Radio Active Restoration

Week 245 high tech processed based restoration

There are instances when efforts to restore riverine or stream aquatic systems require complex high tech efforts. Unless water can reach and flood adjacent flood planes the natural processes of the life web can not take place. More importantly, we will not be able to effectively restore our precious salmon runs.

Week 244 restoring the spix blue macaw

Gone extinct in the wild the Spix Blue Macaw was released back into its native habitat in June 2022. The story of its extinction in the wild and recovery through birds in captivity is powerful. People who cared did something about it. The little blue macaw is another species brought to the brink of complete extirpation through deforestation.

Week 243 Pakistan’s 11 billion tree planting project

The forward thinking nation of Pakistan is planting billions of tree. They are both native and agricultural for the express purpose of addressing our climate. After declaring independence the national forest landscape went from 33% to 3% in less than one hundred years. They are turning that around.

Week 242 from paradise to desert in a few hundred years

Iceland, the island continent, was once completely forested. Human occupation turned it into a volcanic black sand desert. Now it is being restored with a few caviots.

Week 241 what is it like restoring aquatic habitat during these challenging times?

There no simple explanation for current river and stream restoration projects slow pace this last decade. Let's talk about it.

Week 240 us and the megadrought

The current megadrought on the USA west coast is going to severely impact our ecosystems, economy and lifestyles. We are making it worse that it would have been. How can we adjust our restoration strategies? How much longer will will this climate impacted drought last?

Week 239 restoring the wild american chestnut

Over the course of a mere 50 years the once majestic American Wild Chestnut overstory disappeared. Through passion and science the tree is now making a comeback with lessons for other species.

Week 238 spring chinook need to be listed under the engangered species act

Few species have a greater impact on ocean, terrestrial and aquatic habitats on Pacific North America than Chinook Salmon (also known as King Salmon). In particular Spring Chinook are on the brink of extinction. Conservationists are once again submitting a petition for their protection. It directly impacts restoration of Pacific ecosystems on a large scale.

Week 237 LA urban greenway-a model effort

Los Angeles is Restoring its Ancient River System into an Urban Green Oasis.

Week 236 the steep learning curve of restoration ecology

Restoration ecology is an ever expanding ever more complex science as we learn more of the ways of the natural world. The learning curve is steep and can be very expensive.