Latest Conservationscience Podcast Episodes
Environmental Storytelling with Reel Earth Films
Northwest Nature Matters - April 15, 2024 17:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThis week, Monty and Jess speak with Alan Lacy, Founder and Chief Filmmaker of Reel Earth Films. His short film The Lone Wolverine of the Wallowas will be premiering at the Portland Eco Film Festival at the Hollywood Theater on May 3, 2024. Tickets are available online.
Our Partners in Conservation: Back Country Hunters & Anglers
Northwest Nature Matters - April 01, 2024 17:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsMonty and Jess sit down with Ian Isaacson, Oregon Chapter President of Back Country Hunters & Anglers.
Our Partners in Conservation: Oregon Hunters Association
Northwest Nature Matters - March 16, 2024 05:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsStarting off a new series, Monty and Jess speak with Conservation Director Mike Totey and Conservation Coordinator Tyler Dungannon of Oregon Hunter's Association.
A Day in the Life of a Tribal Biologist
Northwest Nature Matters - March 01, 2024 18:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsMonty and Jess sit down with Austin Smith, Tribal Wildlife Biologist with the Confederated Tribe of Warm Springs.
Field Skills for Biologists (Part 2/2)
Northwest Nature Matters - February 15, 2024 18:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsMonty and Jess continue their conversation with Carmen Vanbianchi and Anna Machowicz, co-founders of Home Range Wildlife Research. As a nonprofit, Home Range conducts independent and collaborative wildlife research around the Methow Valley in Washington, offering learning opportunities for buddi...
Field Skills for Biologists (Part 1/2)
Northwest Nature Matters - February 01, 2024 18:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThis month, Monty and Jess sit down with Carmen Vanbianchi and Anna Machowicz, co-founders of Home Range Wildlife Research. As a nonprofit, Home Range conducts independent and collaborative wildlife research around the Methow Valley in Washington, offering learning opportunities for budding biol...
Arctic Ecology
Marine Mammal Science - January 20, 2024 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsDr Scarlett Smash celebrates the final episode of the MMS podcast with Dr. Chris Parsons. They chat about Arctic life and ecology. If you would like to keep in touch with Dr Scarlett Smash (LinkedIn) and would like to keep hearing about marine science research tune into the Marine Conservation...
Blue Mountain Elk Initiative (Part 3/3)
Northwest Nature Matters - January 15, 2024 18:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIn the final installment of our three part series, Bill Richardson sits down with Monty and Jess to discuss the ways in which Blue Mountain Elk Initiative has adapted over time, and what examples BMEI can set for conservation partners in the Northwest and beyond.
Antarctic ecology
Marine Mammal Science - January 13, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsDr Scarlett Smash celebrates the last two episodes of the MMS podcast with Dr. Chris Parsons. They talk about Antarctic life and ecology. If you would like to keep in touch with Dr Scarlett Smash (LinkedIn), tune into the Marine Conservation Happy Hour podcast https://marineconservationhappyho...
Alejandro Fernandez Ajó
Marine Mammal Science - January 06, 2024 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode Dr Scarlett Smash has chats with Dr. Alejandro Fernandez Ajó about his work on hormone analysis of gray whale feces to assess correlations and response to a variety of internal and external stressors.
Blue Mountain Elk Initiative (Part 2/3)
Northwest Nature Matters - January 02, 2024 00:15 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIn part 2 of our series exploring the Blue Mountain Elk Initiative, Jon Paustian joins Monty and Jess to talk about the importance of connecting summer and winter range habitats, and the various obstacles that come along with that.
Phthalate Exposure
Marine Mammal Science - December 30, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this week's episode, Dr Scarlett Smash chat with Dr. Leslie Hart about her work investigating potential health impacts from exposure chemicals like phthalate and looking at plastic pollution/plastic-contaminated prey as a potential source of exposure. H.O.P.E. Research lab (Hypothesizin...
PCFG - Feed behavior
Marine Mammal Science - December 23, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode Dr Scarlett Smash talks to Clara Bird, a phd candidate about her research on the Pacific coast feeding group (PCFG) gray whales' feeding behaviors.
Pacific Coast Feeding Group History
Marine Mammal Science - December 16, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsDr Scarlett Smash continues to talk to Dr KC Bierlich, a postdoctoral scholar about his drone research on the Pacific coast feeding group (PCFG) gray whales. Dr Bierlich shares the history of the PCFG and what it is like conducting drone research.
Blue Mountain Elk Initiative (Part 1/3)
Northwest Nature Matters - December 15, 2023 18:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsKicking off the first episode of a new three part series, Mark Henjum returns to the NWNM podcast to talk about the Blue Mountain Elk Initiative.
Pacific coast feeding group's morphology and Climate Change
Marine Mammal Science - December 09, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode Dr Scarlett Smash talks to Dr KC Bierlich, a postdoctoral scholar about his research on the Pacific coast feeding group (PCFG) gray whales. Dr Bierlich is investigating the health of whales in a changing climate, with drones.
Zoop to Poop: Pacific Coast Feeding Group
Marine Mammal Science - December 02, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode Dr Scarlett Smash has chats with Lisa Hildebrand, a PhD student at Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute, about her work analyzing the “summer resident” gray whale sub-species' prey species from their scat. The results were a big surprise!
Canada Lynx
Northwest Nature Matters - December 01, 2023 18:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThis month, Monty and Jess talk all things Canada lynx with Andrea Lyons, Wildlife Ecologist and Director of the Terrestrial Ecology Program for the Washington Conservation Science Institute.
"Summer resident” gray whales
Marine Mammal Science - November 25, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode Dr Scarlett Smash has chats with Dr. Leigh Torres, head of the GEMM Lab, about the health and habitat of the “summer resident” gray whale sub-species.
Wind Turbines and noise underwater
Marine Mammal Science - November 18, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode Dr Scarlett Smash has a conversation with Dr. Jim Miller about offshore wind turbines and cetaceans.
Mule Deer in the Northwest
Northwest Nature Matters - November 15, 2023 18:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsMonty and Jess welcome Corey Heath back to the podcast, this time to talk about mule deer. Learn all about the iconic Oregon species, from their habitat and biology to environmental threats and future management.
Working in conjunction with fishing communities in India
Marine Mammal Science - November 11, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode Dr Scarlett Smash chats with Dr. Dipani Sutaria about engaging fishing communities to mitigate cetacean bycatch in the west coast of India.
Solitary sociable dolphins
Marine Mammal Science - November 04, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode Dr Chris Parsons chats with Liz Sandeman from Marine Connection about the phenomenon of solitary, sociable dolphins - when single wild dolphins interact with humans. Sadly these situations often come to an unfortunate end for the dolphins. They talk about what to do if one of the...
Wolverines in Washington
Northwest Nature Matters - November 01, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsMonty and Jess welcome John Rohrer back to the podcast, this time to speak on his experiences researching wolverines in the North Cascades of Washington.
Fisheries interactions and Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins, pt 2
Marine Mammal Science - October 28, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsThis week's host Dr Scarlett Smash chats Ketki Jog, PhD candidate, about her research on the impact of fisheries interactions on the foraging behaviour of Indian Ocean humpback dolphins along the Sindhudurg coast of Maharashtra, India. The Marine Mammal Science Podcast is supported by the Soci...
Fisheries interactions and Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins, pt 1
Marine Mammal Science - October 21, 2023 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsThis week's host Dr Scarlett Smash chats Ketki Jog, PhD candidate, about her research on the impact of fisheries interactions on the foraging behaviour of Indian Ocean humpback dolphins along the Sindhudurg coast of Maharashtra, India. The Marine Mammal Science Podcast is supported by the Soci...
Upland Game Birds (part 2)
Northwest Nature Matters - October 15, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsFinishing up the two part series on Upland Game Birds, Monty and Jess speak with Sarah Garrison, the Small Game Program Manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Sea Otters and Surfboards
Marine Mammal Science - October 14, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsThis week's host Dr Chris Parsons chats to Dr Naomi Rose (Senior Scientist, Animal Welfare Institute) as spate of recent attacks on surfboards by a sea otter. They also talk about issues and problems with the public trying to interact with wild marine mammals. The Marine Mammal Science Podcast...
How bottlenose dolphin mothers communicate with their calves
Marine Mammal Science - October 07, 2023 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOn this episode Dr Scarlett Smash chats with Dr Laela Sayigh about her work with bottlenose dolphin signature whistles and the similarities of motherhood in nonhuman mammals.
Upland Game Birds (part 1)
Northwest Nature Matters - October 01, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIn the first of a two part series, Monty and Jess speak with Mikal Cline, Upland Game Bird Program Manager for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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