Radio Active Restoration

Atlantic salmon are a strategic element of northern hemisphere biodiversity recovery. As a keystone species enlisted under the Endangered Species Act, restoration the wild abundance of this fish is critical. The rivers of Main are a focus for habitat restoration in that effort.

This week we discuss the largest west coast wetland restoration project. Reclaiming industrial salt ponds and recovering a massive ecologically significant wetland.

World wide logistics for food, the need for restoration of ecosystems for health and well being and changing demographics has kindled fantastic rewilding project of various kinds. Let's talk about it.

As civilizations we love to use floodplains for everything. Cities, farms, pastures, river front properties have long been key targets for development. It was not always readily apparent that we were doing considerable damage to one of our most critical and productive ecosystem habitats. World wide awareness has reached a tipping point regarding floodplain connectivity restoration. 

Rewilding is becoming a primary tool to restore ecosystem function throughout Europe. Bringing back the European bison is a restoration story worth telling.

A review of massive global tree planting and conservation efforts.

The communities of Rajasthan India were catapulted into poverty due to desertification and water mismanagement. Lakshman Singh created a low tech high efficiency way to recharge depleted aquifers and restore farms and forest scapes. Could the Pacific Northwest be turned into a desert?

The horseshoe crab is an ancient fossil species that is on the bottom of the web of life and yet so critical as a keystone species. Let's talk about the reason your life depends on it.

The Billion Oyster Project is an innovative effort to restore the marine environment of Hudson Bay. High school students are working to turn the tide of habitat destruction by reestablishing the oyster reefs of the polluted waters of the Hudson River estuary. It's an amazing effort and worth learning about.

Why, after decades of restorative effort, are we still wrestling with wild caught captive animals like Orcas, Belugas and whales in general. Perhaps sanctuaries are the solution to species recovery, rescue and scientific research. Either way learning to coexist with the natural world is a paramount cause in these times.