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Return of the Native with Bill Shanabruch, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Bill Shanabruch leads Conservation Landscaping Workshop.
Bill Shanabruch left his job as regional biologist for the Piedmont with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It was over a boondoggl...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 26:08
Return of the Native with Bill Shanabruch Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Bill Shanabruch, Credit: Charles McGuigan
As staggeringly complex as the environmental catastrophe is, by tackling one small space at a time, we might be able to bring back entire ecosystem...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 24:26
“Biggest Week” brings flock of birders to Ohio
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Birders on the Magee Marsh boardwalk, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
It’s a special time of year for migratory birds. Tired from their travels, they stop on the coast of western Lake Erie to rest and refuel. Nine ye...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WSKG, WCMU Michigan, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 5
UnCommonCore Podcast Episode 19 | Reef-A-Palooza: Part 3
From: Tom Howell
Series: Reef-A-Palooza
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The UnCommonCore Podcast explores the ideas, experiences and perspectives that make us all different. Content includes everything from live to tape...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2018
  • Length: 38:02
Art gallery show chronicles Lake Erie's icy winter
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Cold Snap and Three Weeks, two of Christensen's pieces, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
At this time of year, we tend to turn away from the Great Lakes, counting down the days until we can swim, fish, or go boating. But a new art exhib...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WBFO, and WKSU


  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 5
Fishery reductions worry anglers on the Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Chinook salmon eggs are about the size of a pea, but the fish inside can grow up to 40 pounds in its short lifespan., Credit: Veronica Volk
The big, strong Chinook salmon is a favorite of anglers on the Great Lakes. But New York and Michigan are reducing the number of Chinook stocked in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, North Country Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2016
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 6
Climate change threatens birds migrating along Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Andrea Patterson inspects a common yellowthroat in order to determine its age and sex during the banding process., Credit: Veronica Volk
Some of the migratory songbirds that pass through the Great Lakes region are already on the move, but their migratory patterns are shifting due to ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WCPN, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 6
Are white sharks doing something different this year? Or are we?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A white shark (commonly referred to as a great white shark)., Credit: "GREAT WHITE SHARK - CAL RIPFIN" BY GEORGE PROBST, CC LICENSE, RESIZED AND RECROPPED
White sharks are uncommon — some research shows there could be fewer than 500 along our coast. Scientists are pretty sure that no one has ever reco...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WABE


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 2
Owning The Clouds
From: Steven Jackson
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Cloud seeding -- intervening in clouds to squeeze out precipitation -- is done all over the world. But it's not an exact science; we still have muc...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 3
At a ranch in Cazadero, it's sheep, spirituality, and science
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge
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Three hours north of San Francisco, just east of the ocean, rise the steep, green hills of Cazadero. It’s an idyllic setting: open space with farms...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 07:57
Monarch butterflies and the Mona Lisa
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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“There's one on the ground there. Are there two? No way! Are they mating?” I turn to ask longtime monarch sanctuary volunteer, Barb Thomas. We hove...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 1
Author Redmond O’Hanlon travels a mile deep in “Trawler"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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British naturalist and jungle survivor of Borneo, Amazonia and the Congo, O’Hanlon sets off this time on a commercial fishing ship in the harsh wat...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
Searching for the Peregrine Falcon
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Near dusk, you can often find Shirley Doell at Oakland Civic Center, staring at the tops of skyscrapers through her big telescope. But she isn’t sp...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 15:48
The Field Trip Podcast: Swimming with Submersibles
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
This week, correspondent Teresa Chin takes us on a tour beneath the Monterey Bay to explore the sights and creatures of the deep. Cruise a shipwrec...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 12:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Narrow Window for Toads
From: Sarah Bromer
Caption: Couch's Spadefoot Toads, Credit: Cecil Schwalbe
When summer monsoons come to the southwest, abundant runoff leads to major problems for cities—streets flood and temporary ponds appear that serve ...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:55
THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND -- Filmmaker Briar March
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Briar March, San Francisco, CA 3/9/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Briar March talks climate change, human nature, and cultural survival.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 20:26
The Maryland Gold Rush: Mining in Maryland
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: Fred Parker and Jeff Nagy at Patapsco Valley State Park, Credit: Courtesy of: Andrew Hiller
This feature looks at the history, production, and preservation of minerals, including gold and silver in the area around Washington DC and the lov...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 06:07
Coho Survival
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Can we save Coho salmon from "the vortex of extinction?"

  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
Positive Energy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The idea of keeping shopping close to home is picking up speed, with local foods increasing in popularity and availability. Harder to understand mi...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:37
Going Green at the Cleaners
From: Rene Gutel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Is there such a thing as "green" dry cleaning?

Bought by CKMO and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
Sea Lion Rescue
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
Quest_Sharks of the SF Bay
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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No great whites here, but the SF Bay is teeming with 5 species of sharks.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 05:47
Who's Driving that Car?
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Building a Robotic Car

  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:28
A Central Park Birder Experiences the Nebraska Crane Migration
From: Deborah Van Fleet
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A woman who usually does her "birding" in New York City's Central Park shares some of her reactions after experiencing the Sandhill Crane migration...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2007
  • Length: 02:51
Greener Ways to Green Lawn
From: The Environment Report
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Simple and environmentally friendly ways to green your lawn.

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Jul 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1