“ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND HABITAT USE OF TRANSIENT KILLER WHALES IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT” We talk with Josh McInnes who is a marine biologist specializing in the ecology of marine mammals and has spent over a decade studying the ecology of killer whales. Hear what he has to say about their sociology and foraging habits. Josh’s work started in British Columbia, where he focused on the transient or Bigg’s killer whale hunting ecotype and collaborated with researchers studying killer whales...
In this episode, we talk about the loss of bull kelp along the Northern California coast and the efforts underway to restore the ecosystem,and about the first annual Kelp Festival May-June 2024 with the Mendocino Film Festival, Above/Below, and the many organizations, chefs, and people who came together to raise awareness about this critical issue and the positive things people are doing about it. Sheila has led the development of the Noyo Center from its inception in 2015. She has worked in ...
Plastic Pollution in our oceans, and on our planet - what is being done about it? Hear from Dr. Marcus Eriksen, a local Sea Rancher, marine scientist, veteran, and author who co-founded (with life partner Anna Cummings) 5 Gyres Institute which is studying the impact of plastics on the world's oceans, & Leap Lab, a center for art, science and self-reliance. Marcus lectures on marine conservation, breaking down the complexity of objectives and identifying common ground and actionable ...
Superintendent Maria Brown has been with NOAA for more than two decades and shares her background and responsibilities with the Cordell Bank and the Greater Farallones, and how our waters are protected along the Northern California coast, from San Mateo County past the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area, all the way North to Manchester Beach in Mendocino County. She talks about deep sea corals and sea anemomes off our shores, sea urchins, kelp loss, crabbing, and why this w...
The CA Coastal Commission is charged with protection and regulation of the state’s 1,100-mile coastline, and Eben has served for 24 years as the technical expert for the agency, advising state and local governments, non-profit organizations, and members of industry on actions and programs that can reduce the causes of marine debris, especially plastic. He works with hundreds of non-profit organizations, local government agencies, and corporate sponsors to coordinate beach and inland shoreline...
The mission of the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society is to help people appreciate and enjoy native birds, and to conserve and restore local ecosystems for the benefit of native birds and other wildlife. President Tim Brey talks about the work they do, and the programs they offer for observing birds and other wildlife here on our coast, and the oftentimes negative impact humans can have on them and what we can do about that.Tim lives in Albion, Mendocino County California where he is an avid bir...
Howie talks with Resilient Earth Radio about how they got started, what their scope is, and to keep an eye out for a new documentary about the Snake River in which he participates. He will be presenting on the next annual Ocean Life Symposium Friday October 18 (airs live 9am-2pm Pacific on both public radio and YouTube) which is produced by the producers and hosts of Resilient Earth Radio.Why are sightings important? The Southern Resident orcas' steep population decline reflects declinin...
Aeon Bashir talks with Resilient Earth about how they are helping our planet from inland Minnesota, USA. Recorded live on KGUA public radio July 19, 2024.Aeon for Ocean was founded by Aeon, a 7-year-old, to empower his peers to protect the ocean and this beautiful planet. Aeon has been passionate about marine life since he was 2 years old. He is an avid advocate for the ocean and its creatures. His love of the world’s oceans and his drive for conservation has inspired his parents and classmat...
In this episode and radio show, we talk with Ted Cheeseman, founder of Happywhale, an organization that engages citizen scientists to help identify individual marine mammals, for fun and for science. Their mission is to increase global understanding and caring for marine environments and to make it easy and rewarding for the public to participate in marine science through innovative and engaging collaborative tools which also serves the research community. Their creation story: From Happywhal...
In this episode we talk with Michael Stocker about the impact sounds in our oceans have on all marine life (including low to mid-frequency sonar, shipping traffic, and blasting). Michael is founding director of Ocean Conservation Research (Sound Science Serving the Sea), where he uses his fluency in bio-acoustics to explore the impacts of noise on ocean animals to inform ocean policy and practice toward decreasing human bio-acoustic impacts on marine habitats.Ocean Conservation Research is fo...
This gives you a short overview of episode 3! https://inlandoceancoalition.org/rising_tide_podcast/Send us a textKGUA Public Radio Sonoma & Mendocino CAKGUA 88.3FM is an independent public media station located in Gualala, CA on the Northern CA coast.Planet Centric Media (non-profit)Media for a Healthier Planet: Elevating The Interconnectedness of Life & Value of Natural Resources.Mendonoma Whale & Seal StudyFounded by Scott & Tree Mercer to document the occurrence, diversity,...
In this episode, meet American award-winning journalist David Helvarg & Natasha Benjamin of the Ocean conservation and policy group, Blue Frontier in the San Francisco Bay Area and hosts of Rising Tide, The Ocean Podcast. David is an Award-winning American journalist, author, and an environmental activist. Natasha is a Peabody-award winning filmmaker whose documentary Sequoias of the Sea is being created Ana Blanco, the Executive Director of the International Ocean Film Festival...
In Episode 2, we talk with Richard Charter about the Ocean Foundation documentary DEFEND THE DEEP about the pending perils of deep sea mining.Deep seabed mining (DSM) is a potential commercial industry attempting to mine mineral deposits from the seafloor, in the hopes of extracting commercially valuable minerals such as manganese, copper, cobalt, and nickel. However, this mining is posed to destroy a thriving and interconnected ecosystem that hosts a staggering array of biodiversity: the dee...
Welcome to the first episode of RER. This is an interview we did on July 26th with the President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in France, Lamya Essemlali about the July 21st arrest in Nuuk Greenland of Captain Paul Watson, Founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, co-founder of Greenpeace, and star of Whale Wars (who recently has been living in France and this occurred during the Paris Olympics.) There are just a few more days until the 9/5 decision by Denmark to poten...