Seven Rivers Unbound: A Wild and Scenic Journey Through the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed
Explore the Wood-Pawcatuck's Wild and Scenic Rivers through Seven Rivers Unbound! Learn how scientists, artists, hikers, birders, and so many others enjoy and conserve the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed and its federally designated Wild and Scenic Rivers.
This podcast is sponsored by the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council.
Episodes
9 episodes
How the Shunock River Powered North Stonington, CT with Vilma Gregoropoulos
Listen in as Vilma Gregoropoulos, landscape expert and historian with the North Stonington Historical Society, guides us through the story of water power, industry, and mill town life. Together, we explore how the Shunock River and its tributar...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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33:52
Counting Waterfowl with Wildlife Biologist, Jenny Kilburn
In this episode, Hugh Markey and Casey Merkle wade into the world of waterfowl monitoring with experts from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RI DEM). Jenny Kilburn, Principal Wildlife Biologist, explains how annual...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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13:15
Mini BioBlitz with the Westerly Land Trust
Join us in a late summer mini BioBlitz with the Westerly Land Trust! How many organisms can be found in just four hours of exploring?Hugh Markey joined Marc Doherty, Land Stewardship Manager at the Westerly Land Trust, for a Mini BioBli...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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20:00
Bat Biology with Jen Brooks
Come along on a virtual bat visit at Carolina Trout Hatchery in Richmond, Rhode Island. RI DEM bat biologist Jennifer Brooks and I talk about fascinating topics like where bats go in the winter, what they eat, and how Jen and her crew trap and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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34:04
Dragonflies in the Great Swamp - Notes from the Field
Join Casey Merkle and Hugh Markey as they follow odonate experts Ginger Brown and Nina Briggs on a dragonfly safari in the Great Swamp Management Area!
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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13:25
Where does that stone wall go?
"Good fences make good neighbors." So wrote Robert Frost in his poem, "The Mending Wall." But what happens to those good fences when the neighbors have departed, either literally or metaphorically? In this episode, Elliot Vosbur...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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32:29
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Frogs in the Watershed!
Join co-hosts Casey Merkle and Hugh Markey, along with Roger Williams Park Zoo's Hannah Petrarca as they discuss FrogWatch, a community science project focusing on frogs and toads. Let the peepers begin! Become a Frogwatcher:
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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16:53
Episode One: DEM Fisheries Biologist Corey Pelletier talks trout
So many fish, so little time...Our guest, Corey Pelletier, discusses the health of the Wood Pawcatuck Watershed and the steps the Department of Environmental Management is taking to monitor and conserve this vital resource.
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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