The Nature Connection Archives
September-2008   October 2008    January 2009     March 2009     June 2009

June 2009
Dog Connection!
Join Nancy & Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) on Big Blend Radio for 'The Nature Connection' as they explore the connection dogs have with nature and people. Special guests include: Laura Lluellyn-Lassiter - Animal Communicator; Kathryn Miles - Author of 'Adventures with Ari: A Puppy, A Leash, and Our Year Outdoors'; and Deborah Howard – President & Founder of Companion Animal Protection Society.

March 2009
The Nature Connection – Mar. 20: Join hosts Nancy & Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com editors) and their special guest co-host Craig C. Downer - ecologist, biologist & naturalist; and featured guests: Karen Taschek – Author of ‘Hanging with Bats: Ecobats, Vampires, and Movie Stars’; Anna Fiedler - Ph.D student at MSU in Doug Landis’ Invasive Species Ecology & Biological Control Lab; Kelly Stettner - Black River Action Team in Vermont; and Christine Kirk -Director of the Outdoor Education Center in Southern California.   Click here to listen live!

 

JANUARY 2009
January 23, 2009
Wild Horses & Burros, & Natural Horse Care Radio - Join hosts Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith (Editors of BigBlendMagazine.com) on Jan. 23, for a special episode of The Nature Connection radio show focusing on Wild Horses & Burros, and Nature Horse Care. Craig C. Downer will guest co-host and special guests include: Deanne Stillman - Author of 'Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West'; Kathleen Hayden & Cindy McDonald - advocates for the Wild Horses in Coyote Canyon in CA; Karen Pomroy – Equine Voices in AZ; and Cheryl Henderson – Oregon School of Natural Hoof Care. Meet our Guests & Listen to the show.

 

OCTOBER 2008

October 24, 3008
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Special co-host Craig C. Downer will join hosts Nancy & Lisa, editors of BigBlendMagazine.com for the next Nature Connection online radio show. Craig Downer will tell us what’s happening with the Mountain Tapirs.
Ronald J. Tipton, Senior Vice President of Programs for the National Parks Conservation Association will discuss the future of America’s National Parks.
David D. Gillette - Colbert Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of Northern Arizona will tell us about his exhibit ‘Therizinosaur!—Mystery of the Sickle-Claw Dinosaur’.
We’ll talk about water conservation with J. Dietrich “Diet” Stroeh.
We will discuss the benefits of deconstruction versus demolition with Lorenz Schilling
Environmentally conscious singer/songwriter Robin Avery will join us to tell us
about her new single ‘Light the Way’.
 

SEPTEMBER 2008

September 12, 2008
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To listen to a featured guest or learn more about them, please click on their name below.
Featured Guests:
Co-host Craig C. Downer – Author, Ecologist & Naturalist;
Dale Anderson – Project Survival’s Cat Haven
Trefoni M. Rizzi - Author of ‘Teddy's Travels - America's National Parks’;
Karen Pomroy– Founder of Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary;
Rachel Edelstein - The Arboretum at Flagstaff;
Allen W. Nyhuis and Wassner – Co-authors of ‘America's Best Zoos:
A Travel Guide for Fans & Families’

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