In this episode of This Green Earth , Chris and Nell first speak with (2:31) Toni Westland, the Supervisory Refuge Manager at the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge located in Sanibel Island, Florida. She'll describe how Hurricane Ian impacted the land, plants and animals at the refuge and how, just two weeks later, the refuge is showing signs of recovery.
Then, in the second part of the show, (29:43) Julie Wraithmell, Executive Director of Audubon Florida talks about the impact which hurricane Ian had to birds and habitat across those parts of Florida that fell within Ian's path.
Chris is the co-host of “This Green Earth”, a weekly radio show covering environmental news and issues. Broadcast on KPCW, the NPR affiliate for Park City. He also sits on the boards of Recycle Utah and Summit Community Power Works.