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Campfire by the ill-advised dam

April 20, 2021 03:14 - 7 minutes - 8.83 MB

The first one made sense ... After that, it sort of got out of control. By the end it left us wondering if we'd be better off doing nothing at all.

Drought battles rain in an epic battle

April 15, 2021 02:32 - 9 minutes - 11.9 MB

Water was rapidly vanishing from south Florida ... Until out of nowhere a Big Rain Day (BRD) put the drought on pause. But how long will the reprieve last? And when will the wet season begin? And what exactly is a BRD? This podcast explores those questions and more.

Ugliest Trees (at the Edge of Town)

April 15, 2021 02:17 - 10 minutes - 11.6 MB

When is a forest so ugly, it’s tragically beautiful? In this song Bobby Angel takes a stand for those trees. And stay tuned in afterwards to hear a wide-ranging interview with Bobby Angel on the making of the song.

Introducing Complete Whiff

April 14, 2021 04:36 - 8 minutes - 10.2 MB

It may be perhaps … The most underappreciated sense. Find out how Mr. Nose plans to correct the problem

Campfire at midstream

April 12, 2021 03:49 - 4 minutes - 4.92 MB

We all know the perils of stopping at midstream. First and foremost, your horses will be washed downstream. But is this really good advice? I’m several decades into the game and I’ve never crossed a stream with a horse. Usually when I ford a stream its using a bridge. And metaphorically speaking, isn’t the middle of the stream a good place to be? It’s the banks where the troubles lie. Expections. Time tables. Too many things to be done. In the middle of the stream all expectations are was...

When a river becomes a release valve

April 11, 2021 12:06 - 9 minutes - 11.3 MB

Welcome to the Go Hydrology Podcast. It's where we talk about the water. In this podcase, we explore the history of the Caloosahatchee - how it once function and how it functions in the modern day as the primary high-water spillway for the Lake and the Everglades. It's really the story of how a small stream got turned into a major release valve. Find out more on the topic in The Water Room of the Go Hydrology website at https://gohydrology.org/water-room/caloosahatchee.

Greetings from Campfire Park

April 11, 2021 11:57 - 7 minutes - 8.43 MB

Sometimes old traditions … Need a new log on the fire. Why so? Cavemen and women invented the campfire, and they did a fine job. We won’t take that away from them. But that’s not an excuse for campfires not keeping up with modern times. That’s where Campfire Park comes in. We didn’t invent the campfire, we just trying to make it better (and more welcoming) for the new geologic unit (i.e. After Phones (AP)) that we happen to found ourselves in. In a nutshell: That means instead of you goi...

The Great Doodle Challenge

April 10, 2021 23:19 - 5 minutes - 6.41 MB

How lonely does it get ... for a pencil in a can on a desk? Answer: Very lonely whenever the Boogie Phone is there, and that's most of time. Find out what Cap'n Killivine has to say about it. Be sure to check out the video version in the Nature Folk Flyer at http://www.naturefolk.net/flyer

Before Phones 2: Interview with a Dinosaur (Steve)

April 10, 2021 17:18 - 17 minutes - 5.56 MB

What was it like in the geologic epoch called Before Phones (BP)? It was a “Time of Great Phonelessness.” Find out more in this exclusive interview, or for similar content please visit http://www.naturefolk.net

Go Hydrology 5: Limits of Reverse Engineering

April 10, 2021 17:06 - 14 minutes - 22.4 MB

When it came to building canals … The mantra was “dig and ask questions later.” If only filling them in was so easy. Find out more at http://www.gohydrology.org

Go Hydrology 4: Born on date bias

April 10, 2021 03:24 - 6 minutes - 8.52 MB

If you get the water right … You get the swamp right. Water is the center of the universe … Around which the entire ecosystem revolves, right? Find out why that assumption isn't totally right in this exclusive interview. Or find out more at http://www.gohydrology.org

Penmanshape 1: Letter to a friend

April 10, 2021 02:26 - 8 minutes - 10.1 MB

Why handwrite a letter? For one, it will make you feel good. Second, it will help you connect with a friend. Three, because sometimes the old school approach is best. Find out more at http://www.naturefolk.net

Before Phones 1: What did we do before phones?

April 08, 2021 10:55 - 22 minutes - 27.2 MB

Welcome to "Before Phones - Where the Dinosaurs Roam." In this podcast, I begin the scrap into the surface to what the Before Phone (BP) era was like. Find out more at the headquarters for the Nature Folk Movement (NFM) at http://www.naturefolk.net

Go Hydrology 3: Flood and fire adapted Ecosystem

April 08, 2021 03:39 - 6 minutes - 7.76 MB

There was a time when we called the Big Cypress Swamp a watershed and described it as fire adapted. No longer! Today we better understand it as a mosaic of habitats that include swamp, but more correctly is described as a mosaic, and which is both flood and fire adapted. So goes flood and fire, so goes the mosaic. Find out more at http://www.gohydrology.org/water-room/swamp

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