, Conservation and Community Ecology at CWU.

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Noel talks about the oceanic depths and the temperature and tidal changes he observes as he researches the oceans of the world. 

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Jay interviews Harvey Locke. Initially trained as a lawyer, Harvey worked as a lawyer and partner of Calgary law firm for 14 years before pursuing his passion for protecting wild places. In 1999, after many years of volunteer work for conservation initiatives, Harvey became a full-time conservationist dedicated to national parks, wilderness, wildlife, large landscape and connectivity conservation and climate change.

Harvey is co-founder and senior advisor for Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and Nature Needs Half. He is a frequent speaker at major conservation conferences and universities around the globe. His writing and photography have been published in newspapers, magazines, books, and peer-reviewed journals.

In addition to a number of conservation awards, Harvey received an Honorary Degree from the Faculties of Science and Graduate Studies at the University of Calgary in June 2018. He is also a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

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