Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Implementation
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With Nigella Hilgarth, the Executive Director of the Birch Aquarium At Scripps San Diego, and Kate Hanley, the Director of Operations and Development Director at San Diego Coastkeeper.
Torrey Pines State Reserve
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Treehuggers International’s recent conversation with Darren Smith, Resource Ecologist with California State Parks and the Natural Resources Program Manager for Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, is now available at the Show Archive page. Learn about threats facing the reserve from invasive species and invisible-to-the-naked eye effects of urbanization, how Torrey Pines remains a remnant of the rapidly vanishing native Southern California coastal ecosystem, and get the scoop on San Diego’s most revered tree, which lends it’s name to a school, a road, businesses, even a gliderport!
San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers
Cara Furio and Bill Howell from the San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers stop by Treehuggers International to talk about the Canyoneers’ mission and history, and the Canyoneers’ ties to their original stomping grounds in San Diego’s Florida Canyon. Tommy also geeks out on oak trees as Cara discusses handling rattlesnakes and other critters.
Wildcoast and the Tijuana River
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Treehuggers International’s conversation with Ben McCue from Wildcoast is available at the Show Archive page. Listen in as Tommy and Ben discuss the problem of pollution and sewage in the Tijuana River Estuary, strides being made on both sides of the U.S. / Mexico border to clean up the Tijuana River, and the new Monte de Los Olivos sewage treatment plant in Tijuana. Also discussed is the suspension of the San Diego County Ocean Water Quality Program, which monitors the water quality at area beaches, and the recent Playas Limpias Mexico Parks and Beaches Clean-Up Day. Para ver el website de Wildcoast en Español, chasque AQUÍ.
