(first aired February 15, 2017). Host Nan Evans talks via phone with Jonathan White, active marine conservationist, sailor and surfer, and author of the new book Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, and talks about his quest to better understand tides. Closing music is “Ebb Tide,” performed by Frank Sinatra.

(first aired February 8, 2017). Host Debaran Kelso talks with Christie Lassen of Wild Birds Unlimited in Gardiner in the second part of a discussion about backyard hawks. Closing music is “Peregrin,” performed by Alderwick.

(first aired February 1, 2017). Nature Now founder Kate Dwyer returns as a guest host and talks about the trees of Port Townsend with Debbie Jahnke of the Port Townsend Parks & Rec Tree Advisory Board, plus discusses a Kah Tai Lagoon land donation project with Admiralty Audubon Society president Rick Jahnke. Closing music is “Poplar Grove,” sung by Delta Moon.

(first aired January 25, 2017). Host Debaran Kelso interviews field biologist Patrick Loafman in the KPTZ studio, and discusses 20 years of botanizing in Olympic National Park and a guide he is producing that will identify the plants in the park. Closing music is “Rain,” sung by Patti Griffin.

(first aired January 18, 2017). Host Mary Robson includes new mystery sound, observations and upcoming events in this rebroadcast of a Feb. 2017 discussion about trumpeter swans with naturalist Bob Boekelheide. Closing music is “Swan,” sung by Right Said Fred.

(first aired January 11, 2017). Host Nan Evans welcomes to the KPTZ studio Jim Bodkin, Scientist Emeritus of the U.S. Geological Survey, and finishes their discussion of sea otters off the outer Washington coast. Closing music is “Silent Sea,” performed by K. T. Tunstall.

(first aired January 4, 2017). Host Debaran Kelso interviews in studio Christie Lassen of Wild Birds Unlimited in Gardiner, and discusses backyard hawks plus some bird naming issues. Closing music is “I See Hawks in L.A.,” performed by the group I See Hawks in L.A.

(first aired December 28, 2016). Host Nan Evans discusses this year’s bird count with Monica Fletcher. Closing music is “Count on Me,” performed by Bruno Mars.

(first aired December 21, 2016). Host Debaran Kelso continues her discussion about bats on our peninsula with wildlife biologist Tom Butts. Closing music is “The Greatest,” performed by Kenny Rogers.

(first aired December 14, 2016). Host Nan Evans talks about sea otters with Jim Bodkin, Scientist Emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey, in Part 1 of a wide-ranging discussion of the animals on the Washington coast. Closing music is “Song of the Sea,” performed by Lisa Hannigan.