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Episodes 36

Avg. Duration 30m

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Since Feb 2020

Latest Episode Dec 2024

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Weekly

Format

Serial

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forestservice.libsyn.com

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About This Podcast

Explore the largest forest research organization in the world alongside scientists studying, questioning, and solving some of today's most compelling forest issues. Through stories, interviews, and special series, learn what's happening in your forests, and where those forest ecosystems might be headed. Season 4: Afire A 360-degree introduction to fire from a scientific standpoint. The story of how fire research shapes our landscapes and our lives. Season 3: Women of Research Highlighting women's perspectives in research over the past 50 years, scientists share stories of mentors and mentorship, motherhood, rural and urban stewardship, passions for science, leadership, and beyond. Season 2: Backcross As non-native insects and diseases threaten ash, elm, and chestnut trees, chemicals and biological controls only offer temporary protection. Dive into the double-stranded story of tree species restoration and resistance breeding alongside the scientists working towards a long-term solution, a long-term resistance. Season 1: Balance & Barrier More than 450 non-native insects have invaded our forests and urban trees since European settlement. Come explore stories of the Asian longhorned beetle, emerald ash borer, spongy moth, and hemlock woolly adelgid, as well as the scientists studying and combating these pests. EXTRA: A Window of Resurgence for Red Spruce: In the 1970s, red spruce was the forest equivalent of a canary in the coal mine, signaling that acid rain was damaging forests and that some species—especially red spruce—ere particularly sensitive to this human induced damage. In the course of studying the lingering effects of acid rain, scientists came up with a surprising result—decades later, the canary is feeling much better. EXTRA: The Two-Sided Story of Periodical Cicadas: Two scientists—one who's tracked the aboveground movements of cicadas, and another who's unearthed the belowground impact of these insects—take you inside the many mysteries and forgotten elements of these evolutionary enigmas. EXTRA: Flying the Nuthatch Home: Once spanning nearly 6 million acres in Missouri's Ozarks, the shortleaf pine and oak woodland ecosystem has dwindled to 100,000 acres today. Along with the loss of this habitat, a bird—the brown-headed nuthatch—disappeared as well. However, after decades of woodland restoration, the brown-headed nuthatch has returned to Missouri—by plane. Discover more at fs.usda.gov/research/products/multimedia/forestcast What started as a podcast produced by the Northern Research Station focusing on the Northeast and Midwest has now expanded to cover a wide range of forest topics from across USDA Forest Service Research and Development. Forestcast is an official USDA Forest Service podcast. Questions or ideas for the show? Connect with Jon at [email protected]

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Recent Episodes

S4E9 Afire: The 14th Victim & Missoula Fire Sciences Lab (Mann Gulch 75)

Dec 18, 2024 37m

When Harry Gisborne, the Forest Service's first fire scientist, died investigating the Mann Gulch Fire in 1949, he became known as its '14th victim.' Through personal stories and historical accounts,…

S4E8 Afire: The 13th Fire & Mr. Mann Gulch (Mann Gulch 75)

Dec 11, 2024 44m

On a scorching August afternoon in 1949, a small fire in Montana's Mann Gulch turned catastrophic in just minutes. Through storyteller David Turner, experience this haunting tale that transformed…

S4E7 Afire: A Chief's Perspective on Fire

Dec 04, 2024 15m

How does research shape a Chief's decisions about fire? Through personal stories and reflections, Chief Randy Moore shares how scientific discoveries have transformed our agency's understanding of…

S4E6 Afire: Fire Ignition, Mitigation & Recovery

May 15, 2024 48m

Fire shapes landscapes and lives, but how do humans shape fire? By measuring wildfire ignition, mitigation, and recovery, as well as the wildland-urban interface—where houses meet or intermingle with…

S4E5 Afire: Fire Effects Above and Belowground

May 08, 2024 51m

Fire affects forests above and belowground. Travel along on a multiscale journey from forest-wide influences to molecular-level changes, unraveling the knowns and unknowns of fire effects on soil,…

S4E4 Afire: Fire Weather, Wind & Smoke

May 01, 2024 58m

From whipping winds that fan flames to swirling smoke that obscures visibility, fire weather is a complex phenomenon. In Episode 4 of "Afire," hear from three meteorologists at the intersection of…

S4E3 Afire: Understanding Different Fire

Apr 24, 2024 51m

Prescribed fire plays a vital role in creating healthy landscapes that better survive natural and human-caused disturbances, while reducing wildfire risk to communities, infrastructure, and natural…

S4E2 Afire: Understanding Fire Differently

Apr 17, 2024 48m

Indigenous tribes gained their unique understanding of fire, and the role of fire on the landscape, long before European settlers came to what is now called North America. Since then, the…

S4E1 Afire: Understanding Fire

Apr 10, 2024 1h 6m Transcript

Fire is a form all of its own, but a simple way to understand fire is as a swarm. A swarm of bees. Or starlings. Or mosquitos. A spreading fire is a swarm of ignitions, a series of small fires over…

Flying the Nuthatch Home

Jun 27, 2023 44m Transcript

Once spanning nearly 6 million acres in Missouri's Ozarks, the shortleaf pine and oak woodland ecosystem has dwindled to 100,000 acres today. Along with the loss of this habitat, a bird—the…

S3E10 Women of Research: Our Sustainable Future with Cindi West

Apr 13, 2023 27m

Cindi West has over 30 years of experience working across private industry, academia, and federal government in a variety of jobs to ensure sustainability of natural resources. In February 2021 she…

S3E9 Women of Research: Scientific & Ethical Integrity with Maggie Hardy

Apr 10, 2023 35m

Maggie Hardy is the program manager of the Rocky Mountain Research Station Forest and Woodland Ecosystems Program, a group of scientists that develops and delivers scientific knowledge and management…

S3E8 Women of Research: Changing the World Through Soil with Deb Page-Dumroese

Apr 06, 2023 24m

Research soil scientist Deb Page-Dumroese's research interests center around maintaining soil productivity during and after land management activities. As site principal investigator for several…

S3E7 Women of Research: A Life of Healthy Forests with Jenny Juzwik

Apr 03, 2023 21m

Research plant pathologist, Jenny Juzwik, conducts studies on diseases of trees that impact forest health and productivity. Her career-long interest and passion has been the study of interactions…

S3E6 Women of Research: The Nature of Stewardship with Lindsay Campbell

Mar 30, 2023 28m

Research social scientist, Lindsay Campbell, explores the dynamics of civic stewardship, environmental governance, and sustainability policymaking--with a particular emphasis on issues of social and…

S3E5 Women of Research: Plots to Blocks with Sjana Schanning

Mar 27, 2023 27m

Ecologist Sjana Schanning's fieldwork has taken her from the Rincon Mountains of Arizona, to the the winter woods of Wisconsin, to the summer shores of Michigan's Isle Royale. But, she's recently…

S3E4 Women of Research: Juggling Motherhood & Ornithology with Susannah Lerman

Mar 23, 2023 30m

Ecologist Susannah Lerman walks us through her career and life, from falling in love with birds in Israel, to making something more of mowing, to hosting a motherhood workshop, to the mentors that…

S3E3 Women of Research: Watershed Moments & Moms with Chelcy Miniat

Mar 20, 2023 25m

Ecologist Chelcy Miniat shares watershed moments of her career and life, from a spark of science in sixth grade, to her time at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, to her decisions about if and when…

S3E2 Women of Research: An Ode to Mentors by Sara Brown

Mar 16, 2023 38m

Ecologist Sara Brown takes us through eight chapters of her career and the 10 mentors that made her, from wildland firefighting, to smokejumping, to teaching in New Mexico, to directing the Missoula…

S3E1 Women of Research: Twenty-Five Years of Mentorship with Laura Kenefic & Susan Stout

Mar 13, 2023 39m

To celebrate the immeasurable impact of women in our nation's history, and to honor the scientists who have inspired others to dream, work, study, serve and succeed, Forecast is kicking off a special…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Forestcast have?

Forestcast has published 36 episodes since February 2020, covering topics in Earth Sciences, Science.

Is Forestcast still active?

Forestcast is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 30m.

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