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Latest Episodes

125-Wildfire Management and Climate Change with Susan Prichard
August 10, 2022

Wildfires and Climate Change what a combo. Dr. Susan Prichard came on the show to talk about how we might start to adapt our forests to the impacts of a changing fire regime due to a rapidly changing climate. What tools and methods can be used to help mi

124- Logging Jasper with David Argument, Landon Shepherd, Kari Stuart-Smith and Shelley Tamelin
July 20, 2022

Thats right, logging Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. Blasphemy you say? We have to protect the resource! We have to keep it pristine, untouched, wild! Wellyou are not alone in that thought. However, we are now realizing that maybe lettin

123- Bear Safety with Kim Titchener
June 29, 2022

Bear safety information is more riddled with opinions and ego than twitter. Guns vs spray, brown bears vs black bears, run vs play dead, climb a tree vs run down hill. Let the science of bear safety clarify things for you. Kim Titchener has nearly 2 decad

122-Tree Thieves with Lyndsie Bourgon
June 08, 2022

Our forests are being stolen! One tree at a time! And it can all be blamed on poverty. After logging towns are surrounded by protected areas and all of the industry has stopped, what are the people who have created a life there for generations supposed to

121-Forest Carbon Futures with Alex Craven, Bev Law and Jim Furnish
May 18, 2022

Forests suck up roughly 30% of our carbon emissions annually. If we want a fighting chance against climate change, we need them to keep doing this, and if possible to suck up more. However, there are different theories as how to best manage forest for car

120-Forest Proud with Rae Tamblyn
April 27, 2022

How can we build a relationship with forests that everyone can be proud of? How can we stand up for forests while supporting human development? How can we be a part of forest climate solutions? We need public engagement! Forest Proud can help with that. W

2 Billion Trees with Anne-Hélène Mathey, Mike Toffan and Scott Formaniuk
April 06, 2022

Plant a tree. Plant another tree. Plant 1,999,999,998 more. That is what Canada is planning to do in the name of fighting climate change. 2 Billion trees planted by 2030. The Canadian Forest Service estimates that by 2050, the 2 billion additional trees p

118-First Nations Forestry with Dave Gill and Jordan Coble
March 16, 2022

What would forestry look like if Indigenous cultural values were the driving force behind management decisions, instead of western values? How would it be different? What would it mean to put timber as a secondary priority to ecosystem health? What if th

117-Earth-Based Land Management with Garry Merkel
February 23, 2022

Any chance I get to pick this guy’s brain I do it! Garry has spent decades considering the clashing of two cultures, Indigenous and western culture, and how the miscommunication between them has built up barriers that are difficult to break through. Garry

116-Swamplands with Edward Struzik
February 02, 2022

You know those soggy, low places, where the trees are leaning like they have had too much to drink, and the sharp yellow of the Tamaracks in fall makes you want to go for a long walk? Those are the places we are discussing today. Edward Struzik joins me t