Nature Guys – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Caroline joins Bob to talk about her true passion Native Grasses. Learn how these grasses can add to the diversity of life in the landscapes of our neighborhoods.

Related episodes: Lawns, Boxwood Bash

Our sources for this episode include:

• Understanding Roots by Robert Kourik
• Benefits of Native Grasses in Urban Landscaping
• Beyond Flowers: Enhancing Wildlife Gardens with Native Grasses
• Establishing Early Successional Habitat for Wildlife

Bob and Greg delve into one of their favorite plants, the Prickly Pear Cactus. It has a range far beyond the dessert so you should be able to find it in your area.

Our sources for this episode include:

• US Forest Service Prickly Pear
• What Animals Eat Cactus
• 5 Facts About Prickly Pear Cactus
• Nine Interesting Facts about Prickly Pear

Bob and co host Charles are joined by Doug Chadwick, author of The Wolverine Way. Doug is celebrating the listing of wolverines as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Related episode: Four Fifths a Grizzly with Doug Chadwick

For more information, please see:

• The Wolverine Way at Patagonia Books
• Vital Ground Foundation

Grey Squirrels are easy to see in certain areas. They are really cute even when they are eating all your birdseed!

Our sources for this episode include:

• Eastern Gray Squirrel
  https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/eastern-gray-squirrel/
• Squirrels: Diet, Habits & Other Facts
  https://www.livescience.com/28182-squirrels.html
• 22 things you may not know about squirrels
  https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/happy-squirrel-appreciation-day

Bob invites artist Adrian Hawk to tell us how we can do Land Art right in our own neighborhoods.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Andy Goldworthy Digital Catalogue
  https://www.goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk
• Imago Rangers - Land Art
  https://imagoearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Day-7-Land-Art-.pdf

Bob has his back yard torn up. He is amazed to find Blue Violets returning in pure clay soil.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Common Blue Violet
  https://www.gardenexperiments.com/common-blue-violet/
• 7 Fun Facts about Violets
  https://www.teleflora.com/blog/7-fun-facts-about-violets/
• Interesting facts about violets
  http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-violets/

Bill and Bob remember a fun outside activity they did as kids.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Let’s Go Outside by Jennifer Ward
  https://www.jenniferwardbooks.com/

Bill talks with Thane Maynard the Director of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. Learn how Thane went from a kid chasing gaters in Florida to the head of one of the best zoos in the world.

Resources mentioned include:

• Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
  http://cincinnatizoo.org/
• Cincinnati Zoo live safaris on FaceBook
  https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/live
• Cincinnati Nature Center
  https://www.cincynature.org/
• Center for Plant Conservation
  https://saveplants.org/
• African Parks: Saving Wildlife
  https://www.africanparks.org/
• Wildlife Conservation Society
  https://www.wcs.org/

Bill and Bob explain a simple activity you can do to connect your kids and yourself to trees.

Our sources for this episode include:

• Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell
  https://www.sharingnature.com/

Bob interviews Nancy Stranahan the Executive Director of the Arc of Appalachia. Nancy is an inspiration and we can all use a large dose of that right now. 

Related episode: Spring Wildflowers (http://natureguys.org/spring-wildflowers/)

The Arc of Appalachia - Saving Ohio's Wildlands
https://arcofappalachia.org/