to know the land
Episodes
Ep. 179 : Northern River Otter
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A friend told me that someone in their small village had spotted a Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis) in the same river the passes through the c...
Ep. 178 : A discussion of On the Animal Trail by Baptiste Morizot with Julian Fisher
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My friend Julian Fisher recommended a book to me he thought I would enjoy. It was Baptiste Morizot’s On the Animal Trail from Polity books. I got it...
Ep. 177 : Greenbelt Foundation with Shelley Petrie
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
2,100,000 acres protected within not only the most populous area in Canada, but one of the most important economic areas, the struggle between develop...
Ep. 176 : Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats with Dr. Cylita Guy
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I first noted the book because of the “tracking rats” part of the title, but when I began reading it I realized Dr. Cylita Guy’s new book Chasin...
Ep. 175 : Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Land Protectors
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
RCMP has invaded Wet’suwet’en territory from the second time in as many years. Land protectors have been resisting a pipeline going through their ...
Ep. 174 : The True Cost of Coal with the Beehive Collective
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The massive Beehive Collective posters were a big part of my culturation and activist upbringing. Every punk house, infoshop, or radical space I encou...
Ep. 173 : Rosemary Mosco, author and cartoonist
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I really appreciate when I can meet someone who can take something despised and vilified and transform it into a beautiful focal point, braiding toget...
Ep. 172 : Autonomously and with Conviction
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most of this episode is a talk given at the Decolonizing Thanksgiving Dinner (formally Anti-colonial Thanksgiving Dinner) on October 14th, 2018. I wan...
Ep. 171 : Matt Soltys, The Urban Orchardist
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before I pressed record I was pressing Matt with questions about fungal infections which affect Apples throughout the orchard. We wove between trees, ...
Ep. 170 : Early Autumn Update
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The seasons are changing and it’s getting a little more obvious everyday. I have been watching life turn over the past couple of weeks and it’s be...
Ep. 169 : Bumble Bee Recovery Program
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bumble Bees (genus Bombus) are a diverse genus of Bees with 25 species in Ontario according to range maps, but more like 14-16 species you are more li...
Ep. 168 : Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests with Casey McFarland
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1975, Hal H. Harrison wrote the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds’ Nests. In 1979 he wrote the Western guide. I have my copy of Eastern Birds...
Ep. 167: Black Walnut
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) is a tree I have been building relationship with for years. Through gathering, processing, storing, cooking, dyeing, plan...
Ep. 166 : Song of the night
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For most of my life I have enjoyed biking and walking through the trails at night. I explore the meandering paths by creek or riverside, venture throu...
Ep. 165 : Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I went up to Point Grondine with my partner last week and while there we saw lots of great flora and fauna. Cardinal Flower, Bunchberry, Bristly Sarsa...
Ep. 164 : Cultural histories of Raccoons with Daniel Justice
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Raccoon (Procyon lotor), whose range has expands to include nearly all habitats on the continent, from Canada to Panama, has made their impact on ...
Ep. 163 : Ebony Jewelwings
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ebony Jewelwings (CIalopteryx maculata) are beautiful, which is one of the reasons they are so interesting to watch. I have seriously sat for hours wa...
Ep. 162 : Talking Trees with Dawn Matheson
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Matheson wants to start connecting with trees, or a specific tree rather, at the University of Guelph Arboretum but she’s unsure which one yet....
Ep. 161 : Approaching Nonhuman Ontologies with Dr. Sarah Abbott
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you have listened to the show in the past you’ll know that I am interested in interspecies communication. Usually I focus on animals, especially ...
Ep. 160 : Bird Collective
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tina and Angie describe themselves as “the Wizards behind the curtain” of an awesome company based out of Brooklyn called Bird Collective. They ma...
Ep. 159 : Tracking Urban Adapted Coyote Ecologies with Sage Raymond
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Certified wildlife tracker Sage Raymond, is completing her Masters of Science studying Urban-adapted Coyote ecologies in Edmonton. She has been workin...
Ep. 158 : Challenging the use of Predicides in Canada
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wildlife biologist, Hannah Barron and lawyer Kaitlyn Mitchell have been working to defend Wolves, Coyotes, Bears, and Skunks, among many other animals...
Ep. 157 : Wood Thrush
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I await the arrival of the Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) with a little bit more anticipation than most other birds. As I wander through the woods...
Ep. 156 : Witchbody with Sabrina Scott
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can we imagine a living piece of trash? Can we remember that magic exists and flows through all things, including that trash, the sidewalk, the tires ...
Ep. 155 - Lisa Walsh and Contemporary Range Expansion of the Virginia Opossum
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Virginia Opossum is of the most amazing mammals on the continent. These marsupials are slowly but surely expanding their range northwards, despite...
Ep. 154 : Voices of the Spring Birds
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Time is cyclic, as caused and demonstrated by orbits, seasons, and migrations. To honour those elliptical events I get to practice rituals with the la...
Ep. 153 : The Nature of Oaks with Doug Tallamy
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Tallamy’s new book “The Nature of Oaks : The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees” is a month-by-month study of the ecology of O...
Ep. 152 : Naturalist, Herbalist and Storyteller, Doug Elliott
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Elliott is a pretty cool guy. Well, to be honest he’s what I want to be when I grow up. A story telling, plant loving, naturalist whose passion...
Ep. 151 : Nokom's House
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kim Anderson, Dr. Sheri Longboat and Dr. Brittany Luby are the driving force behind Nokom’s House, a new lab in development at the University of...
Ep. 150 - Wellington Water Watchers
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wellington Water Watchers (WWW) is a grassroots organization working towards protecting their local water from those who would take it, pollute it, an...
Ep. 149 : No Nuclear Waste Dump in South Bruce!
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About 30 km from Lake Huron, there is a proposal to dig a 500m mine (“deep geological repository” or DGR) on 1500 acres along the Teeswater River....
Ep. 148 : Hazel Wheeler from the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eastern Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus migrans) have been listed on the COSEWIC as an endangered species since 1991, and more recent populati...
Ep. 147 : Fox and Rabbit predator-prey interactions with wildlife behavioral ecologists Jeremy Pustilnik and Paul Curtis
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this interview I get to talk with Jeremy Pustilnik and Paul Curtis about a recently published paper from the journal “Urban Ecosystems” on the...
Ep. 146 : Sophie Mazowita of Tracking Connections
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first show of 2021 is a great one. My guest is Sophie Mazowita, naturalist, educator, wildlife guide, tracker and much more. We talk about her jou...
SpaceRogue and CyberSquirrel1 (from the archives)
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is an older interview with cybersquirrel1.com creator SpaceRogue on why we need not worry about the threats of nationalistic warlike cyber attack...
Ep. 145 - Winter Solstice
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cycles of the year are very important to me. Spring Equinox is always quickening as you smell the winter dripping away. Summer solstice for dancing wi...
Episode 144: Heather Wilson of Child and Nature Alliance of Canada
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The work of Forest schools is becoming a bustling landscape of small organizations and business' trying their best to teach and share alongside the la...
Episode 143 - Lesley Sampson and Lauren Van Patter on Co-existing With Urban Coyotes
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coyotes have expanded their range in the last century more so than any other mammal on the continent, and is still going. Highly adaptive, intelligent...
Interview with Tom Wessels, Terrestrial Ecologist (from the archives)
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I air a fanboyish interview with author, educator, terrestrial ecologist and inspiration, Tom Wessels. Tom has written extensively on “forest ...
Episode 142 : Raptor Prey Remains with Ed Drewitt
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I get excited by finding dead animals on the land. There is so much we can learn by looking at these animals when they are in front of us. We can real...
Episode 141 : Talking to Jam Doughty, non-binary nature educator, and creature drawer
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The show is a conversation with Jam Doughty, discussing the facets of their career as an artist creating beautiful works interpreting a diversity of l...
Episode 140 : (Re-)Considering Buckthorn
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rhamnus cathartica, or Common Buckthorn, is a non-native opportunistic species of shrub that many love to hate, myself included most of the time. It s...
The Language of the Birds (from the archives)
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Wikipedia : In mythology, medieval literature and occultism, the language of the birds is postulated as a mystical, perfect divine language, … ...
Episode 139 - Hawk Cliff
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Going to Hawk Cliff to go watch migrating Raptors is becoming a bit of a pilgrimage for me. It’s only the second time I’ve gone there, but the qua...
Queer Nature (from the archives)
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle and I speak with Pinar and So of Queer Nature about how it might look feel and be to queer and decolonize our understandings of who we are in...
Episode 138 : Walking through the tall grass with Matt Iles, Bird Biologist
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Iles has been studying birds for about 12 years. He is humble, thoughtful and a wonderful teacher. He has taught me a lot and is a treasured frie...
Episode 137 : Dr Mark Elbroch and the Cougar Conundrum
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wonderful interview with Mountain Lion biologist and author Dr. Mark Elbroch, talking about his new book "The Cougar Conundrum : Sharing the World wit...
Prison Connections (from the archives)
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it is hard to find ways to connect with the landbase in our daily lives. Our built up environments; navigating a world that seems to orient ...
Episode 136 : Stories for snakes
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Discussing some hows and whys about storytelling as reciprocating interaction and interspecies language making. How can we work with stories to learn,...