Radio Active Restoration

Week 255 limiting factor of restoration

So much needs to be done to halt the disaster of the large scale species loss in our fair world. Why isn't more being done. Let's explore restoration's limiting factors.

Week 254 save the hellbender

The story of the Eastern Hellbender salamander is important. It's a perfect example of how living things we know little about are going extinct. In the case of the Hellbender we can bring them back from the brink. Do we have the political will to do so? Restorers believe we must.

Week253 addressing the sixth mass extinction

The United State of America was one of the first of the "developed nations" to enact a law to protect species from going extinct. In 1973 President Richard Nixon signed the act into law. Why are species STILL going extinct and why are petitions to list species under the ESA law taking so long when we know there is a sixth mass extinction caused by humans taking place?

Week 252 Oregon coast coho recovery review

NOAA/MNFS has released their 5 year review of the status of Coho salmon on the Oregon coast. There's much work to be done. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/2022-5-year-review-summary-evaluation-oregon-coast-coho-salmon

Week 251 restoring wildland firescapes

Fire is essential for ecosystem health. Wildlands all over the world have adapted to fire. The scope and scale of wildland fires has grown out of proportion due to drought and climate change. What can we do about it?

Week 250 dancing salmon home

The remnant of the Winnemen Wintu tribe rediscovered what they thought were their extinct Chinook salmon run of the McCloud River in northern California. They found them in New Zealand! "Dancing Salmon Home" is their account of the restoration story.

Week 249 restoration during the megadrought

The wheels of the gods grind slowly the ancients said. Major projects, ones on the scale of ecosystem restoration that needs to be done, are slow to change momentum and adapt when it is most needed. Are we assuming too much when it comes to designing restoration projects during the driest, hottest drought in 1200 years? Cultural change is a must if we are to succeed.

Week 248 the ecological recovery wheel

Last week we covered the wight principles of ecological recovery. This week we review them again and include the concept of the ecological recovery wheel. An excellent tool to evaluate ecological conditions and record ecosystem restoration progress.

Week 247 universal ecological recovery principles

There are universally valuable principles and methods of ecological restoration that can help evaluate, design, implement and determine levels of success when doing restoration work.

Week 246 restoring old growth

Time, change and diversity are required to restore old growth forests. Fire, wind, seasons, rain and a plethora of biological processes all play a role to complicate the web of life in an ancient forest. There's no getting around it. With only 10% of Oregon's ancient forests remaining and much less in other regions of the Pacific Northwest we're loosing the race to uphold life on planet earth.