Wild in the City

In this episode we are joined by two representatives of the Old Growth Forest Network, Sarah Adloo, Executive Director and Katherine Russell, Southeast Regional Manager. Sarah is a conservation social scientist whose work revolves around how people connect to trees. Katherine’s focus is ecology and the diversity and complexity of these incredible natural communities. Learn what Old Growth Forests...

Jim and Janet are joined by Sally Bethea, the retired founding director of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. She served as executive director and riverkeeper for two decades and continues to assist Chattahoochee Riverkeeper as a senior advisor. Sally is one of the first women in America to become a “riverkeeper”—a vocal defender of a specific waterway who holds polluters accountable. In her new book Keep...

Jim and Janet are joined by Laura C. Martin, an accomplished writer and botanical illustrator. In addition to publishing 26 books on wildlife, gardening and crafts, she wrote a weekly gardening column for The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Laura worked for several years as gardening editor for both Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles Magazine and Georgia Magazine. Her latest book, released in 2021, is...

Doug Tallamy, co-founder of “Homegrown National Park,” joins the podcast to discuss how individuals can regenerate biodiversity in their own backyards. Doug shares insight into how the addition of native plant species, combined with the removal of invasive plants, can covert lawns into habitats that sequester carbon from the atmosphere. The man-made effects of climate change can be reversed by emp...

Professor Chris Mowry digs into how climate change is the number 1 biggest threat to biodiversity and how we can create dialogue and get involved in change that will benefit us all. Chris is the professor of biology at Berry University in Georgia. He heads up the Atlanta Coyote Project. Check out Environment Sandy Springs here: https://environment-sandysprings.org Subscribe to our Wild in the City...

Jim and Janet are joined by Zach Wood, Georgia Grasslands Coordinator and prescribed fire expert for the Southeastern Grasslands Institute, to discuss what grasslands are and why they are vital to the Southeastern environment. You will learn about their historical role, what prescribed burns do and the essential ecological services that these little-known ecosystems provide. Zach also outlines ste...

Bill talks about the difference between maintenance and management under utility lines and why a mindset change is needed to make these plots of land productive. Bill talks about how urban cities have an opportunity to create robust, diverse environmental areas under utility power lines and right of ways that are missing from many urban cities. He breaks down the difference between maintenance and...