Calling All Cranes by Roberta McElroy Broadcast 3.23 & 3.26.2021 Listen: It was a beautiful day for birding. There were broken clouds allowing the March sun to peek through, taking away the morning chill. A gentle breeze blew, keeping temperatures...
Boom Or Bust: Boreal Forests, Irruption And Pine Siskins by Elizabeth Domenech Broadcast 3.16 & 3.19.2021 Listen: I often feel that new words come to me at the exact right moment. This fall, I had one of those moments of synchronicity, when I began...
Snow Fleas: 400 Million Years Old And Still Springing by Nicholas Littman Broadcast 4.15.2015 Listen: “Oooo…the poor snow fleas,” says my fiancée, Paige, crouching on the ice to see them closer. “It’s a snow flea massacre, a snow...
Moon Dogs by Ellie Duncan Broadcast 12.3 & 12.8.2017 and 12.29.2020 & 1.1.2021 Listen: Moon dogs have many names: lunar halos, moon rings, or winter rings. Their scientific name is “paraselenae” and they are made visible by a combination of specific...
When Wildlife Remain Elusive, Follow The Clues by Jennifer Dolese Broadcast 11.20 & 11.25.2016 and 11.3 & 11.6.2020 Listen: A couple of weekends ago, some friends and I got up early to drive into the Flint Creek Range near Anaconda. We planned to hike...
