Dave Schlom

1 week ago | mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler

Host Dave Schlom and Producer Matt Fidler go out in the field and in the studio to learn about the story of a major restoration on Big Chico Creek in Chico, California's historic and precious Bidwell Park. Once a stream that supported impressive populations of Chinook Salmon and steelhead, the stream has had trouble maintaining those populations in recent decades.

2 weeks ago | mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler

Host Dave Schlom is joined by two University of California at Davis researchers and the state's gray wolf coordinator to learn more about how California's steadily growing wolf population is affecting cattle ranchers and communities in rural Northern California. UC Davis agriculture and rangeland professors Tina Saitone and Ken Tate discuss the results of a study they conducted using game cameras, fecal and hair analysis, and more to discover the true cost of wolves preying on cattle.

3 weeks ago | mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler

Hot Dave Schlom is joined by scientists from the United States Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington for an overview of the iconic cones sheathed in snow and ice and the geologic hazards they represent. Scientist in Charge Jon Major gives an in-depth look at the Cascades volcanic chain and the eruptions of Mt. St. Helens that wreaked havoc on the landscape there in 1980.

4 weeks ago | mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler

Some of the most important and underappreciated parts of healthy ecosystems, invertebrates get their due in this special edition of Blue Dot profiling the work of the Xerces Society. Named for a butterfly that went extinct in the San Francisco Bay Area, the society works on behalf of invertebrate species, especially pollinators like bees and butterflies which are under tremendous stress due to development, the use of pesticides and climate change.

1 month ago | mynspr.org | Dave Schlom |Matt Fidler

Host Dave Schlom visits with Kim Frank, author of the new book Elephants in The Hourglass (Pegasus Books). It's both a story of a Mom's personal journey to find balance in life and her quest to document elephant and human conflict in India's Himalayan region. Indian Elephants are smaller than their African counterparts, but their history with human beings goes back millennia.