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The Nature of Idaho
Thursday from 8:30am to 9:00am

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The half-hour program features Peter Pruett, Zoo Idaho Superintendent, and Dr. Leif Tapanila, Director of the Idaho Museum of Natural History, highlighting how the Gem State’s wild places have shaped Idaho’s past, present and future. The show features segments on nature news and a fun fact.

“Idaho has so much to offer in terms of varied landscapes, habitats, geology, and people,” said Peter Pruett. “ ‘The Nature of Idaho’ is about sharing our excitement for all that is wild Idaho - the places and the faces.”

"We hope our listeners will take a little time with us to reconnect with nature, whether we're talking about digging up dinosaurs or listening to crickets in the backyard,” said Dr. Leif Tapanila. “There's always something amazing going on outside."

Those who are unable to catch the airing of The Nature of Idaho can download a podcast of previous episodes at kisu.org/programs/TheNatureOfIdaho.

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Latest Episodes
  • Join Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett for this episode of The Nature of Idaho, where our hosts sit down with Lloyd Knight from Idaho State Department of Agriculture to talk about invasive quagga mussels in the Snake River system.
  • Join Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett for this episode of The Nature of Idaho, where they sit down with John Myers, from the Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids to discuss inspiring sustainability through nature.
  • Join Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett for this episode of The Nature of Idaho, where our hosts sit down with Dr. Jen Pierce, professor of geoscience at Boise State University to discuss climate change.
  • For today's episode of The Nature of Idaho, hosts Peter Pruett and Dr. Leif Tapanila sit down with Matt Tsakrios to discuss all things snowboarding.
  • Join our hosts, Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett as they sit down with Sean Chuma to discuss base jumping off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls.
  • For this episode of The Nature of Idaho, Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett take flight with Chuck Smith from FlySunValley to discuss paragliding.
  • Join Dr. Leif Tapanila and Peter Pruett for this episode of The Nature of Idaho, where they discuss the dangers of power lines posed to eagles and other birds of prey with Eve Thompson and Todd Kantz.
  • This week on The Nature of Idaho, Peter and Leif talk all about flowers with Josh Rahl. Josh is a flower grower, buyer, and operations manager for Flowers By LD in Pocatello.
  • Our guest today is Candace Fallon. She is a senior conservation biologist with the Xerces Society. We’re talking about the fireflies in the western states.
  • 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.