In this episode of ‘Rising Tide, the Ocean podcast,’ hosts David Helvarg and Vicki Nichols Goldstein interview Melanie McField, the founder and director of Healthy Reefs for Healthy People. Melanie shares her journey from a childhood interest in marine biology to her work in Belize with the Peace Corps and beyond. She discusses the creation…
Protecting Alaska’s Wild Salmon: Challenges, Conservation, and Climate Change Last fall we spoke with a University of Alaska scientist about the state of salmon. Today we speak with Tim Bristol, the Director of ‘Salmon State’, a Juneau based environmental initiative to protect and sustain Alaska’s wild salmon that include some of the largest runs in…
Our director, David Helvarg, explores the connection between increasing ocean temperatures and the intensification of wildfires in Southern California in his latest article published in the Progressive. The Role of Fire in Southern California’s Ecosystem Fire has historically been integral to Southern California’s ecosystem. The region’s dry conditions and strong, hot desert winds, known as…
Protecting Our Shores: Richard Charter on the Historic Fight Against Offshore Drilling and Biden’s Legacy of Ocean Conservation In this episode of Rising Tide the Ocean Podcast David Helvarg & Vicki N. Goldstein talk with longtime anti-offshore drilling activist Richard Charter about one of President Biden’s last acts in office, his January 6th ban on…
In this end of year episode of the Rising Tide Ocean Podcast, David Helvarg presents a compilation of some of our leading ocean voices of 2024. The episode features commercial fisherman turned journalist Nick Rahaim discussing sperm whales in Alaska, artist Ray Troll sharing his fish-inspired art, Dr. Sarah Frias-Torres on her marine biology journey,…
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