Sitka Nature Show #126 – Lauren Wild

Download Radio Show The March 5th show featured a conversation with Lauren Wild, PhD student at the College of Fisheries, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and part of the Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project team for the past 8 years. We talked about sperm whales and some of the work she is doing to try … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #125 – Nick Pyenson

Download Radio Show The 19 February show featured a conversation with Nick Pyenson, curator fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian. We talked about his work with whales, both ancient and more recent, as well as other interesting finds and some of the possible interpretations and implications of this work. Check out the Pyenson Lab weblog … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #124 – Andy Szabo

Download Radio Show The February 5th show featured a conversation with Andy Szabo, director of the Alaska Whale Foundation. We spoke primarily the Center for Coastal Conservation – a scientific field station located in Baranof Warm Springs, some of the monitoring projects that have already been started, and the ongoing work to continue its development … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #123 – Pat Druckenmiller

Download Radio Show The January 22nd show featured a conversation with Pat Druckenmiller, curator of the Earth Sciences at the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks. We spoke previously, and during this conversation recorded last November we discussed some of the new discoveries in Alaska since his previous visit in 2013. If … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #122 – Kitty LaBounty

Download Radio Show The January 8th show featured a conversation with Kitty LaBounty. We spoke about recent weather and other observations, the Sitka Big Year project we are collaborating on, and upcoming seminars in the Natural History Seminar series. If you have questions or observations you want to share, please feel free to leave a … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #121 – Victoria Vosburg and Jen Cedarleaf

Download Radio Show The Christmas Day 2016 show featured a conversation with Victoria Vosburg and Jen Cedaraleaf. We talked about the upcoming Christmas bird count, and I learned more about how Bald Eagles work (physiologically) as well as some of Jen and Victoria’s experiences working with raptors at the raptor center. If you have questions … Read more