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Members of local VFD’s and Trees Foundation discuss current fire programs and strategies for the region. Fire management is now a combination of suppression and ignition.
Our top regional biochar expert talks about its role in forestry and gardening, which is the topic of her new book
A young leader in wildland fuel management talks about his work combining suppression, manual reduction and prescribed burns
Indigenous views on fire management, pollination, relationship to land and other topics, with Native Health In Native Hands development director Brian Dykstra
Author Greg King talks with Richard Gienger about The Ghost Forest — Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods; Craig Tucker, Brook Thompson, and Charlie Schneider join with personal takes on Klamath and Eel River dam removals.
Re-aired 2021 interview of HSU geology professor Jasper Oshun on the invisible impacts of geology on trees in terms of subsurface hydrology
ISF co-founder David Simpson talks with former forest activist Nate Madsen about FSC certification, criticizing its compromised application on Rainbow Ridge. Live, unedited show from 2020.
The ecological potential of urban lots, as told by Isaac Brown. His front yard became a haven for local species when he replaced his lawn with native plants.
Human impacts in the City of Rancho Palo Verde through the eyes of its engineer, Ronn Dragoo.
Local instructor Levon Durr talks about the annual seed and scion exchange and how the practice of permaculture has evolved
Propagating solutions to climate change with clones of champion trees—the work of David Milarch and Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
Steelhead passage, regional infiltration, and other aspects of Wendy Katagi’s work to restore the L.A. River watershed
Ferndale couple devoting time and shop space to training native Alaskan youth to build traditional skin boats
Greenwired Renewable Energy Solutions’ Matty Tittman covers the how-to of grid-tied and off-grid power, with a view to the future
The eponymous owner of Sue’s Organics culinary sauces describes her earlier activism on behalf of old-growth redwoods.
Eureka native tells the circuitous story of how she ended up back in Humboldt to practice woodworking.
Southern Humboldt tracking instructor reveals the limitless potential of nature awareness
Pony Klingel (L in photo) came to Humboldt in the 1970s and became a logger, among other things
The executive director of Redwood Community Energy Authority, Matthew Marshall, reveals the 20-year plan for Humboldt to transition to distributed, renewable energy sources such as the new micro-grid at Redwood Coast Airport in McKinleyville.
Greg Condon interviews polymath Cal Poly adjunct professor Michael Furniss (L in photo) about his interest in helping people recycle themselves
Former Bay Area housing activist Marc Lichterman’s new venture with making tiny homes from selectively harvested Humboldt timber
Kim Phelps and Liz Harwood return the Journalism Project to narrate their processing of locally grown elderberries in Kim’s kitchen
Civil defense against forest fire and other calamities as a function of community organization and adequate funding of fire districts.
Interview of Salmon Creek rancher and Forest Health Grant recipient. Includes accounts of the 2003 Canoe Fire and helicopter salvage logging.
UK bioenergy company Drax plans to convert Northern California forests into wood pellets for the European power market.