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Save an Umbrella Species

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

An umbrella is a handy thing to have around during a down pour. Likewise, an umbrella species protects other plants and animals that live in their ...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:28
Purchases: 1

Too Much Fertilizer

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Too much of a good thing. We all know the hazards of that: too much fat, too much beer, too much chocolate… (Maybe not too much chocolate…)

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Where the Buffalo Roam

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Home, home on the range only covers 20 percent of what it used to. That’s worldwide, according to a new study from the World Wildlife Fund.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Green Planning

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Ocean dead zones. Air and water pollution worldwide. All this bad news is enough to cause “Eco-phobia.”

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Greenlight for Saiga?

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Remember playing with animal match books? By flipping the left- or right-hand pages you could match the picture of an animal’s head with its body. ...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Cleaning Up PCB

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

What to Do with Dog Doo

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

So what should you do with your doggie's doo? Your dog Fido probably wishes you’d just leave it in the yard.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Aspen Disappearing from American West

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The American West conjures up images of cowboys, cattle ranches and unspoiled mountains under bright blue skies. But one icon of the west -- the a...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Manatees Need a Brake

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Ever seen a manatee? Well, they look kind of like a tusk-less walrus -- BIG, slow, and pretty darn chunky. Makes you wonder why Christopher Columbu...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Facts on Flex Fuels

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Car companies say that flex-fuel vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But how do they measure up where the rubber meets the road?

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Zap The Trash

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Here’s a conundrum. What do you do with three thousand tons of smelly garbage a day? Could you just, well, vaporize it?!

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Paint Plastics

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Have you ever bathed in paint? Canary yellow or baby blue? Well of course you haven’t! But almost three million Americans could have last year, sin...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Futures for Future Species

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Can a stock market tool save a species?

Bought by KMXT

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Where Are The Caves?

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Nature builds neighborhoods in the most interesting places. Caves, for example, are pretty spectacular neighborhoods.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Saving Taz

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Sometimes the devil makes for good company -- at least that's what they think in Tasmania.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Hope Floats (and it’s Slimy!)

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Cod Downsizing

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Followers of fish facts -- especially North Atlantic Cod enthusiasts -- are doing a double-take these days.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Salmon Microchip

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Save the Salmon -- it’s easier said than done.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

The Stories of Hanukkah

From: Eric Molinsky

Hanukkah can be seen as a holiday about assimilation.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2008
Length: 04:58
Purchases: 16

Save Energy -- Shower with Someone!

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series

We all know divorce can be painful for those involved. And now, researchers at the University of Michigan have determined that divorce also hurts t...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Nov 29, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Kelp Forest Health

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series

An ecosystem is like a finely woven garment -- pull out one thread, and the entire thing might come apart. An unraveling, of sorts, happened off th...

Bought by KOSU