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On this belated holiday (hogiday?) episode we have a good friend of the podcast and environmental historian Marissa on to discuss hogs and their various crimes against medieval villages and the ecology of North America...

In this episode we have a guest! A professional knower of facts about bugs! We are joined by Michael Skvarla, one of the co-hosts of Arthro-Pod to learn about vector-borne diseases! Buckle in to learn how these diseases...

This episode is a little different from our usual ones. We do a "quick" read-through and critique of a pending piece of legislation known as the "Fix Our Forests" act. As of the release of this episode, the House...

In our third part, we talk about the nuts and bolts of how we conduct prescribed fires, and a bit on how we fight wildfires. Apologies for Calvin's audio, he continues to be attacked by technical difficulty gremlins...

In our second part, we get into the specifics of fire ecology as it relates to one of my favorite trees, that's right. It's the tree with an awkward teenager phase, the longleaf pine. We also talk about prescribed fire...

Starting off our three-parter on fire and fire ecology, we talk about how fire and ecology interact to give us the super interesting field of fire ecology, and how plants and animals are (and are not!) adapted to fire...

In this episode we talk about redwoods and why they're a really cool fire-adapted tree that are also extremely vulnerable to climate change. Have a question or a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us a message at...

On this episode we have a very special guest, podcaster and producer Thomas O'Mahony to talk about an underappreciated global menace. No, it's not Subway, fentanyl, or the resurgence of fascism. It's the Argentine ant...

In the next episode of the "founding fathers of forestry" semi-sorta-series, we talk about the most enthusiastic Nazi forester you've never heard of: Walter Bitterlich. He sucks. Have a question or a topic you'd like us...

In our first episode on the founding fathers of American forestry we cover Carl Schenck. A forgotten German forester who proposed an alternative vision of American forestry focused on private ownership rather than the...

In this episode we talk about everyone's favorite cervid prion disease, CWD! We cover what prions and prion diseases are, a bit of the history of CWD, various strategies that have been employed in combating it, and why...

In our first accidentally-a-series, we explore the North American model of wildlife management: what it is, the history of how it came to be, and how it works (and sometimes doesn't work)! Part 3 of 3. Have a question...

In our first accidentally-a-series, we explore the North American model of wildlife management: what it is, the history of how it came to be, and how it works (and sometimes doesn't work)! Part 2 of 3. Have a question...

In our first accidentally-a-series, we explore the North American model of wildlife management: what it is, the history of how it came to be, and how it works (and sometimes doesn't work)! Part 1 of 3. Have a question...

In this episode, we talk about the bane of natural resources managers everywhere: invasive species. We cover the definition of an invasive species, what makes them so good at invading, and broadly how to treat them...