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Barbara Bernstein
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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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Activism, Agriculture, Science/Technology, Food, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Environment/Climate
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HOW FORESTED RIPARIAN ZONES KEEP STREAMS HEALTHY

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For a long time we've known that streams shaded by riparian forests provide healthier habitat for salmon and other wildlife. A new study led by Daniel Sobota at Oregon State University confirms that riparian zone forests not only provide streams with needed shade to supp... Read more

Locus Focus on 03/12/12

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION: A REGIONAL NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE We're marking the anniversary of the nuclear castrophe at the Fukushima Nuclear Complex in Japan by looking at a potential nuclear nightmare much closer to home. For nearly 70 years the Hanford Reservation - birthplac... Read more

HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION: A REGIONAL NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
We're marking the anniversary of the nuclear castrophe at the Fukushima Nuclear Complex in Japan by looking at a potential nuclear nightmare much closer to home. For nearly 70 years the Hanford Reservation - birthplace of the Plutonium bomb that devastated Nagasaki - ha... Read more

Locus Focus on 03/05/12

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE VIEW FROM OAKS BOTTOM - with Portland Parks & Recreation Ecologist Mark Wilson The city of Portland is noted for its proximity to outstanding natural areas—Mt. Hood, the Columbia Gorge, Oregon's North Coast. But Portland is also a great place to live because of the abun... Read more

THE VIEW FROM OAKS BOTTOM - with Portland Parks & Recreation Ecologist Mark Wilson

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The city of Portland is noted for its proximity to outstanding natural areas—Mt. Hood, the Columbia Gorge, Oregon's North Coast. But Portland is also a great place to live because of the abundance of natural areas within the city itself. On this episode of Locus Focus we... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/27/12

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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OREGON'S CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD - Celebrating Director Bob Jenks' 20th anniversary This year Oregon's Citizens' Utility Board is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their executive director Bob Jenks' tenure at the helm of CUB. CUB itself has been around since 1984 but many... Read more

OREGON'S CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD - Celebrating Director Bob Jenks' 20th anniversary

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This year Oregon's Citizens' Utility Board is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their executive director Bob Jenks' tenure at the helm of CUB. CUB itself has been around since 1984 but many Oregonians probably don't know how much they owe this advocacy group. In its t... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/20/12

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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WEIGHING THE PLIGHTS OF TWO ENDANGERED POPULATIONS: Marbled Murrelets and Oregon Timber Counties In the 1990s the spotted owl became the icon for environmentalists' struggle to save the remaining old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. But the spotted owl is not the on... Read more

WEIGHING THE PLIGHTS OF TWO ENDANGERED POPULATIONS: Marbled Murrelets and Oregon Timber Counties

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In the 1990s the spotted owl became the icon for environmentalists' struggle to save the remaining old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. But the spotted owl is not the only specie that needs old growth forests to survive. Twenty years ago the Marbled Murrelet was ... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/13/12

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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HIGH VOLTAGE: The Fast Track to Plug in the Auto Industry, Revisited Transportation accounts for about a third of all carbon dioxide emissions in America. Cars and trucks are the biggest source of our smog pollution, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. Gas pr... Read more