FOP 025: Protecting Forests through Community Science with Dr. Joey Hulbert
Community science is a powerful tool and one that our guest, Joey Hulbert, is utilizing it in his Forest Health Watch Program. Over the last several years, Dr. Hulbert has empowered "citizen scientis...
1 Jan 202441min
FOP 024: The Big Benefits of Bigleaf Maple with Al Craney
For more than a century in the Pacific Northwest bigleaf maple has had a reputation as a "weed tree". Our guest and former conservation district forester, Al Craney, joins us to discuss why that's no...
1 Dec 202346min
FOP 023: Service Forestry on the Peninsula with Kelsey Ketcheson, Gary Bell, and Anne Favolise
Kelsey Ketcheson, Gary Bell, and Anne Favolise all work for the Washington Department of Natural Resources Service Forestry Program. This program provides forest management resources to forest owners...
1 Nov 202350min
FOP 022: Forestry in the Gorge with Ole Helgerson
The Columbia River Gorge is a unique area in Washington where forestry transitions from the western high moisture forests to the dry arid environment of eastern Washington. This poses unique challeng...
1 Okt 202335min
FOP 021: If It Doesn't Ignite, It Won't Burn with Jenny Coe
Wildfire isn't just an eastern Washington thing. In this episode, we discuss how communities in western Washington can prepare for a future with increased risk of wildfire. Jenny Coe, the Community ...
1 Sep 202350min
FOP 020: The Future of Reforestation with Jeff Debell
Jeff Debell is a forest geneticist working with the WA Department of Natural Resources, tasked with exploring strategies for growing trees in a changing climate. With increasingly hot and dry summers...
1 Aug 202347min
FOP 019: Exploring the Wood Wide Web with Justine Karst, Melanie Jones, and Jason Hoeksema
Common mycorrhizal networks, commonly referred to as the "wood wide web", have gained considerable attention in popular media in recent years. Multiple books, news articles, and even television show...
1 Juli 20231h 32min
FOP 018: Diagnosing the Problem with Jenny Glass
Jenny Glass is a Diagnostic Plant Pathologist and Director of the Plant & Insect Diagnostic Laboratory at the WSU Extension Research Center in Puyallup. In this episode we discuss the services the la...
1 Juni 202346min
