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Featured
Sudden Oak Death In a Nutshell
Mar 26, 2025
Sudden Oak Death In a Nutshell
Mar 26, 2025

The natural and unnatural history of Sudden Oak Death in Humboldt, as told by UC Extension forest advisor Yana Valachovic and Salmon Creek resident Harry Vaughn

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Mar 26, 2025
Drax the Deforester
Dec 30, 2024
Drax the Deforester
Dec 30, 2024

UK bioenergy company Drax plans to convert Northern California forests into wood pellets for the European power market.

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Dec 30, 2024
Fire Radio 10/7/24: SoHum Rx Burns and Defensible Space Projects
Oct 18, 2024
Fire Radio 10/7/24: SoHum Rx Burns and Defensible Space Projects
Oct 18, 2024

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.

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Oct 18, 2024
Kelpie Wilson and Her Biochar Handbook
Oct 1, 2024
Kelpie Wilson and Her Biochar Handbook
Oct 1, 2024

Our top regional biochar expert talks about its role in forestry and gardening, which is the topic of her new book

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Oct 1, 2024
Wyatt Leach Interview
Mar 4, 2024
Wyatt Leach Interview
Mar 4, 2024

A young leader in wildland fuel management talks about his work combining suppression, manual fuel reduction and prescribed burns

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Mar 4, 2024
Brian Dykstra
Jan 20, 2024
Brian Dykstra
Jan 20, 2024

Indigenous views on fire management, pollination, relationship to land and other topics, with Native Health In Native Hands development director Brian Dykstra

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Jan 20, 2024
Klamath and Eel River Dam Removals
Jul 31, 2023
Klamath and Eel River Dam Removals
Jul 31, 2023

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.

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Jul 31, 2023
The Geology of Trees
May 3, 2023
The Geology of Trees
May 3, 2023

Re-aired 2021 interview of HSU geology professor Jasper Oshun on the invisible impacts of geology on trees in terms of subsurface hydrology

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May 3, 2023
A Founder’s View: ISF and FSC
Apr 19, 2023
A Founder’s View: ISF and FSC
Apr 19, 2023

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.

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Apr 19, 2023
Building Ecodiversity at Home
Apr 5, 2023
Building Ecodiversity at Home
Apr 5, 2023

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.

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Apr 5, 2023
An Engineer and His City
Mar 29, 2023
An Engineer and His City
Mar 29, 2023

Human impacts in the City of Rancho Palo Verde through the eyes of its engineer, Ronn Dragoo.

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Mar 29, 2023
Permaculture in Humboldt
Mar 1, 2023
Permaculture in Humboldt
Mar 1, 2023

Local instructor Levon Durr talks about the annual seed and scion exchange and how the practice of permaculture has evolved

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Mar 1, 2023
Rebuilding Biodiversity in L.A.
Feb 15, 2023
Rebuilding Biodiversity in L.A.
Feb 15, 2023

Stillwater Sciences is reconnecting L.A.’s fragmented ecosystem, led by Isaac Brown

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Feb 15, 2023
Cloning v. Climate Change
Feb 1, 2023
Cloning v. Climate Change
Feb 1, 2023

Propagating solutions to climate change with clones of champion trees—the work of David Milarch and Archangel Ancient Tree Archive

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Feb 1, 2023
Steelhead In the Los Angeles River
Jan 18, 2023
Steelhead In the Los Angeles River
Jan 18, 2023

Steelhead passage, regional infiltration, and other aspects of Wendy Katagi’s work to restore the L.A. River watershed

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Jan 18, 2023
Reviving Ancient Skin Boats
Jan 4, 2023
Reviving Ancient Skin Boats
Jan 4, 2023

Ferndale couple devoting time and shop space to training native Alaskan youth to build traditional skin boats

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Jan 4, 2023
On and Off Grid Power
Dec 21, 2022
On and Off Grid Power
Dec 21, 2022

Greenwired Renewable Energy Solutions’ Matty Tittman covers the how-to of grid-tied and off-grid power, with a view to the future

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Dec 21, 2022
Fasting for the Forest
Dec 7, 2022
Fasting for the Forest
Dec 7, 2022

The eponymous owner of Sue’s Organics culinary sauces describes her earlier activism on behalf of old-growth redwoods.

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Dec 7, 2022
Brooke Cena’s Journey
Nov 30, 2022
Brooke Cena’s Journey
Nov 30, 2022

Eureka native tells the circuitous story of how she ended up back in Humboldt to practice woodworking.

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Nov 30, 2022
Tracking with Kim Cabrera
Nov 16, 2022
Tracking with Kim Cabrera
Nov 16, 2022

Southern Humboldt tracking instructor reveals the limitless potential of nature awareness

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Nov 16, 2022
Pony the Gyppo Logger
Nov 2, 2022
Pony the Gyppo Logger
Nov 2, 2022

Pony Klingel (L in photo) came to Humboldt in the 1970s and became a logger, among other things

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Nov 2, 2022
Microgrids for Humboldt
Oct 19, 2022
Microgrids for Humboldt
Oct 19, 2022

The executive director of Redwood Community Energy Authority, Matthew Marshall, reveals the 20-year plan for Humboldt to transition to distributed, renewable energy sources such as the new micro-grid at Redwood Coast Airport in McKinleyville.

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Oct 19, 2022
Green Burial
Oct 5, 2022
Green Burial
Oct 5, 2022

Greg Condon interviews polymath Cal Poly adjunct professor Michael Furniss (L in photo) about his interest in helping people recycle themselves

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Oct 5, 2022
Jim Groeling interview
Sep 21, 2022
Jim Groeling interview
Sep 21, 2022

Early adopter of locally-sourced hardwood construction who teamed with Bob McKee

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Sep 21, 2022
Algae In the Eel with Dr. Mary Power
Sep 7, 2022
Algae In the Eel with Dr. Mary Power
Sep 7, 2022

Dangerous and benign algae in the Eel River, curated by microbiologist Dr. Mary Power

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Sep 7, 2022
Tiny Homes Made from Selective Tree Harvest
Aug 31, 2022
Tiny Homes Made from Selective Tree Harvest
Aug 31, 2022

Former Bay Area housing activist Marc Lichterman’s new venture with making tiny homes from selectively harvested Humboldt timber

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Aug 31, 2022
Elderberry Harvest with Kim Phelps and Liz Harwood
Aug 29, 2022
Elderberry Harvest with Kim Phelps and Liz Harwood
Aug 29, 2022

Kim Phelps and Liz Harwood return the Journalism Project to narrate their processing of locally grown elderberries in Kim’s kitchen

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Aug 29, 2022
Civil Defense with Jeff Hedin
Aug 17, 2022
Civil Defense with Jeff Hedin
Aug 17, 2022

Civil defense against forest fire and other calamities as a function of community organization and adequate funding of fire districts.

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Aug 17, 2022
Mark Chapman interview
Aug 3, 2022
Mark Chapman interview
Aug 3, 2022

Interview of Salmon Creek rancher and Forest Health Grant recipient. Includes accounts of the 2003 Canoe Fire and helicopter salvage logging.

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Aug 3, 2022
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The Institute for Sustainable Forestry (ISF) was formed in 1991 to promote sustainable forest management that contributes to the long-term ecological, economic, and social well-being of forest-based communities in the Pacific Northwest.