BeProvided Conservation Radio Podcast

My guest today is Dr. Greg Rasmussen, founder of the Painted Dog Research Trust. The African Painted Dog is one of the most beautiful animals I have seen in the wild.   Their body is covered in patches of black and tan that do look painted on with a brush! AND they have huge rounded ears and a furry white tipped tail. I am Marcia Sivek and this is BeProvided Conservation Radio. My first sighting o...

This week's episode is created from conversations with 11-yr old animal advocate and CEO of Kids Can Save Animals, Kate Gilman Williams and IoT Solutions Architect for Microsoft and creator of Project 15, Sarah Maston. We learn how Kate enlists the help of Sarah Maston of Microsoft to help create a platform to showcase new technologies playing important roles in saving our wildlife. We also learn...

I am Marcia Sivek and this is BeProvided Conservation Radio. As we enter summer with no real rain from the winter and no forecast of any rain in the future; California is drying up. It is time to be prepared for the worst, especially for those of us living in areas where there is a lot fuel for a fire. So in today's episode, I speak with Grey Hayes as some of you may remember he helped me start th...

Our world is becoming more populated with urban areas increasing. This causes more traffic, more noise and more streetlights. How can birds thrive in these urban environments? Birds already face so many challenges without human intervention; but now they have to navigate daily flight paths will tall buildings made of windows, migration paths that are becoming more lit up at night and communicating...

The War on Wolves with Michelle Lute, Carnivore Conservation Manager for Project Coyote My guest on this episode of the podcast is Michelle Lute, the Carnivore Conservation Manager for Project Coyote.   We discuss: How she became involved with carnivore conservation What is happening currently with the War on Gray Wolves The appalling practice of killing contests Why developing, implementing and u...

Have you heard of the unprecedented wolf hunt in Wisconsin this past February that nearly wiped out 20% of the state's gray wolf population in just TWO days? My guest this week is Adrian Treves, founder of the Carnivore Coexistence Lab at the University of Wisconsin Madison. He talks to us about this unprecedented hunt that occurred during wolf mating season. We also discuss that those managing wi...

In this episode you will meet author John Pickrell as he talks about his new book, Flames of Extinction: The Race to Save Australia's Wildlife that shares the stories of conservationists, wildlife rescuers, Indigenous rangers, ecologists who worked to save plants and wildlife impacted by the bushfires. In this episode you will hear about: The unique Australian species threatened by the fires, like...

This is Aaron Prince, the educator and raptor care specialist at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania. He is going to educate us about all things raptors and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. 

*Photo Credit: Coyote Face by Sheryl Hester Historically the coyote features prominently in Native American mythology and folklore - In some stories the coyote is a sacred being with creative powers. In other stories the coyote is wiley, deceptive and a trickster but almost always referred to as creative and intelligent. I am Marcia Sivek and this is BeProvided Conservation Radio Many people repor...

The Native Americans say the spirit of the cougar has chosen to take the earth and walk as a spiritual hunter, to teach unconditional leadership, patience and determination. These stealthy, strong and solitary cats feed our imaginations and unfortunately for many they feed fear. They are very misunderstood animals and are often shot for sport or when livestock or pets go missing. They are shot bec...

  This is Richard Pallardy, a freelance science writer. He uses is talents to write about our natural world; bringing attention to animal/ wildlife behaviors, the environment and their importance to our lives and world. Richard recently published an article on an online publication called Hidden Compass, titled  No Dog is an Island about the New Guinea Highland Wild/Singing dogs. ( www.hiddencompa...

Hello everyone. Have you ever felt fear for your life when the turbulence of the plane is bouncing you around your seat and people around you are vomiting - hopefully in the vomit bags provided? Have you thought that that one mosquito who bit you in Africa was definitely going to give you Malaria, even though Malaria hasn't been seen in that area for decades? But you still start feeling symptomati...

This Nature Short is from a FaceBook Live Conversation with Diana Oppenheim, founder of the ForElk.org campaign to save the Tule Elk. This audio is a 12 minute highlight of our hour long discussion. I have included both versions below for your convenience!   Tule Elk of Point Reyes National Seashore need our help! So please listen and share! ForElk.org also has many videos and updated information...

I am creating a new series highlighting my conversations with people helping to protect our natural world. These episodes will be between 2 to 15 minutes. Bite size pieces of inspiration and hope!!   My first Nature Short is Searching for the Snow Leopard with Jak Wonderly. This is a fun little clip about his search and feelings toward his travels to the Himalayan mountains in search of the Grey G...

When my guest today was a young boy, his grandmother would share stories about the many penguins on the beaches near where he was living. These stories stayed with Pablo (Popi) Garcia Borboroglu into adulthood and have inspired him to share the stories of penguins, not only with his children but with the world. Popi founded the Global Penguin Society (GPS) just over 10 years ago in Argentina. GPS...

Marcia Sivek of BeProvided Conservation Radio speaks with Lisa Owens Viani, Co Founder of Raptors Are The Solution.  They discuss the signing of bill AB1788 by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 29, 2020 and what that will do to help our wildlife. Lisa also gives advice of what we can do next now that this bill is signed. 

I was honored to host this episode of BeProvided Conservation Radio because of my two special guests: Shavaun Mara Kidd and Jak Wonderly. We talked about their book that is coming out very soon (Octoberl) called Searching for the Snow Leopard: Guardian of the High Mountain. Full show notes along with the Facebook Live video version of the show and photographs can be seen at www.beprovided.com . 

In early Spring 2019, Bigs Eyes and Laimos wandered into new territory around the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California from Shoreline, near Mountain View. They are a young couple hoping to find more of their kind in this new area and raise a family. I don't know for sure, but I don't think they expected to be alone. They did not know that 25 of their kind died off in 2016 du...

I am honored to have Dr. Liz Tyson as our guest today. Liz is an animal advocate with over 16 years of experience working for animal protection and conservation. Since 2018 she has been with Born Free USA and is currently the Program Director; here she is responsible for running the largest primate sanctuary. She is also leading the organization's campaign program to help stop illegal pet trade an...

Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins; meaning laziness and failure to act on ones talents. So why did the animal sloth get this name? They may be slow, but they are not lazy. They are efficient in conserving energy and they certainly utilize their talent by being able to hang in a tree and hide from potential threats and pesky tourists!   I sought out The Sloth Conservation Foundation Founder, Re...

Joshua Hammer, the author of our topic today, The Falcon Thief , has traveled the globe as a foreign journalist for Newsweek and is now a freelance writer living in Berlin. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Ass Librarians of Timbuktu . He has also written for many publications that include the New York Times, Smithsonian, Outside, GQ and the New Yorker to name just a few!! The...

Boto's are Amazon River Dolphin, sometimes pink but always cute. They have a long rostrum with teeth that can munch through a turtle shell. They can reach up to 400+ pounds with strong flippers and tails but are graceful swimmers in the dark waters of the Amazon.     I spoke with Suzanne Smith, founder of the Amazon River Dolphin Conservation Foundation during a Facebook live presentation about th...

Hi, everyone. Welcome back to BeProvided Conservation Radio. Today is a special edition of a live Facebook event and you can find the full video version on my Facebook or you can also find. A recorded version on YouTube . This is an abbreviated audio version of that interview with highlights about P-22 and the current vote on the California Endangered Species Act for Southern CA mountain lions.  ...