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Every Monday from 10:00am to 11:00am.


 

A weekly conversation about our place on the planet. Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with local, regional and national experts, activists and policy makers about climate change, food policy, land use, salmon restoration, forest management and all the other things that matter in our environment.

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THE HIDDEN HALF OF NATURE, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 02/29/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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This program originally aired on January 11, 2016 On this episode of Locus Focus we continue the conversation with Seattle biologist and consummate gardener Anne Biklé, co-author of THE HIDDEN HALF OF NATURE that we started during the winter pledge drive. This time we will ... Read more

Changing the Conversation about Fire

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Forest ecologists Dominick DellaSala and Chad Hanson view forests as a dynamic ecosystem in which fire is an essential part of nature’s circle of life. For years they have promoted coexisting with backcountry fires rather than relentlessly fighting them. While the news medi... Read more

Beyond the Bundys: The Far Right and the Future of Conservation

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Now that the last of the Malheur Marauders have been taken into custody, it's a good time to examine the bigger picture. The standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is really just the extremist edge of a growing anti-conservation crusade bent on dismantling crucial... Read more

GREAT TIDE RISING

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Even as seas rise against the shores, another great tide is beginning to rise – a tide of outrage against the pillage of the planet, a tide of commitment to justice and human rights, a swelling affirmation of moral responsibility to the future and to earth’s fullness of lif... Read more

ALL ELECTRIC AMERICA

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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What would an all-electric America look like and why is it necessary not only to imagine such a reality, but to actually make it real? On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with David Freeman and Leah Y Parks, co-authors of ALL-ELECTRIC AMERICA, who will explain how making... Read more

THE ARMED TAKEOVER OF MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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As the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by armed thugs enters its fourth week, the frenzy of continuing media attention overlooks the larger picture. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Bob Sallinger with the Audubon Society of Portland and Arran Rob... Read more

Wolves Come Home to Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Gray wolves were once common in Oregon, occupying most of the state. But as soon as Euro-Americans starting settling in Oregon, they set out to wipe out the wolves. This campaign finally succeeded in extirpating the last Oregon wolf in 1947. Sixty years later, wolves are m... Read more

THE HIDDEN HALF OF NATURE, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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On this episode of Locus Focus we continue the conversation with Seattle biologist and consummate gardener Anne Biklé, co-author of THE HIDDEN HALF OF NATURE that we started during the winter pledge drive. This time we will have a full 45 minutes for a whirlwind tour of the... Read more

Changing the Conversation about Fire

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Forest ecologists Dominick DellaSala and Chad Hanson view forests as a dynamic ecosystem in which fire is an essential part of nature’s circle of life. For years they have promoted coexisting with backcountry fires rather than relentlessly fighting them. While the news medi... Read more

THE THIN GREEN LINE OF RESISTANCE - Year in Review

Airs at: Mon, 12/28/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Just before the Christmas recess Congress passed a budget resolution that includes an amendment to lift the ban on exporting crude oil. Lifting the ban puts that much more pressure on the Pacific Northwest from the fossil fuel industry, which wants to turn the region into a... Read more