The Journalism Project

Gray Shaw, Project Coordinator

The Sustainable Forestry Journalism Project consists of mostly prerecorded programs that are produced for broadcast on KMUD public radio.

Below you can find descriptions of our previously aired shows, with links to listen.

T. Gray Shaw 9/7/22 T. Gray Shaw 9/7/22

Algae In the Eel with Dr. Mary Power

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

Gray Shaw 8/31/22 Gray Shaw 8/31/22

Tiny Homes Made from Selective Tree Harvest

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

T. Gray Shaw 8/29/22 T. Gray Shaw 8/29/22

Elderberry Harvest with Kim Phelps and Liz Harwood

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

Gray Shaw 8/17/22 Gray Shaw 8/17/22

Civil Defense with Jeff Hedin

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

Gray Shaw 8/3/22 Gray Shaw 8/3/22

Mark Chapman interview

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

T. Gray Shaw 7/6/22 T. Gray Shaw 7/6/22

Harry Vaughn agroforestry interview

Salmon Creek resident with deep roots in community talks about agroforestry

T. Gray Shaw 6/15/22 T. Gray Shaw 6/15/22

Salvage Logging

A talk by Matt Simmons, staff attorney for the Environmental Protection Information Center on the practice of post-wildfire salvage logging

Gray Shaw 6/1/22 Gray Shaw 6/1/22

Kim Phelps—elderberries as medicine

Co-owner of the New Harris Store talks about elderberries as a natural remedy and as a crop for southern Humboldt

T. Gray Shaw 5/18/22 T. Gray Shaw 5/18/22

Ten Elements—ISF’s guiding principles

A discussion about the Ten Elements of Sustainability that form the basis of the Institute for Sustainable Forestry.

T. Gray Shaw 5/4/22 T. Gray Shaw 5/4/22

Adam Canter, Wyott spokesperson

Interview with the botanist and spokesperson for the Wyott Tribe

Gray Shaw 4/20/22 Gray Shaw 4/20/22

Southern Humboldt Community Park

Interpretive hike along the New Forestry Trail, with Tim Metz and Kathryn Lobato providing some of the history of the Park

T. Gray Shaw 4/6/22 T. Gray Shaw 4/6/22

Liz Harwood and Adam Canter on elderberries

Elderberries for Humboldt County, with Adam Canter and Liz Harwood

T. Gray Shaw 3/16/22 T. Gray Shaw 3/16/22

Herb Walk with Tanya Horlick

KMUD’s Publc Affairs Coordinator narrates an herbal plant walk along a windy ridge above Benbow

T. Gray Shaw 2/16/22 T. Gray Shaw 2/16/22

College of the Redwoods

Community resiliency job programs at CR, with Danny Kelley and Kerry Meyer

T. Gray Shaw 2/2/22 T. Gray Shaw 2/2/22

Bernie Korbly, redwood products manufacturer

Owner of Korbly Wood Products talks about his redwood products business on the Avenue of the Giants

T. Gray Shaw 1/19/22 T. Gray Shaw 1/19/22

Wendy Katagi, Stillwater Sciences

Senior Manager for Stillwater’s Watershed and Ecosystem Restoration Services on restoring the Los Angeles River as a salmon-bearing system

T. Gray Shaw 1/5/22 T. Gray Shaw 1/5/22

Brent Cook, local bowl maker

Manager at Dazey’s Construction talks about turning local hardwood into bowls

Gray Shaw 12/29/21 Gray Shaw 12/29/21

Mushroom Culture with Levon Durr

How mushrooms are food, medicine, and forest healers

T. Gray Shaw 12/1/21 T. Gray Shaw 12/1/21

Introduction to Biochar

Gray Shaw and Susan Nolan answer questions about making and using biochar.

Gray Shaw 11/29/21 Gray Shaw 11/29/21

Kathy McCovey and Will Harling on Reintroducing Fire to the Forest

Karuk spokesperson Kathy McCovey and Mid-Klamath Watershed Council ED Will Harling discuss fire’s place in the forest

The Journalism Project

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.