Podcasts about conservation northwest

David Moskowitz works in the fields of photography, wildlife biology and education. He is the photographer and author of three books: Caribou Rainforest, Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest and Wolves in the Land of Salmon, co-author and photographer of Peterson's Field Guide to North American Bird Nests and photographer of Big River: Resilience and Renewal in the Columbia Basin. He has contributed his technical expertise to a wide variety of wildlife studies regionally and in the Canadian and U.S. Rocky mountains, focusing on using tracking and other non-invasive methods to study wildlife ecology and promote conservation. He helped establish the Cascades Wolverine Project, a grassroots effort to support wolverine recovery in the North Cascades using field science, visual storytelling, and building backcountry community science.Visual media of David's has appeared in numerous outlets including the New York Times, NBC, Sierra, The National Post, Outside Magazine, Science Magazine, Natural History Magazine, and High Country News. It has also been used for conservation campaigns by organizations including National Wildlife Foundation, the Endangered Species Coalition, Wildlands Network, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Conservation Northwest, Oregon Wild, Wildsight, Selkirks Conservation Alliance, and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.David holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and Outdoor Education from Prescott College. David is certified as a Track and Sign Specialist, Trailing Specialist, and Senior Tracker through Cybertracker Conservation and is an Evaluator for this rigorous international professional certification program.Mark and David dig into wildlife photography, the use of field science and visual story telling together as a tool, trailing, tracking, building backcountry community science, the Columbia River and its relevance to salmon and all the people in the landscapes throughout and much more.To see Davids work, you can find him at - Website: https://davidmoskowitz.netInstagram: moskowitz_davidFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidmoskowitztrackingphotographyPublisher: https://www.mountaineers.org/books Save What You Love with Mark Titus:⁣Produced: Emilie FirnEdited: Patrick Troll⁣Music: Whiskey Class⁣Instagram: @savewhatyoulovepodcastWebsite: savewhatyoulove.evaswild.comSupport wild salmon at evaswild.com

Mitch Friedman of Conservation Northwest and outdoor enthusiast Steve Dorsett join us for a lively discussion about grizzly bear reintroduction.

Sybil and Fred are back for Season 3 and joined by their good friend David Secord to discuss the best and worst of philanthropy. They share their personal stories and lessons learned from decades working in the philanthropic world.Episode Highlights:Personal lessons learned working in philanthropy.Examples of donor behavior to emulate or avoid.Fred Ackerman-Munson Bio:Fred has spent the last 20 years as Executive Director of the 444S Foundation in Bellevue, WA. During that time the Foundation has granted over $50 million to organizations working to protect wildlands and wildlife in Western North America. For 7 years prior to that Fred was Deputy Director of Conservation Northwest where he led The Cascades Conservation Partnership and Loomis Forest Campaigns that together raised over $100 million dollars to purchase and protect over 70,000 acres of forest in Washington's Cascades Mountains. During that same time Fred also consulted on campaign design, grantmaking and evaluation for numerous foundations including Pew, Oak, Brainerd and Ploughshares. For 12 years before that, Fred was Regional Campaign Director for Greenpeace, where he researched, developed, and implemented numerous successful campaigns on solid and toxic waste, energy, and fisheries issues. Fred has 4 kids in college and lives with the love of his life on a small horse farm in Damascus, Oregon.David Secord Bio:After 20 years in foundation and university leadership jobs, David established Barnacle Strategies as an independent consulting and volunteering platform. From a home base on an island in BC, David works with partners in Canada, the United States, and sometimes farther afield. David enjoys variety, so at a given time, consulting clients might include foundations and funder affinity groups, partnership-oriented academic and research institutions, Indigenous people's organizations, and big or small NGOs. Projects and advising tend toward the creative and relevant, often integrating environmental, socioeconomic, and biocultural strategies - especially place-based ones. David also helps organizations recruit outstanding talent by managing executive searches and keeping fresh by serving on several volunteer boards.If you enjoyed this episode, listen to these as well:https://www.doyourgood.com/blog/14-david-secordhttps://www.doyourgood.com/blog/137-David-Secordhttps://www.doyourgood.com/blog/12-pam-fujita-yuhas-zoe-rothchildCrack the Code: Sybil's Successful Guide to PhilanthropyBecome even better at what you do as Sybil teaches you the strategies and tools you'll need to avoid mistakes and make a career out of philanthropy.Sybil offers resources including free mini-course videos, templates, checklists, and words of advice summarized in easy to review pdfs. Check out Sybil's website with all the latest opportunities to learn from Sybil at https://www.doyourgood.comConnect with Do Your Goodhttps://www.facebook.com/doyourgoodhttps://www.instagram.com/doyourgoodWould you like to talk with Sybil directly?Send in your inquiries through her website https://www.doyourgood.com/ or you can email her directly at sybil@doyourgood.com.

Is our growing presence in the backcountry stressing wintering wildlife and degrading their habitats? Can we responsibly use wildlife habitat as our playgrounds? How can we keep wildlife in mind, keep disturbances and displacements minimal as climate change increases, and ensure that wildlife populations can be resilient in an uncertain future? SPEAKER BIOS: Sarah Dewey: Sarah is a Wildlife Biologist at Grand Teton National Park and the Chair of the Teton Range Bighorn Sheep Working Group. She monitors, researches, and manages the ungulate populations in the park, including bighorn sheep, bison, elk, moose, mule deer, and pronghorn. Kurt Hellman: Kurt is the Senior Coordinator of the Wildlife-Recreation Coexistence Program for Conservation Northwest. While supporting conservation efforts through grassroots activism, Kurt also works to better the relationship between wildlife and outdoor recreation across Washington state. Mike Crosby: Mike is a 34-year veteran of the Colorado Division of Wildlife, now Colorado Parks and Wildlife. He currently serves as President of the Open Lands, Rivers, and Trails committee and helped found the Wintering Wildlife Conservation Initiative in 2021. RESOURCES: Conservation Northwest Teton Bighorn Sheep Working Group Bighorn Sheep Working Group Recommendations Wintering Wildlife Conservation Initiative Denizens of the Steep Poster: Minimizing our Impacts to Wintering Wildlife ⁠Colorado Mountain Club⁠ SPONSORS⁠: ⁠Outdoor Alliance⁠ ⁠The Mighty Arrow Family Foundation⁠ ⁠REI⁠ TRANSCRIPTS: (⁠click here⁠) CREDITS: Produced/Edited by Tess Goodwin Co-hosted by David Page Co-hosted and Directed by Emily Scott Music by Rattlesnake Preachers feat. Kerry McClay

We focus on the creative process of several artists in the road ecology movement who have promoted safe passageways for wildlife to cross over and under human highways, via song, children's literature, and documentary film. Our guests are writer Frances Figart of Asheville, NC and filmmaker Ted Grudowski of Seattle, WA, interviewed in this 30-minute podcast by host Carrie Freeman. Our discussion explores creative ways these artists have inspired humans to more safely and fairly share land with free-living nonhuman animals, specifically to promote the design and build of wildlife road crossings to enable safe passage for animals across human highways --  like Highway I-40, North of Asheville NC near the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, where there are lots of bears, elk, deer, and other animals needing to migrate to feed and mate, and that highway is a dangerous barrier to their livelihood, causing vehicle collisions. You can find out more about that ongoing safe passage project and its coalition of conservation supporters at the Smokies Safe Passage website: https://smokiessafepassage.org/ In this podcast, Frances Figart tells us about her children's book (for ages 7 - 13) "A Search for Safe Passage" (illustrated by Emma Dufort) about a council of 19 animal species who work together to find an underpass that allows them to safely get to the other side of a scary and loud human road in their mountain forest. That also inspired her song "Safe Passage: Animals Need a Hand." You can see and share a cool music video of this song by Asheville band The Fates in a celtic/bluegrass style on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLbyQB5mqtU (we play a portion of this song in the podcast). Filmmaker and photographer Ted Grudowski also tells us about "Cascade Crossroads" the award-winning half-hour documentary he co-produced that chronicles the amazing story of seemingly opposite interests out West joining forces to restore a critical wildlife corridor while improving Washington State's vital transportation corridor over the Cascade Mountains -- a documentary that is actually encouraging in these polarizing times. You can watch it to inspire similar problem-solving in your own town, at Ted's website https://www.tedgrudowski.com/cascade-crossroads-documentary-film  The nonprofit Conservation Northwest also has a lot of resources on reconnecting habitats.  "In Tune to Nature" is a weekly radio show airing Wednesdays at 6:30pm Eastern Time on 89.3FM-Atlanta radio and streaming worldwide on wrfg.org (Radio Free Georgia, a nonprofit indie station). Hosted by Carrie Freeman or Melody Paris. The show's website and action items can be found at https://www.facebook.com/InTunetoNature  Please support indie media like Radio Free Georgia at https://wrfg.org/   Take care of yourself and others, including other species -- like wildlife who need to get where they are going safely (with road underpasses and overpasses and more roadless areas to live).  

Welcome to Highland Wonders Podcast Season 4!!! We are excited to be back and kicking off the new season with Don Gayton: ecologist, writer, and native grass enthusiast. This episode is sure to push you into the next level of your natural history learning, and to inspire new questions about our native species and ecosystems. At the end, if you are thirsty for more, here are some additional resources to tide you over until you can get back out into the shrub steppe or a highland meadow and see for yourself! For more about Don Gayton, including his publications and blog, check out his website. Zoom in and learn more about our native grasses and their distinctive plant parts in Don Gayton's Grass Identification Primer Zoom out with information from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Shrub Steppe page, where you can find an overview, a virtual tour and a short film (by Conservation Northwest and WDFW) about Washington's Shrub Steppe Habitat.  Join a citizen science opportunity! Help to catalog the biodiversity of the Okanogan Highlands through iNaturalist, a great (and free) platform for learning that allows you to submit your photos or audio observations for identification and learning. It's a really fun way to connect with a community of nature observers and learners of all levels, and has real value in building our understanding of the biodiversity of our area so that we can better steward our place. Once you have a username, join our local projects to help build a repository of knowledge about the species that inhabit this special place. Here are a couple of projects that we recommend: Okanogan Highlands Biodiversity Project: Chesaw and Surroundings Okanogan Highlands Biodiversity Project: Mt Bonaparte and Surroundings

Western states are home to herds of grazing beasts, and to keep them in the right place, thousands of miles of fencing is required. Conservation Northwest Associate Director Jay Kehne advocates a different path: shock collars for cattle. The cattle stay put, but other wildlife (think deer, elk, and other ruminants) can run free instead of fouling the fence. A big win for wildlife, and for a rancher's bottom line.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member!What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast.

Western states are home to herds of grazing beasts, and to keep them in the right place, thousands of miles of fencing is required. Conservation Northwest Associate Director Jay Kehne advocates a different path: shock collars for cattle. The cattle stay put, but other wildlife (think deer, elk, and other ruminants) can run free instead of fouling the fence. A big win for wildlife, and for a rancher's bottom line.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member!What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast.

Pollution, habitat loss and climate change all threaten wildlife and their ecosystems. Conservationists discuss what we can do to help. Wildlife numbers are plunging worldwide. From toxic waste to invasive species, deforestation to rising temperatures, threats to the survival of our planet's millions of plants and animals are causing scientists to warn of a sixth extinction. It's estimated that roughly a third of the world's species have become endangered or gone extinct in the past 500 years. And as the climate crisis continues to escalate, many more will be forced to adapt. For this episode of the Crosscut Talks podcast, environmental journalist Michelle Nijuis, Conservation Northwest senior policy director Paula Sweeden and National Wildlife Federation chief scientist Dr. Bruce Stein unpack the reasons we're facing such a crisis and what we can do to mitigate it. The panelists' proposed solutions range from federal legislation to backyard gardens—and ultimately make the case that the biodiversity crisis is inextricable from the climate crisis. This conversation was recorded May 4, 2023. --- Credits Host: Paris Jackson Producer: Seth Halleran Event producers: Jake Newman, Anne O'Dowd Engineers: Resti Bagcal, Viktoria Ralph --- If you would like to support Crosscut, go to crosscut.com/membership. In addition to supporting our events and our daily journalism, members receive complete access to the on-demand programming of Seattle's PBS station, KCTS 9.

英语新闻｜啄木鸟在民宅墙内私藏650斤坚果，没想到……A pest control company in California accidentally pulled 700 pounds of acorns from the walls of a home during a pest inspection.近日，美国加州一灭虫公司在一处民宅进行检查时，意外地从房屋墙内挖出约650斤橡子。Theexterminator later discovered that a pair of woodpeckers have stored acorns in this house for several years, and now the fruits of the birds' labor have been cleared.后来发现，这些坚果是由一对橡树啄木鸟花了数年时间私藏的，如今它们的劳动成果被“一窝端”……The Sonoma County homeowners called on Nick Castro, owner of Nick's Extreme Pest Control, when they spotted worms coming from a bedroom wall.索诺马县的房主们发现卧室墙上有虫子爬出来后，就去找了灭虫公司的老板尼克·卡斯特罗。When he cut a hole in the wall to find it, Castro witnessed something he'd never seen in more than 20 years in the business.卡斯特罗在墙上挖了一个洞来寻找虫子，没想到却看到了他从事这行20多年来从未见过的情形……Thousands of acorns spilled out of the wall, and more appeared whenever Castro stuck his hand into the hole.成千上万的橡子从墙里溢出来，每当卡斯特罗把手伸进洞里，就有更多的橡子滚出来……He soon discovered woodpeckers had stored tens of thousands of acorns, which he said weighed roughly 700 pounds, in a wall cavity, likely collected over the past two to five years.很快他发现，是啄木鸟在墙洞里储存了数万颗橡子，总共重约650斤（700磅），可能是过去两到五年收集的。Castro shared the bizarre experience in a post on social media:卡斯特罗在社交媒体发布帖子，分享了这个奇特的经历：“Came across this on a job. Bird was a bit of a hoarder. Filled up about 8 garbage bags full of acorns weighing in about 700 lbs. Unreal never came across something like this.”“接了个活儿，结果发现这鸟有点‘囤积狂'。装了8个大垃圾袋，差不多650斤的橡子。我可从来没遇到过这种情况。”Often woodpeckers store acorns on the outside of homes, sometimes in rain gutters, but rarely do they get them inside. In this case, Castro discovered the birds dropped their treasures through a hole in the chimney and entered the attic through a separate hole to feast on their stash.啄木鸟通常把橡子储存在房子外面，有时是雨水排水沟里，但它们很少把橡子拿进去。在这种情况下，卡斯特罗发现这些鸟把它们的宝贝从烟囱的一个洞里扔了出去，然后从另一个洞进入阁楼，尽情享用它们的宝藏。Paul Bannick, who has written two books about woodpeckers, said the acorn woodpecker, a species common on the West Coast, often amasses thousands of the nuts for winter. Acorn woodpeckers can drill small holes in almost anything — trees, birdhouses, cabins, houses — to hoard food, he said.西雅图野生动物保护组织“西北保护”的主管——保罗·班尼克（Paul Bannick）曾撰写过两本关于啄木鸟的书，他表示，橡树啄木鸟（acorn woodpecker）是美国西海岸常见的一种物种，通常会在冬天收集数千颗橡子。它们几乎可以在任何东西上钻小洞——树木、鸟舍、小屋、房屋——来储存食物。Acorns are vital for the birds' breeding, Bannick said, because they help female woodpeckers stay plump and healthy throughout the winter.班尼克说，橡子对橡树啄木鸟的繁殖至关重要，因为它们可以帮助雌性啄木鸟在整个冬天保持丰满和健康。“It's a compulsive process,” said Bannick, a director at Conservation Northwest, a Seattle wildlife preservation organization. If the woodpeckers know there are acorns on the ground, “they're going to collect and store as many as they possibly can.”“这是一种强迫性的过程，如果橡树啄木鸟知道地上有橡子，它们就会尽可能多地收集和储存橡子。”班尼克解释说，他是西雅图野生动物保护组织“西北保护”的主管。It took creating another three holes in the home's walls to remove all the acorns, which ultimately piled and reached about 20 feet high, Castro estimated.卡斯特罗估计，他们又在家里的墙上挖了三个洞，才把所有的橡子都搬走了，橡子最终堆了起来，高约20英尺。The acorns were thrown away as they were covered in droppings and bits of fiberglass from the wall's insulation.橡子被扔掉了，因为它们上面覆盖着粪便和墙壁绝缘材料上的玻璃纤维碎片。Acorn英 [ˈeɪkɔːn] 美 [ˈeɪkɔːrn]n. 橡子Amass英 [əˈmæs] 美 [əˈmæs]v.积累Insulation英[ˌɪnsjuˈleɪʃn] 美[ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃn]n.隔离

When you cross paths with a wild animal, oftentimes you notice it and recognize it by name. Can you do the same with plants? Rich Old can. He has a… Continue Reading Tales Of A Weed Worker – With Botanist Rich Old

Aaron and Bill sit down with Mitch and Jarred, two experts from the great Northwest, to discuss transboundary mining issues. Numerous mines, and one in particular, in British Columbia threaten people, watersheds, and wildlife in Northwest states, including years of salmon recovery and restoration. We discuss the Copper Mountain mine, the potential for a catastrophic disaster that would devastate downstream communities, wildlife, and fisheries. We also discuss the landscape, the history, and the complications of advocating for responsible development across an international boundary. Links:  Reports: https://www.cct-enr.com/copper-mt-mine-bcc Breach animated simulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgwAsdFLHmo Recording of presentation of simulation study: https://youtu.be/B9jRMCHZwTg Recording of Emerman presentation: https://conservationnw-my.sharepoint.com/personal/tyler_conservationnw_org/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?ga=1&id=%2Fpersonal%2Ftyler%5Fconservationnw%5Forg%2FDocuments%2FShared%20Media%2FUCUT%20Conference%20%2D%20Resource%20Guide%2FPresentation%20Slides%2F10%20Session%20%2D%20Emmermen%20BC%5FTailings%5FDam%5FCopper%5FMountain%5FRisk%5FPresentation%5FRevised%2Emp4&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Ftyler%5Fconservationnw%5Forg%2FDocuments%2FShared%20Media%2FUCUT%20Conference%20%2D%20Resource%20Guide%2FPresentation%20Slides More resources: https://conservationnw.org/our-work/wildlands/healthy-watersheds-campaign/ Conservation Northwest homepage: https://conservationnw.org/ Colville Tribe homepage: https://www.colvilletribes.com/ Colville Tribe Salmon Reintroduction work: https://www.colvilletribes.com/fish-wildlife Colville Tribe Environmental Trust Copper Mountain Mine BCC : https://www.colvilletribes.com/environmental-trust Show notes: 3:34 – Aaron introduces the guests. 7:24 – Jared shares what he has been doing outside recently. 9:32 – Mitch shares what he has been doing outdoors of late. 13:03 – Jared describes the landscape we are focusing on during this episode. 16:50 – Mitch adds that we are talking about the need and the right for clear, clean, cool, productive rivers that flow across the border. 18:42 – Aaron asks for the description of the fish and wildlife who live on these transboundary rivers. 26:04 – Bill asks for some background on the mines themselves and what makes them such a problem… particularly the Copper Mountain Mine upstream of Princeton, B.C. 30:53 – What are the risks? What are we worried about? What's going to come out of these places if the dams fail. 41:12 – Should we expect these dams to eventually fail? 43:49 – Jared shares the tribal perspective on transboundary mines. 46:35 – Short break for a message from our partner podcast, Artemis Sportswomen! Also, be sure to follow NWF Outdoors on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter! 47:29 -- What do we want right now to safeguard the wildlife and communities downstream? 52:23 -- What can someone listening to this do to help? 58:18 -- What has the B.C. government said as a response? Are they listening? Is anything happening? 1:01:48 – Mitch shares his closing statements. 1:03:47 – Jared shares his closing statements. 1:06:05 – Bill shares his thoughts. 1:06:44 – Aaron closes the show with some wisdom and thank you's.

KGMI's Joe Teehan talks to Mitch Friedman from Conservation Northwest about the grizzly bear carcass found near Cherry Point and the current status of the species in the Pacific Northwest.

This week on Northwestern Outdoors Radio Greg Lemon with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks shares why we are seeing closures and "Hoot Owl" fishing restrictions on western rivers this summer.  Bob Loomis with Mack's Lure explains why you need to change tactics to catch summer kokanee salmon and Nan Devlin, the Executive Director of the Tillamook Coast Visitors Association, rolls out a new GIS Map you can use that's full of information you can use to plan a visit to the Tillamook region of the Oregon Coast.  Finally, Chase Gunnell with Conservation Northwest joins us to talk about the Recovering America's Wildlife Act and also about dams, rivers and salmon.  http://www.northwesternoutdoors.com    

Good Morning it's Tuesday July 27th and this is Slices of Wenatchee. We're excited to bring you a closer look at one of our top stories and other announcements every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.    Today - In an effort to inform the community where it stands on controversial topics, the Wenatchee School District recently posted about two of the more controversial topics out there…. sexual health education and Critical Race Theory.   Now our feature story…    In an effort to inform the community where it stands on controversial topics, the Wenatchee School District recently posted about two of the more controversial topics out there…. sexual health education and Critical Race Theory.   District spokesperson Diana Haglund said the district office and school board members have been receiving a lot of calls and emails on those two topics from community members and parents. They've been asking questions about how the subjects relate to Wenatchee schools.    Most of the people contacting the district were concerned and looking for more information. Some were emotional.   Haglund also said that the district felt it was important to make information publicly available to help dispel any inaccuracies.    She also explained that the statements are related to current state legislation.    It was important to them to tie the information to the passage of legislation, so parents in the community can know what those bills look like and what was included in them. It'll also help connect families and the public with information about what is happening with comprehensive sexual health education.   In fact, the Wenatchee School Board received a presentation on the sexual health legislation in January 2020, shortly after it was approved by state voters.    Haglund said Wenatchee School District curriculum was aligned even before the passage of the bill and again, available on the website.   Still, parents do have the option to opt their student out at any time during the curriculum.   They also have the right to review the curriculum at any time.   In terms of addressing Critical Race Theory, Haglund said the district office has been receiving a lot of questions from parents.    Parents are concerned it is happening in schools specifically related to recent legislation, House Senate Bill 5044. House Senate Bill 5044 requires Cultural Competency, Diversity Equity and Inclusion training for school staff.   The new law requires school districts to use one of the professional learning days to train school district staff in either cultural competency, diversity, equity or inclusion.   But Haglund said Critical Race Theory is not part of the new law, nor is any other specific curriculum mentioned in the law.   She did explain that there is some concern that CRT is part of that and being taught in our schools. That's why they wanted to come out with a very clear position that they are not teaching CRT.    The district is not required or mandated by the state to do so.    This is something they want to be really clear with the public on.    We encourage you to read our full story and join the conversation by visiting NABUR at wenatcheeworld.com/nabur.   -   Before we continue, a special thanks to our friends and sponsors at Confluence Health. The team at Confluence Health is grateful for the trust the community puts in them every single day. They are diligently working to improve the health and quality of life for our friends and neighbors. They are Grateful | They are Confluence Health.  Learn more by visiting them at ConfluenceHealth.com -   Here's what else you need to know today.   Another year of Fiestas Mexicanas has gone the way of the pandemic.   The two-day, free event — which features music, food and vendors in a celebration of Latin American Independence Day each September — won't be held in 2021. It was also canceled in 2020.   Martha Zaldivar, who has organized Fiestas Mexicanas for 14 years, said many of the event's sponsors were not able to contribute this year because of the economic impact of COVID-19.   The event is also facing long-term obstacles in the form of space.    Zaldivar said Fiestas Mexicanas averages 20,000 people each year — a big crowd for the limited space at the event's usual venue - Lincoln Park.   The city of Wenatchee is working on a number of improvements at Lincoln Park, but Zaldivar said the changes won't benefit the event.   For example, the park's new stage won't be large enough. And parking will also still be an issue.   Wenatchee Parks Director David Erickson said no additional parking is in the works since the existing lot has enough space for the majority of the park's regular uses.   So, Fiestas Mexicanas is looking for a new venue but they still haven't found the right place. One concern is that at least 30% of the event's attendees are individuals who walk to the event from areas surrounding Lincoln Park. That means switching locations could have an impact on attendance numbers.   Despite these issues, Fiestas Mexicanas hopes to return stronger than ever in 2022. They are also planning a second, smaller fiesta in May.   Their priority? To give the community a free band and a good quality event.   Finally,   Fishers, a mid-sized member of the weasel family, are making a comeback in the Pacific Northwest and Chelan County.   The species was eliminated from Washington state in the mid-1900s. How? Due to trapping - for their fur.    But Fish and Wildlife, the National Park Service, Conservation Northwest, and Calgary Zoo released 89 fishers in the North Cascades between 2018 to 2020 to help restore the species.   Since then, state wildlife biologist Jeff Lewis says fishers have started having babies in the wild and have gotten as far as between Stevens Pass and Lake Wenatchee.   In March 2019, a resident of Plain caught an image of a fisher on a game camera. At the time, the picture was a unique find as Lake Wenatchee is so far between two of the recovery zones.   It now seems that fishers are doing quite well in upper Chelan County. The animals are found predominantly on the west side, where there are dense, Douglas Fir forested canyons.   The state agency is working to return fishers to the landscape for several reasons...    For one, they were a part of the natural landscape before human settlement caused them to be overhunted.   That means they have a role to play in the ecosystem.   Fishers are one of the only real predators of porcupines for example. They are also predated on by bobcats and mountain lions.   The state agency is now working on a camera trap study to track fishers in the wild and see how broadly they're distributed on the landscape. This will help them decide if they need to relocate some of the animals or release more on the landscape.   Eventually, state biologists may do a camera trap study near the Lake Wenatchee area.   For now, the fisher population isn't sustainable yet around Lake Wenatchee, but it might be someday.   Stay up to date by visiting us at Wenatcheeworld.com     Did you know that the Wenatchee Confluence State Park is a great place to birdwatch? Officially created in 1990, more than 30 breeding species will make their homes there and 224 total species including falcons and bald eagles have been spotted. With more than 97 acres designated as natural and wetland environment, you're bound to see something incredible.     Thanks for listening. 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Join me in this exciting episode with my husband Fred Ackerman-Munson who I interview on this podcast because he is an experienced funder with lots of wisdom to share! Previously, he was an activist with Greenpeace and then at Conservation Northwest. He weaves his past and present together through stories that will help you learn from him to be an even more effective funder and strategist. Episode Highlights: • How Fred's journey of becoming a funder began. • Fred's experience and story about the Mississippi River. • What Fred is currently funding right now? • Fred's favorite grants and campaigns that he funded. • The difference between a campaign and general support for an organization. Get the full show notes and more information here: https://www.doyourgood.com/blog/19-fred-ackerman-munson

Join me in this exciting episode with my husband Fred Ackerman-Munson who I interview on this podcast because he is an experienced funder with lots of wisdom to share! Fred serves as Executive Director of the 444S Foundation, and environmental grantmaking organization that supports the protection of big wild places. Previously, he was an activist with Greenpeace and then at Conservation Northwest. He weaves his past and present together through stories that will help you learn from him to be an even more effective funder and strategist. Make a mark with your money today as Fred shares his funding strategies so you too can become an effective funder   Episode Highlights: How Fred's journey of becoming a funder began Fred's experience and story about the Mississippi River What Fred is currently funding right now? Fred's favorite grants and campaign that he funded The difference between a campaign and general support for an organization   Our Guest: Fred Ackerman-Munson, Executive Director of the 444S Foundation   Links referenced in this Podcast: Greenpeace Conservation Northwest   If you enjoyed this episode, listen to these episodes as well #18 Learn to Invest Sustainably From a Leader Who Was There at the Beginning with Carsten Henningsen, President, Progressive Investment Management Corp. #17 Walk the Talk and Support the Transition from Coal to Renewable Energy with Heidi Binko, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Just Transition Fund #16 Thinking Outside the Box to Promote World Peace with Al Jubitz, Patrick Hiller, and Lauren Forman   Make Your Money Matter - Learn How to Give with Purpose In this fun, free and interactive training I will teach you how to effectively give your money to well-deserving charities. I bring over two decades of experience working with funders who have contributed over $45 million in donations large and small.  My step-by-step process will reduce your overwhelm, keep you from making costly mistakes, and help you make a real difference in the world.  I offer this free training every second Wednesday of the month. Space is limited for each training - thanks for signing up today. Wednesday April 14th - 5 PM (many of you already have this April link - it is the same as what you already have) https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-JmOEZFDQ0Oa0iICYlPfMw  Wednesday May 12th - 5PM https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pVDFEoAXRkatL8JAbssWxg    Connect with Do Your Good Facebook @doyourgood Instagram @doyourgood Don't forget to check out the #DoYourGoodChallenge and get a chance to win prizes as you give with a purpose!   Would you like to talk with Sybil directly? Well you are in luck! She has free monthly Webinars the second Wednesday of each month at 5PM Pacific Time - register in advance through her website www.doyourgood.com

"I spent a lot of years skiing near Leavenworth and now, in the past decade, in the Methow Valley. Railroad Creek Valley is a blend of those two snowscapes. The climate here is not quite as cold as the Twisp River, but the snowpack is deeper, and tends to be more consistent than Icicle Creek Canyon." - Drew Lovell Drew Lovell is a ski guide and avalanche forecaster in the North Cascades, as well as the Alaskan Wrangell-St.Elias region. Educated as a geologist at the University of Montana, Drew has previous experience as a field biologist and currently works as a mountain guide in the non-winter season. For the Gulo team, at work in the formidable North Cascades winter environment, Drew offers expertise with local snowpack, weather, and terrain, and a willingness to fill a backpack with heavy loads, from carcasses to camera equipment. Stephanie Williams, professional mountain guide and independent field biologist, is the project's co-founder and manager. Steph earned an undergraduate degree in Biological Science while working as a research assistant in chemical and landscape ecology at Boise State University. She also trained in alpine, rock, and ski guiding with the American Mountain Guides Association. Steph loves exploratory skiing and climbing, particularly in remote terrain, and especially with her husband, Drew Lovell. The Gulo is a perennial source of inspiration. Photographer, wildlife tracker, field biologist, and co-founder David Moskowitz spearheads the photography for the project and its interface with Conservation Northwest's ongoing citizen science efforts in the region. David has produced film and authored three books: Caribou Rainforest, Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest, and Wolves in the Land of Salmon. He enjoys long mountain runs, alpine climbing, and backcountry skiing. For more information about their project, visit cascadeswolverineproject.org Also, contribute to community science by submitting a field observation (tracks or sighting) at https://forms.gle/VrJeiJNoPhnPF69Q6 The current Holden Village community of nearly 40 staff all successfully pass a strict quarantine period with social distancing, masks, and COVID testing upon entering or reentering the Village. To learn more about Holden Village, visit: http://www.holdenvillage.org or to listen to more audio recordings visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org The Holden Village Podcast is accessible through Apple iTunes, Google Play Music, Spotify, TuneIn, iHeart Radio, and most podcast apps. To contact the podcast author, podcast@holdenvillage.org

The shrub-steppe ecosystem may seem boring, but it is essential to the survival of grouse, orcas and people. When people think about Washington's beautiful natural landscapes, most envision serrated mountain ranges, dense forests or perhaps the wild waves on the coast.  But historically, the ecosystem that has taken up more of the state than any other is one many have experienced only as a beige blur from the window of a car or airplane. This collection of rolling yellow hills, gray and brown rocks, and dull green sage dominating the spaces between mountain ranges in the state's middle is known as the shrub-steppe. Before European settlers arrived, shrub-steppe covered over 200,000 square miles of the American West, 10 million acres of it in Washington. But as many as 80% has been lost to agriculture, development, habitat fragmentation and, increasingly, wildfire. Part of the reason the land disappeared so fast is because so few people realize it exists.  Scientists, ranchers and outdoor enthusiasts are coming together to help preserve what remains of Washington's shrub-steppe. Success will help protect endemic species like the sage grouse, as well iconic species downstream like the orca — and it will ensure a critical outdoor gateway remains for the diverse generations to come. --- Credits Host: Ted Alvarez Engineering/Music: The Explorist Links Watch the "This Land Is Part of Us," a short film on the shrub-steppe ecosystem from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Conservation Northwest here.

Tom, Rob, and Joey tell the story of UW Head Football Coach Chris Peterson's first saltwater fishing adventure, and they look into saving Okanogan Mule Deer with Chase Gunnell of Conservation Northwest.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first show of 2021 is a great one. My guest is Sophie Mazowita, naturalist, educator, wildlife guide, tracker and much more. We talk about her journey as a naturalist and a tracker, how she gets off the trail and gets into the wilder world around her. When I talk to folks about creating cultures of connection with the land, putting in the time, effort and passion into the work of learning ourselves and teaching others, Sophie is right on that. She has been working hard, as evidenced all over the internet with her videos, her career as a naturalist and educator, and her ongoing work getting folks on board with paying attention to the wilder world around them. On top of her own personal endeavours, she shares her work with the Burlington Mammal Tracking Project where she led groups of trackers to map large mammal occurrence throughout the region. She shares more Conservation Northwest's Community Wildlife Monitoring Project where she is doing similar work, “organizing citizen-scientist volunteers to monitor and document wildlife using remote cameras where state and federal agencies don't have the resources to go.” We also get to talk about a recent project of hers where she has been making space for folks to come together over video conferencing online to share their own tracking stories. What a great idea! For more information about the work she is up to now, check out trackingconnection.com.

In this episode, Brian Stewart and Glen Kalisz talk about habitat connectivity – providing a connected network of habitats to allow for the safe movement of wildlife. Brian Stewart is a Cascades to Olympics Program Coordinator at Conservation Northwest and Glen Kalisz is a Habitat Connectivity biologist at Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Brian and Glen provide insight about the importance of connecting habitat and working collaboratively in these efforts. They talk about some of the biggest challenges and rewarding projects they have worked on. Also, they provide advice to young people interested in pursuing careers in habitat connectivity. For Web Resources mentioned in this episode visit nwfishpassage.com. Enjoy! 

I talk with Dave Werntz of Conservation Northwest, a wildlands and wildlife preservation group that's defending a plan to actively manage the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest. Callers address that and climate change...

This week on Northwestern Outdoors Radio host John Kruse discusses two hot button topics with Chase Gunnell, the Communications Director for Conservation Northwest.  The two start off talking about dam breaching in Washington State and then move on to talk about Wolf management in the Evergreen State to include a controversial idea to transplant wolves from NE Washington into other parts of the state.   In addition to these segments Eric Winther joins us for an update from the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program, Bob Loomis is on board with another extended "Mack's Minute", Wyoming is planting catfish into ponds around the Cowboy State and David Sparks is back with another edition of "Sportsman's Spotlight"   www.northwesternoutdoors.com www.conservationnw.org  

There is probably no other species in North America that elicits more division than wolves. The sides usually come down to ranchers who fear for their cattle and environmentalists who fear the extinction of an animal that they value. ‘I found a current population pack of wolves and I put my finger in the middle of the map,’ said Daniel Curry. ‘And I said I am going to go there and I am going to do something.’ That “something” was to become a range rider. One part wolf-protecting conservationist, one part modern-day cowboy. Daniel’s new job is to literally stand between cattle and wolves, to keep the peace in today’s wild west. Daniel's work as a range rider is supported by [Conservation Northwest](http:// https://www.conservationnw.org/our-work/wildlife/range-rider-pilot-project/ ) and the Northeast Washington Wolf Cattle Collaborative (NEWWCC). It takes a lot of resources to produce these stories. If you are able, I’d like you to consider making a donation of any size to help support this work. Find out more information at our donation page.

"We have so many humans on this planet... As we have a stronger and bigger desire to connect with natural places, we need to be careful that we are doing so in a way that is respectful of the other animals that live here." Stephanie Williams, professional mountain guide and independent field biologist, is the project's co-founder and manager. Steph earned an undergraduate degree in Biological Science while working as a research assistant in chemical and landscape ecology at Boise State University. She also trained in alpine, rock, and ski guiding with the American Mountain Guides Association. Steph loves exploratory skiing and climbing, particularly in remote terrain, and especially with her husband, Drew Lovell. The Gulo is a perennial source of inspiration. Photographer, wildlife tracker, field biologist, and co-founder David Moskowitz spearheads the photography for the project and its interface with Conservation Northwest's ongoing citizen science efforts in the region. David has produced film and authored three books: Caribou Rainforest, Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest, and Wolves in the Land of Salmon. He enjoys long mountain runs, alpine climbing, and backcountry skiing. For more information about their project, visit http://cascadeswolverineproject.org To learn more about Holden Village, visit: http://www.holdenvillage.org or to listen to more audio recordings visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org The Holden Village Podcast is accessible through Apple iTunes, Google Play Music, Spotify, TuneIn, iHeart Radio, and most podcast apps. To contact the podcast author, podcast@holdenvillage.org

As you may be able to tell from the title, this episode is all about fire (and maybe a little about cats). The Poop Detective starts us out with a funny story about a friend of ours who wouldn’t put out the fire and go to bed when it was late, everyone else was turning in, and he’d maybe had a few too many. Don’t worry, nothing burned that shouldn’t have (at least that night), even though he mansplained to us that fire must burn.Our main segment this episode was on wildfires. Wildfires are natural processes and are important for healthy ecosystems, but with a changing climate, years of fire suppression, and new pressures from agriculture, development, mining and forestry, wildfire risk has been greatly increasing.Fires are naturally caused by lightning, but the majority of fires in the US are caused by human activity such as unattended campfires, the burning of trash, and discarded lit cigarettes. The Poop Detective refers to a 2017 study from the University of Colorado which found that 84% of all fires in the US are caused by humans. The Magical Mapper found a wide range of percentages in a Google search so she conducted her own study based on data from the National Interagency Fire Center and found that on average, 86% of fires were caused by humans (over an 18 year period ending in 2018).We’re seeing more fires earlier in the season this year, but even our recent large fires are not as large as historic fires!The Poop Detective laments on the 2015 fire season, which had several impacts to our water-loving friends. A few of the things mentioned in the episode were that spring and summer stream flows hit a record low in Washington and Oregon, fish were dying from heat, the Columbia River lost over half of its returning sockeye salmon due to high river temperatures, and sea lions on the outer coast were having seizures from domoic acid poisoning. Oh, and we had an increase in wildfires. That season over 10 million acres burned with an estimated $2 billion spent on federal firefighting suppression.The Poop Detective drops some history about some unimaginable huge early fires in the late 1800s that led to some early Forest Service practices that worked to prevent and suppress all fire as soon as possible. She then gets into different ideas of the cause and solution related to forest management and fires, including how some people think environmentalists are to blame for recent large wildfires.In more depressing news, the Poop Detective shares that the USDA predicts that the number of acres burned could triple by 2050, and the fire season in the western US has increased by 2 1/2 months since the 1980s. She then gets into the health effects of wildfire smoke and gets science-y about the size of particulate matter in smoke. These particulates not only include burned trees and vegetation, but also structures and all of the nasty hazardous materials that may be inside them!We can do things to minimize fire risk though. Remember that humans cause the majority of wildfires, so humans can change their behavior and stop doing things that cause fires! The Red Cross has some great information on preventing wildfires, and the Firewise program is also a great resource for those living in the urban-wildland interface. More resources can be found here and here. The Poop Detective rounds out the segment by talking about groups such as Conservation Northwest, who are working to create more resilient forests and watersheds.Finally, the Magical Mapper gets a chance to talk! She discusses geodatabase templates, which you can find out more about in our GIS Tools blog.The Magical Mapper then talks about the EPA’s Smoke Sense app, which you can download and use during wildfire season. In order to participate in the citizen science study you have to be at least 18 years old, but you can answer questions about how wildfire smoke is affecting your health and measures you are taking or are willing to take in order to protect your health. The app also gives users information about current wildfires and smoke forecasts, and you can earn badges!The Magical Mapper rounds out the episode with a stewardship opportunity (actually three opportunities) with the Cascade Forest Conservancy. You can help prep for prescribed fires by collecting important information about the locations of dead or downed trees, depth of duff and litter, and understory vegetation. You can also collect seeds from native shrubs and grasses, or help spread the seeds in areas impacted by fire. The first opportunity is coming up on June 29, 2019. View their website for these and other stewardship opportunities.As always, please rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please let us know what you think at outalivepodcast.com or facebook.com/WillWeMakeItOutAlive. See you next month!

Meet award-winning author and wildlife photographer Paul Bannick, whose exhibit of magnificent owl photographs will open at the Bainbridge Library at 5:30 pm on Friday November 2, with a talk by the artist at 6pm. In this podcast interview Paul talks with BCB host John Fossett about his years of work in the wild, about his passion for nature and for photography, and about the 19 species of owls and what they have to teach us about the beauty and vulnerability of their unique natural habitats. A veteran of Aldus, Adobe, and Microsoft, Paul now serves as Director of Major Gifts for Conservation Northwest, an organization dedicated to protecting and connecting wild areas and recovery native species from the Pacific Coast to the Canadian Rockies. Representatives of Conservation Northwest will also be on hand at the opening to share information about one of their current projects. Credits: BCB Host: John Fossett; BCB audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media: Jen St. Louis.

Meet award-winning author and wildlife photographer Paul Bannick, whose exhibit of magnificent owl photographs will open at the Bainbridge Library at 5:30 pm on Friday November 2, with a talk by the artist at 6pm. In this podcast interview Paul talks with BCB host John Fossett about his years of work in the wild, about his passion for nature and for photography, and about the 19 species of owls and what they have to teach us about the beauty and vulnerability of their unique natural habitats. A veteran of Aldus, Adobe, and Microsoft, Paul now serves as Director of Major Gifts for Conservation Northwest, an organization dedicated to protecting and connecting wild areas and recovery native species from the Pacific Coast to the Canadian Rockies. Representatives of Conservation Northwest will also be on hand at the opening to share information about one of their current projects. Credits: BCB Host: John Fossett; BCB audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker; social media: Jen St. Louis.

Welcome back to the Right To Roam podcast! Chris, Adam and Lee are joined by Chase Gunnell from Conservation Northwest. Chase serves as the communications director for CN as well as serving as the Conservation Chair for the Washington chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. As a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest with familial […]

Guest Chase Gunnell, Communications Director of the Conservation Northwest. speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Conservation Northwest to to protect, connect, and restore wildlands and wildlife from the Washington Coast to the British Columbia Rockies for the benefit of people and wildlife.

Guest Joe Scott, International Conservation Director, Conservation Northwest, speaks with Diane Horn about grizzly bear conservation and the Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative.

Guest Jasimne Minbashian, Special Projects Director, Conservation Northwest, speaks with Diane Horn about wolf conservation in Washington State and evaluates wolf bills in the 2013 Washington State Legislative Session.

Guest Mitch Friedman, Executive Director, Conservation Northwest, speaks with Diane Horn about the Columbia Highlands Initiative.