Belted Kingfisher Community Science: A Head-Pounding Discovery By Marina Richie Broadcast 6.29 & 7.2.2022 Listen: Whenever I am close to the watery homes of belted kingfishers, I listen for their rattling chattering calls. I marvel at the female’s...
Elk Neighbors By Kelsi Turner Broadcast 6.22 & 6.25.2022 Listen: I was living in a 144-square-foot treehouse with my family the first time I encountered a herd of elk. Straightening the quilt on one of the cots, I glimpsed movement through a window...
Creating a Garden for Wildlife By Crystal Brown Broadcast 6.15 & 6.18.2022 Listen: Cresting Evaro Hill on Highway 93, the view of the snow-capped peaks of the Mission Mountains is breathtaking. A few more miles north, the larch and pine trees open to...
Mountain Goats: Fond of Salt, Snow, & Steep Slopes By Phoebe McIlwain Bright Broadcast 6.8 & 6.11.2022 Listen: Down in the valleys, it was a warm, mid-June day. My partner and I and our dog had traveled several thousand feet up into the Mission...
How I Fell in Love with Bitterroot Plants by Jean Pocha Broadcast 6.1 & 6.4.2022 Listen: One June about seven years ago, my husband brought home a bitterroot plant. It was stuck to his irrigation shovel by the clay soil from the hay fields near our...
