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

Podcast Episode: Phenology: It’s All About Timing!

Episode source materials: Lu, D. (2021). Great Barrier Reef: How a spectacular coral spawning event is helping to breed heat-tolerant corals. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/26/great-barrier-reef-how-a-spectacular-coral-spawning-event-is-helping-to-breed-heat-tolerant-corals Previous Episodes (Keep Listening):

Rare: December Tornadoes Wreak Havoc Across Multiple Southeastern States

RESOURCES: US Department of Commerce, N. O. A. A. (2021). Tornado Survey Results, Including NWS Drone Footage. National Weather Service. Retrieved from https://www.weather.gov/lmk/dec11_2021_tornado_survey_results. US Department of Commerce, N. O. A. A. (2021). The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF scale). The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF Scale). Retrieved from https://www.weather.gov/oun/efscale#fujitascale. Romero, D., Farivar, C., Arcodia, J., & Acevedo,

U.S. Navy Red Hill Bulk Storage Facility Fuel Leak in Honolulu, Hawai’i

RESOURCES Chen, N., & Burnside, T. (2021, December 7). Hawaii health officials order Navy to clean up contaminated drinking water after families are forced out of their homes. CNN. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/07/us/hawaii-health-order-contaminated-water-navy/index.html. Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Commander, Navy Region Hawaii. Retrieved from https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrh/om/red-hill-tank.html.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Remove 23 Species from Endangered Species List Due to Extinction

RESOURCES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Removal of 23 Extinct Species From the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants. Federal Register. Retrieved from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/30/2021-21219/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-removal-of-23-extinct-species-from-the-lists-of.

Biden Administration Moves Forward With Leasing Deepwater Oil & Gas Permits in the Gulf of Mexico

SOURCES Nilsen, E. (2021, November 17). Why biden administration is reopening oil and gas leasing in Gulf of Mexico. CNN. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/politics/biden-oil-gas-leasing-gulf-of-mexico-climate/index.html. Caldwell, M. (2021, November 17). Despite environmental commitments made at COP, Biden Administration offers over 80 million acres of Gulf of Mexico for oil, gas drilling. Earthjustice. Retrieved from https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2021/despite-environmental-commitments-made-at-cop-biden-administration-offers-over-80-million-acres-of-gulf-of. Pittman, C.