Sitka Nature Show #139 – Paul Norwood

Download Radio Show The September 3rd show featured a conversation with Paul Norwood. We spoke about the ‘golden circle’ bicycle trip he and his partner Brooke made from Haines to Skagway, and some of the differences he noticed in vegetation and habitat as they traveled over the mountains and back. Towards the end of the … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #138 – Stephan Bethune

Download Radio Show The August 20th show featured a conversation with Stephan Bethune, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Area Biologist for Sitka/Game Management Unit 4. (Conversation starts at 3 minutes in.) If you have questions or observations you want to share, please feel free to leave a comment here or on the page I’ve … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #137 – Kate Mohatt (encore)

Download Radio Show The August 6th show featured an encore of a conversation with Kate Mohatt. Recorded back in Fall 2014, the conversation was originally featured on a show the following summer. Kate is an ecologist with the USFS on the Chugach National forest, and has been one of the coordinators for fungus festivals at … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #136 – Kitty LaBounty

Download Radio Show The July 23rd show featured a conversation with returning guest Kitty LaBounty, on this show we talked about learning the plants of the Sitka area (and a course she is teaching at the Sitka Arts and Science Festival). In last half of the show, Kitty shared about her work on the GLORIA … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #135 – Derek Sikes

Download Radio Show The July 9th show featured a conversation with Derek Sikes, curator of insects at the Museum of the North. We talked about his work collecting (and maintaining collections) from around the state for the museum, how much there remains to be learned about insects in Alaska, and how non-specialists can contribute to … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #134 – Kari Sagel, Jen Cedarleaf, and Kitty LaBounty

Download Radio Show The June 25th show featured a conversation with Kari Sagel, Jen Cedarleaf, and Kitty LaBounty. We talked about the Sitka Big Year project, how we’ve each been approaching our own efforts, and some of the things we’ve been seeing. If you have questions or observations you want to share, please feel free … Read more