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Nature Now #533
Dr. Kirk Johnson, Part 1

(Reprise airdate: September 15, 2021) Nature Now encores an interview with Dr. Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History from October, 2019. Join Debaran Kelso as she talks with Dr. Johnson about the unique geology of the Pacific coast of North America. (Part 1 of a two part program)

Nature Now #532
Reading Wildlife Sign (Part 1)

(Airdate: September 8, 2021) Host Debaran Kelso is joined by guest wildlife tracking expert Jill Cooper and guest recorder Meg Amos for a field trip to the newly restored south end of Kilisut Harbor, learning how to better read wildlife sign. This is part one of a two-part program.

Nature Now #531 Kala Crabbers and the Green Crab Project

(Airdate: September 1, 2021) A seafood treat in their native Europe, the Green Crab poses an ecological and economic threat to the Pacific Coast. Catch up with the latest in a 6-year effort to create a baseline database of our nearshore ecosystems and to monitor for expansion of the Green Crab territory into the Salish Sea. Nan Evans talks with Chris Jones and Eileen Cooney, members of the Washington Sea Grant’s citizen science team working at the lagoon at Kala Point.

Nature Now #530
Discovering Local Bogs

(Airdate: August 25, 2021) Laurel Anne Moulton joins Mary Robson to discuss Crowberry Bog, near Forks, describing characteristics of rather rare local bogs.

Nature Now #529
Wetland Field Trip, part 2

(Airdate: August 18, 2021) Host Debaran Kelso meets with ecologist Dr. Geoff Hammerson and sound engineer (& fellow wetland lover!) Nora Petrich for a field trip exploring one of our local wetlands. Part 2 of a two part show.

Nature Now #528
Exploring the Low Tide at Salt Creek

(Airdate: August 11, 2021) Pull on your rubber boots and join Nan Evans, Wendy Feltham and Lee Merrill as they explore rocky intertidal plant and animal communities at Salt Creek County Park west of Port Angeles.

Nature Now #525
Wetland Field Trip, part 1

(Airdate: July 21, 2021) Nature Now takes to the field! Host Debaran Kelso meets with ecologist Dr. Geoff Hammerson and sound engineer (& fellow wetland lover!) Nora Petrich for a field trip exploring one of our local wetlands.

Nature Now #524
Laurel Anne Moulton

(Reprise airdate: July 14, 2021) Naturalist Laurel Anne Moulton shares her experiences with Mary Robson in identifying and appreciating spiders.