Host Debaran Kelso speaks with author Betsy Howell about her recently published book of essays, Wild Forest Home: Stories of Conservation in the Pacific Northwest. Betsy is a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Forest Service and has been on our program several times over the years speaking about her work on the Olympic National Forest, but this interview focuses on her personal experiences as a writer working in the forests she's come to love. (Airdate: December 11, 2024)

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Betsy Howell
Wild Forest Home: Stories of Conservation in the Pacific Northwest by Betsy L. Howell
Bird sound recordings: Nora Petrich; Gregory Budney, ML74563211, courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library

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