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Download Radio Show The March 10th show featured a conversation with Jon Shaw, a bryologist at Duke University whose research is currently focused on Sphagnum (peat mosses). This conversation was originally recorded and aired in the summer of 2018 when he was making a short visit to Sitka. We spoke about what makes Sphagnum mosses … Read more

Download Radio Show The February 25th show featured a conversation with Adam Haberski, who has been studying a group of rove beetles present on sky islands in the southern Appalachian Mountains. We spoke about rove beetles (Staphylinidae), how what he’s learned about the evolution of the group he has studied might inform similar studies on … Read more

Download Radio Show The February 11th show featured a conversation with Barth Hamburg, retired landscape architect who is responsible for the design of many trails throughout Southeast Alaska. We spoke about some of these trails and the challenges Southeast Alaska presents to building and maintaining trails. This conversation was recorded and originally aired in December … Read more

Download Radio Show The January 28th show featured a conversation with Matt Wilson, aquarist at the Sitka Sound Science Center. We spoke about the life cycles and jellyfish and challenges with keeping and rearing them, as well as more generally about the art and science of encouraging and maintaining healthy diversity within an aquarium setting. … Read more

Download Radio Show The January 14th show featured a conversation with glaciologist Joanna Young, who studies the effects of retreating glaciers on watersheds downstream. Originally recorded and aired in October 2022, we spoke about glaciers, and her work with Girls on Ice Alaska. If you have questions or observations you want to share, please feel … Read more

Download Radio Show The December 31st show featured a conversation with Paul Norwood and Brooke Schafer. The Sitka Nature Show ended the year as it began. Paul and Brooke shared about some of their experiences from the last year, including learning to scuba dive, and further travels and explorations around Southeast Alaska. The Anatomy of … Read more