Nell Larson
Producer/ Co-HostCo-host of KPCW's This Green Earth.
Nell Larson has been the director of Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter since 2013, but has been a co-host of This Green Earth since 2009. Prior to her role as director at Swaner, Nell acted as Conservation Director, where she focused on the restoration and management of the 1,200 acre nature preserve, implementing projects geared toward stream restoration, water quality, wildlife habitat, and trails. Nell grew up in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. She completed her undergraduate degree at Yale, as well as her master of Environmental Management with a focus in ecology at the Yale School of Forestry. Outside of work, Nell loves to ski - both Nordic and alpine - sail, hike, travel, kickball, and generally take advantage of Utah's great outdoors.
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Dr. David Parrott, Assistant Director of the Great Salt Lake Institute, discusses his studies, particularly the halophilic bacteria and fungi found in and around the Great Salt Lake. -
Dr. Winifred Frick, Chief Scientist at Bat Conservation International and an associate research professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz, explores how bat populations respond to anthropogenic and natural stressors and how we use science to inform conservation. -
Kim Hersey from the Division of Wildlife Resources talks about bats more prevalent bat encounters in the summer and how to keep the bats, and yourself, safe. -
Anna Gannet Hallar from the University of Utah’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences talks about a recent U.S. News and World Report study ranking Utah low in the natural environment category. -
Kim Hersey with the Division of Wildlife Resources talks about bats in Utah. (1:30)Then, Anna Gannet Hallar from the University of Utah’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences talks about a recent U.S. News and World Report study ranking Utah low in the natural environment category. (27:02) -
Tracy Coppola, the National Park Conservation Association’s Senior Colorado Program Manager, joins the show to talk about the health of our national parks. -
Nell and Chris speak with journalist Gloria Dickie about her newly released book "Eight Bears: Mythic Past And Imperiled Future." -
Journalist Gloria Dickie discusses her new book, "Eight Bears: Mythic Past And Imperiled Future."Then Tracy Coppola, the National Park Conservation Association’s Senior Colorado Program Manager, will speak about the overall health of our National Parks. -
Leif Richardson, a conservation biologist with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, discusses the California Bumble Bee Atlas, a multi-year community science project to survey the diversity and distributions of 25+ native bumble bee species.Leif covers the atlas, the critical role bumble bees play as pollinators and how we, as citizen scientists can get involved in collecting data for the atlas. -
Julia Olson, the Executive Director of Our Children’s Trust.
