Dr. Leif Tapanila & Peter Pruett

This edition of The Nature of Idaho features Darren Parry, the former chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. He talks with us about Indigenous perspectives on climate change.

Join hosts Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett as they sit down with Idaho's former historian, Keith Peterson about his new book, Inventing Idaho. The discuss how the Gem State's unusually shaped borders came to be.

Join hosts, Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett as they meet with Andrea Kortello, an ecologist with Poisson Consulting to discuss wolverines.

For this episode of The Nature of Idaho, hosts Peter Pruett and Dr. Leif Tapanila meet with film-maker Kris Millgate, outdoor journalist, and owner of Tight Line Media to discuss her latest film, On Grizzly Ground.

Join hosts Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett as they meet with Dr. Cheryl Schultz, professor of conservation biology at Washington State University to discuss Western Monarch butterflies.

Join hosts Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett for this episode of The Nature of Idaho. Today, we are joined with Dr. Sam Luoma, a research ecologist at the University of California, Davis to talk about Coeur D'Alene Lake and how it is recovering from years of mining.

Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett had the opportunity to sit down with founder of Barrie's Ski & Sports to discuss the sporting goods industry and about mountain biking and skiing in Pocatello.

Hosts Peter Pruett and Dr. Leif Tapanila are joined by guest Sandra Gladish, director of interpretation and education at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument and Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve.Can you help us with the trivia? There’s a new species of fossil otter that was described from Hagerman. What rock star is it named after?Lontra weiri. Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead

Join hosts Peter Pruett and Dr. Leif Tapanila as they meet with Ryan Byers to talk about about his guidebook to the nine peaks in Idaho over 12,000 feet tall. For this episode's trivia question: What is the shortest of the Nine Twelvers?Answer: Hyndman

In this episode, Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett of Zoo Idaho talk with Phil Hough, the executive director for the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. They discuss the value of designating the Scotchman Peaks a wilderness area, as well as the difficulties of doing so. Check out this week's trivia question:Q: The wilderness act was signed into law on Sept 3, 1964. What other significant act was signed into law on that date?A: Civil Rights Act