Graphic: NPS / Jessica Weinberg-McClosky. "Earth Day" image: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "Innovation" image of ʻiʻiwi Hawaiian honeycreeper courtesy of Mark Kimora. "Community Connections" image: © Christopher Calvo. Others: NPS.
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Narrated by rattlesnake expert W. H. Martin and Catoctin Mountain Park ranger Conrad Provan, this short film celebrates the timber rattlesnake's underappreciated maternal side. It was created by Grace Eggleston through a collaboration between the National Park Service's Urban Ecology Research Learning Alliance and American University's Center for Environmental Filmmaking. First aired in the summer 2023 issue of Park Science magazine.
Image credit (exclusive of podcast logo): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / Mark Bias
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Podcast | International Affairs
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Image credit: NPS
Podcast | Birds
Mosquitoes Are Key to Hawaiian Honeycreeper Survival
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By Jeri Stoller
Image credit (exclusive of podcast logo): © Christopher Calvo. Used by permission.
Podcast | Connections
Tuning in to Science: How to Reach Remote Communities through Radio
In vast, rural areas of the Southwest, where there’s no phone service or internet, radio rules. Science communicator Christopher Calvo, former host of “This Is the Colorado Plateau,” tells how community radio helped him share science over the airwaves (18 minutes).
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Podcast | National Natural Landmarks
A Landmark Program Celebrates a Milestone
The National Natural Landmarks Program celebrates its 60th anniversary! Hear from program managers Heather Eggleston, Laurie Lee Jenkins, and Deb DiQuinzio how this program works to promote the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail and other amazing places (18 minutes).
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Last updated: April 22, 2024