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Nature Now #279 Learning From Marine Mammal Strandings

(first aired September 28, 2016). Host Nan Evans welcomes to the studio Kristin Wilkinson, NOAA Marine Mammal Stranding Network Coordinator, to talk about what can be learned from marine mammal strandings. Closing music is “Stranded,” performed by Van Morrison.

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Nature Now #278 Replanting The Elwha

(First aired September 24, 2016). Host Mary Robson speaks via phone with native plant specialist Laurel Moulton and discusses raising plants for the replanting of the Elwha. Closing music is “Deep River Blues,” performed by Doc Watson.

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Nature Now #277 Gray Whale Project

(First aired September 14, 2016). Host Nan Evans interviews Betty Carlson, Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Citizen Science Coordinator, and discusses the fascinating Gray Whale Project. Closing music is “The Gray Whale Song,” performed by Anne Carol.

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Nature Now #276 Pacific Marten on the Olympic Peninsula

(First aired September 7, 2016). Host Debaran Kelso hosts U.S. Forest Service wildlife biologist Betsy Howell in this continuation of a look into marten and fisher on the Olympic Peninsula. Closing music is “Crazy,” performed by Marten Fisher.

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Nature Now #275 Shoreline Facts

(First aired August 31, 2016). Host Mary Robson with Part 2 of an interview with Cheryl Lowe of WSU Extension about what shorelines do and are. Closing music is “Shorelines,” performed by Cathy Winter.

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Nature Now #274 Exploring the Low Tide at Salt Creek

(First aired August 24, 2016). Host Nan Evans is joined by Wendy Feltham and Lee Merrill to explore the rocky inter-tidal biological community at Salt Creek Community Park near Port Angeles. Closing music is “Low Tide,” by Michael Jerome Brown.

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Nature Now #273 Fishers on the Olympic Peninsula

(First aired August 17, 2016). Host Debaran Kelso speaks in-studio with wildlife biologist Betsy Howell of the U.S. Forest Service to learn about small carnivore surveys on the Olympic National Forest. Closing music is “The Weasel,” performed by The Upbeat.

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Nature Now #272 Sit Spots

(First aired August 10, 2016). Host Nan Evans brings CedarRoot Folk School co-founder Scott Brinton back the studio once more to expand his earlier discussion on birds to include “sit spots” — what they are and how best to use them. Closing music is “Wildflowers,” performed by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emily Lou Harris.

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Nature Now #271 Green Crab Survey Team – Part 2

(First aired August 3, 2016). Host Nan Evans follows team members Chris Jones, Eileen Cooney, Wendy Feltham and Kathryn Jensen into Kala Point waters to see what the crab traps yield, and Dr. Emily Grason visits the KPTZ studio to provide information on how to deal with any green crab discoveries. Closing music is “Green, Green,” performed by The New Christy Minstrels.

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Nature Now #270 Fort Townsend Shore Changes

(first aired July 27, 2016). Host Mary Robson interviews Cheryl Lowe of WSU and discusses Fort Townsend shoreline changes. Closing music is “Changing,” performed by Harry Pane.

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