Northwest Nature Matters

This month, Monty speaks with Maureen Thompson, Program Manager of Beaver Works Oregon.

Monty speaks with Becca Kelbe from the Crook County Soil and Water Conservation District.

This month Monty speaks with Thomas Stokely, Forest Ecologist for the Nature Conservancy in Bend, Oregon.

This week, Monty talks everything pronghorn with Jon Muir, District Wildlife Biologist for the Lakeview Office.

This month, Monty speaks with Larry Ashton, a Wildlife Biologist for the Bureau of Land Management Deschutes Field Office, about his work monitoring the Pinyon Jay.

Monty and Jess speak with Dr. Tim Hiller, the Executive Director and Founder of the Wildlife Ecology Institute in Helena, Montana.

This month, Monty and Jess speak with Sara Rose, Assistant Director at the NW Bat Hub.

This month, Monty and Jess speak with Dr. Andrew Merschel about the science of tree rings.

This month Monty talks with Mikayla Bivona, the acting Prineville Assistant Wildlife Biologist with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Monty sits down with Kaly Adkins, regional non-game wildlife biologist with ODFW, to talk about MOTUS, a research network tracking wildlife movement for conservation.

On this special episode of Northwest Nature Matters, Monty hosts a live interview at the annual convention with the Oregon Chapter of the Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society. He speaks with Rebecca Bernard, the immediate past president of the Society of American Foresters.

This month, Monty speaks with Jeremy Austin, Wildlands & Water Program Director for Central Oregon Land Watch, about wildlife crossing initiatives.

This month Monty and Jess speak with Jim Holyan, longtime Wolf Biologist with the Nez Perce Tribe and published author. His book, I Was a Middle-Aged Wolfman, is available for purchase now.

A previous version of this episode had audio issues, those have since been corrected and the repaired version reuploaded here.

Monty and Jess speak with Diana Pace, Umpqua Watersheds Board Secretary, and Susan Applegate, former Chair of Wilderness, about the proposed Crater Lake Wilderness.

In the final episode of our Women in Wildlife series, Monty once again speaks with Vanessa Petro, Lead Wildlife Biologist at the Oregon Department of Forestry.

In this special episode to celebrate Snake Week, Monty speaks with Joe Stack, Regional Habitat Biologist at ODFW, about the work he's doing to support rattle snakes in the Willamette Valley.

This week, Monty continues the Women in Wildlife series by speaking with Renee Hollowell, District Wildlife Biologist for the Blue Mountain Ranger District in Malheur National Forest.

This month, Monty continues the Women in Wildlife series by speaking with Carmen Vanbianchi, Research Director of Home Range Wildlife Research.

Monty and Jess sit down with Lauri Turner, Monty's good friend and colleague at the U.S. Forest Service. She works as the Special Status and Sensitive Species Specialist for the Interagency Special Status and Sensitive Species Program.

This week, Monty sits down with Bernadette Graham-Hudson, Wildlife Division Administrator for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.