The Journalism Project
Gray Shaw, Project Coordinator
The Sustainable Forestry Journalism Project consists of mostly prerecorded programs that are produced for broadcast on KMUD public radio.
Below you can find descriptions of our previously aired shows, with links to listen.
Drax the Deforester
UK bioenergy company Drax plans to convert Northern California forests into wood pellets for the European power market.
Fire Radio 10/7/24 Talk Show
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.
Kelpie Wilson and her Biochar Handbook
Our top regional biochar expert talks about its role in forestry and gardening, which is the topic of her new book
Wyatt Leach Interview
A young leader in wildland fuel management talks about his work combining suppression, manual reduction and prescribed burns
Brian Dykstra
Indigenous views on fire management, pollination, relationship to land and other topics, with Native Health In Native Hands development director Brian Dykstra
Klamath and Eel River Dam Removals
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.
The Geology of Trees
Re-aired 2021 interview of HSU geology professor Jasper Oshun on the invisible impacts of geology on trees in terms of subsurface hydrology
A Founder’s View: ISF and FSC
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.
Building Ecodiversity at Home
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.
An Engineer and His City
Human impacts in the City of Rancho Palo Verde through the eyes of its engineer, Ronn Dragoo.
Permaculture in Humboldt
Local instructor Levon Durr talks about the annual seed and scion exchange and how the practice of permaculture has evolved
Rebuilding Biodiversity in L.A.
Stillwater Sciences is reconnecting L.A.’s fragmented ecosystem, led by Isaac Brown
Cloning v. Climate Change
Propagating solutions to climate change with clones of champion trees—the work of David Milarch and Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
Steelhead In the Los Angeles River
Steelhead passage, regional infiltration, and other aspects of Wendy Katagi’s work to restore the L.A. River watershed
Reviving Ancient Skin Boats
Ferndale couple devoting time and shop space to training native Alaskan youth to build traditional skin boats
On and Off Grid Power
Greenwired Renewable Energy Solutions’ Matty Tittman covers the how-to of grid-tied and off-grid power, with a view to the future
Fasting for the Forest
The eponymous owner of Sue’s Organics culinary sauces describes her earlier activism on behalf of old-growth redwoods.
Brooke Cena’s Journey
Eureka native tells the circuitous story of how she ended up back in Humboldt to practice woodworking.
Tracking with Kim Cabrera
Southern Humboldt tracking instructor reveals the limitless potential of nature awareness
Pony the Gyppo Logger
Pony Klingel (L in photo) came to Humboldt in the 1970s and became a logger, among other things