Podcast Episode: War and the Environment: Lessons from Palestine, Congo, and Sudan
Today’s episode explores the intersections of war and its impact on the environment using contemporary conflicts across Palestine/Israel, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan. 2023 brought about the beginning of horrific wars and humanitarian crises in the Middle East and Africa. This episode explores these crises and how they are impacting the air,…
NEW SERIES: Come to Work With Me! Forest Habitat Surveys in Oregon’s Willamette Valley
RESOURCES Areas of Critical Environmental Concern. (n.d.). Retrieved September 23, 2023, from https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/planning-101/special-planning-designations/acec How to Use a Diameter Tape. (n.d.). Minnesota Project Learning Tree and School Forest Programs. Retrieved September 23, 2023, from https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/education_safety/education/plt/activity_sheets/howToUseADiameterTape.pdf Team, E. (2022, November 24). What is the meaning of dbh and how to measure it—Everything arboriculture. Retrieved September 23, 2023,…
Podcast Episode: Sustainable Forest Management: A Case Study of the McDonald-Dunn Research Forest with Hunter Grove
In today’s episode, I speak with Hunter Grove to explore the topic of sustainable forest management. Hunter is a current Oregon State University student focused on advocating for the sustainable management of the McDonald-Dunn research forest in Corvallis, Oregon. Today’s episode is pretty place-specific, but even if you’re not an Oregonian or an OSU student,…
A Death Sentence for Western Ash Trees: Emerald ash borers Detected in Oregon for the First Time
Emerald ash borers (Agrilus planipennis)—EAB for short—are green jewel beetles that are native to northeastern Asia. They are considered a highly invasive pest species outside of their native range because of the destruction they cause to ash trees. EABs were first detected in the United States in Michigan in 2002. The introduction was likely due…
Podcast Episode: Interview with Jeremy Ojua: When a Wildland Firefighter Turns Plant Nursery Supervisor
Have you ever met someone and felt like you wanted to buy them a coffee and just…talk? That’s how I felt about today’s podcast guest, Jeremy Ojua. Jeremy is (in his own words), a snowboarder-turned-firefighter-turned-native-plant-nursery-supervisor. Or in other words, he’s a well-rounded person that knows something about…everything? In today’s episode, Jeremy and I talk about…
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