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Sitka Nature Show #132 – Richard Nelson

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Download Radio Show The May 28th show featured a conversation with Richard Nelson (conversation starts at about 1:45). We listened to recordings of birds we had recorded, and puzzled over some of the mysterious vocalizations and variations in song that can sometimes be heard. If you have any mystery recordings of birds (or other creatures) … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #131 – Alan Verde

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Download Radio Show The May 14th show featured a conversation with Alan Verde, who is in town as a Scientist in Residence at the Sitka Sound Science Center. We spoke about sea anemones (with a little bit about other cnidarians mixed in), with a focus on Anthopleura elegantissima, a species with some interesting traits that … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #130 – Chris Sergeant

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Download Radio Show (conversation starts about 9 minutes in) The April 30th show featured a conversation with Chris Sergeant, ecologist with the National Park Service. Based out of Juneau, he works with all three National Parks in Southeast Alaska on long term monitoring projects. We spoke about the monitoring being done on Indian River, as … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #128 – Sonia Nagorski

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Download Radio Show The April 2nd show featured a conversation with Sonia Nagorski – we talked about the role of black carbon in the environment, and in particular, how it can have a disproportionate effect on the melting of snow and ice. She and other colleagues recently did some preliminary work looking at black carbon … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #127 – Chris Whitehead and Esther Kennedy

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Download Radio Show The 19 March show featured a conversation with Chirs Whitehead and Esther Kennedy of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska Environmental Research Lab. We talked about their work testing shelfish for toxins and the natural history of the plankton that produce the toxins that can result in sickness and death when concentrated in … Read more