Listening to Parks, part 2
This wild places program explores sounds in national parks. Do you go to parks for the peace and quiet? Should you expect peace and quiet at national parks? We hear from Kurt Fristrup, a scientist for the Natural Sounds Program of the National Park Service. He plays clips recorded by their audio measuring systems, which were placed near Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park. He describes the greatest sources of noise pollution in the park, and how it can adversely effect visitors and wildlife. We hear from Dan Dugan, a technical advisor to the Nature Sounds Society, and a noted expert in nature sound recording. Dan explains how you can save some of those natural sounds for yourself, using recording equipment that’s comparable in price to a typical digital camera. Dan says, “Unfortunately, quiet places are vanishing fast, and that’s one good reason to go out and record before they’re entirely gone.” The Nature Sounds Society offers an annual Field Recording Workshop in California. For more advice from Dan, follow the Supplemental Information link, below. Members of the WildeBeat can download an additional bonus clip with more sounds provided by the Park Service’s Natural Sounds Program, and an additional interview segment on how they do their research. Show number 90 [MP3 format; length 9:57; 2,389,568 bytes] Combined shows number 89 & 90, high-fidelity stereo [MP3 format; length 20:28; 19,662,134 bytes] Show number 90 script Show number 89 & 90, combined script Supplemental information
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Reprise: Keeping Bears Hungry
This skills program is a look at the arms race between campers and bears in Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. How should you protect your food from bears? This is a reprise of our show number 48, first presented on June 29, 2006. We include excerpts from interviews with Tori Seher, the wildlife biologist in charge of human/bear management at Yosemite National Park, and Laurel Boyers, the Wilderness Manager at Yosemite. They talk about the history of keeping bears from camper’s food in the Sierra Nevada, and the destructive effect that human food has on Yosemite’s bears. They also give advice on dealing with bear encounters. You can find out more about bears in the Sierra Nevada and the site SierraWildBear.GOV, which is jointly operated by the park service and the forest service. Show number 94 [MP3 format; length 9:55; 2,383,824 bytes] Show number 94, extended version [MP3 format; length 11:09; 5,361,265 bytes] Show number 94 script
Snakes I Have Known – part 1
If you fish you will get close to snakes. Over the years I have had many encounters with “no sholders” while fishing and camping. Most turned out…
Sheep Watering Holes
This wild places program looks at a proposal to provide artificial water sources for California desert bighorn sheep. Are we going to have to ruin a wilderness to save them? We hear from Steve Tabor, who taught us desert backpacking skills in edition 34, and helped introduce us to the Sheephole valley Wilderness in edition 81. Steve mentions a plan to build roads and dams in the Sheephole Valley Wilderness to provide water for desert bighorn sheep. Dan Abbe, a wilderness specialist from the Needles office of the Bureau of Land Management, explains these artificial watering holes for the sheep, which are called big game guzzlers. Brent Schoradt, the deputy policy director for the California Wilderness Coalition, explains why he thinks this plan is a bad idea. What do you think? Will it ruin this wilderness to save the sheep? We’d love to hear your comments. Show number 84 [MP3 format; length 9:55; 2,378,734 bytes] Show number 84 script
Gerber Triode Headlamp
Every fisherman has to have a flashlight, but this headlight will make you leave your regular flashlights at home. It is lightweight and comfortable to wear, turns on…
Bowfin – Fish or Monster
Bowfin have been around a long time and they are ugly fish. But they put up a good fight. And some people eat them. I never saw one growing…
