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Will We Make It Out Alive?

Will We Make It Out Alive?

Join two crazy cats as we take you on a journey of environmental restoration, GIS, and citizen science!

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Episode 15: A Culvert Affair

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2019/11/05

Welcome to Part Two of our Salmon Special - Episode 15: A Culvert Affair. If you feel like you’ve missed Part One of this two-part episode, it’s because we haven’t released Part One, yet! We plan to release Part One next month (we will link here when available).In this episode, we (long distance) interviewed Robyn Pepin of Aspect Consulting, about a culvert operation, or how to (smartly) get those salmons (or other critical fish) up the stream!? While we discuss culvert removal prioritization in

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Episode 14: Intermission

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2019/10/01

We have a short episode this month due to technical difficulties, but we will be back next month with our first interview episode!

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00:35:39

Episode 13: Knights of the Nearshore

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2019/09/03

In Episode 13: Knights of the Nearshore, we talk about how we almost didn’t make it out alive in the San Juan Islands, the impacts of our armored shorelines, how to coax the hard armor off, how to use GIS to find your identity, and opportunities for shoreline monitoring.Jen shared a harrowing tale of near escape from rough waters while kayaking in the San Juan Islands. Will we make it out alive?Nearshore Knights - Our Armored ShorelineIn this episode we discussed how we turned our shorelines into

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00:30:13

Episode 12: Ghost Ships and Rail Dock Ribs

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2019/08/06

In this episode we learn about how sound travels on water, creosote pilings and ghost ships, how the Samish Nation uses GIS in its marine debris removal efforts, and how to report creosote pilings or derelict vessels in the Puget Sound. For this episode we contacted Lalena Amiotte, Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Aquatic Resources Division’s Habitat Stewardship Unit Supervisor, and researched other details from the internet.Apparently Sound Carries on Water?! Who Knew...Amy the Poop

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Episode 11: It's Getting Dry In Here!

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2019/07/02

It’s getting droughty up in here!Have you felt like there just wasn’t as much water around lately…? From lower precipitation to less snow accumulation in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest…it’s getting dry in here!Droughts can be caused by a number of circumstances, but typically the droughts of the Pacific Northwest are impacted by low precipitation coupled with warmer temperatures (El Nino events). Winter snowpack plays an important role in ensuring that we have sufficient stream flows

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Episode 10: Keeping Your Head Above Water

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2019/06/04

Before we begin, tomorrow, June 5th is World Environment Day! This year’s theme is Beat Air Pollution, and some things you can do to celebrate include planting trees, cleaning up trash, or biking to work.To begin the episode, the Poop Detective tells another Thailand story; this time about kayaking in our own urine! We don’t recommend, but we didn’t get sick and had fun.In our restoration segment, the Poop Detective tells us why it’s bad to swim in urine and poop (and other pollution). Some of these

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Episode 9: Fire Must Burn

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2019/05/07

As you may be able to tell from the title, this episode is all about fire (and maybe a little about cats). The Poop Detective starts us out with a funny story about a friend of ours who wouldn’t put out the fire and go to bed when it was late, everyone else was turning in, and he’d maybe had a few too many. Don’t worry, nothing burned that shouldn’t have (at least that night), even though he mansplained to us that fire must burn.Our main segment this episode was on wildfires. Wildfires are natural

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Episode 8: (Up) Chucking Chum for Birthday Fun!

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2019/04/02

How did the dead salmon get across the stream and other stories about chucking chum for birthday fun.For this episode we meet up with Jenn, the Port of Tacoma Biologist and grilled her about some of the Port’s land stewardship and restoration work. We also learned about her idea of a great birthday present. Amy attempted to spell hhhuuuvvhhh (retching vomiting sound). And Jen shares more about the magic of the the hot spot tool…that’s a GIS tool! Finally, we share some information about how you too

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00:27:19

Episode 7: Poop Happens

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2019/03/05

In this episode we learn more about poop! We talk about poop troubles in Thailand and poop in shellfish. We also discuss how to navigate back to a site using your mapping grade GPS data. Finally, we offer information on the student GREEN congress and how you can help connect students to their watersheds!First, we tell all about our own experience with food poisoning in a foreign country. What was the culprit?Then we discuss the problem of poopy, toxic shellfish. No, we aren’t insulting them;

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00:35:54

Episode 6: God Save the Queen...Bee!

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2019/02/19

In this episode, the Magical Mapper tells us some fun bee facts, and explains how honey is made. The Poop Detective shares some arguably less fun, but very important facts about bees: where did they come from, where did they go? What do we say to people who don’t like bees? We share how bees are vital to commercial agriculture and other industries, and explain the concurrent impacts on the food chain.So, why are the bees dying? We delve deep into the many reasons for Colony Collapse, including the

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Episode 5: What Makes the Songbird Sing?

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2019/02/07

In this episode we talk about songbirds and umbrellas, the story of sage grouse conservation, how the Audubon Society’s Sagebrush Songbird Survey program uses GIS, and another opportunity for you to count birds.A special thank you to Christi Norman, program director of Audubon Washington, for information provided. We also depended on the Sage Grouse Initiative website for a lot of study facts and figures and a High Country News article, The Endangered Species Act’s Biggest Experiment.The Poop

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Episode 4: Why Did the Cat Cross the Road?

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2019/01/22

It’s episode 4, Why did the cat cross the road? We’re officially on at least one podcast outlet as of today, and we’re waiting be accepted to a few others. These cats are so excited for you to join us!In this episode we open by talking about the Magical Mapper’s fear of 2-legged animals in the dark of night. I’ll have you know there are animals that get around on two legs, like kangaroos and other animals on this list! Also, Pedals the bear. Also, Jen learns that Wolverines are not Wallabies, but

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00:30:55

Episode 3: How Washington Got Crabs and How to Treat...

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2019/01/09

Let’s talk about crabs, baby…Let’s talk about you and me…This episode is all about crabs! We start out by explaining how some cat (M. Mapper) put miniature GPS trackers on snails and some other cat added them to crabs. We share our newly acquired knowledge about invasive European green crabs found in the Salish Sea, how the lil buggers may have gotten here, and why these little green (but sometimes not) crabs are so destructive. We also talk about pocket estuaries and how much juvenile salmon love

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00:34:44

Episode 2: Victoria's Pooping Habits

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2019/01/02

In this episode, Jen tells a story about how much her sister loves dipping her hands in poopy water. We talk about just how far it is from Victoria Harbor to Craigdarroch Castle (I mapped it, and it was a 1.7 mile walk one way from our hotel…sorry C&P!).We highlight Victoria’s upcoming wastewater treatment plant, and some of the people whose efforts made it happen (including one Mr. Floatie!). Check out this video of someone diving on the Clover Point sewer outfalls! Mr. Floatie has a few other

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Episode 1: How to Track a Murder...

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2018/12/25

In this episode we discuss Vancouver’s aggressive crows and the CrowTrax app used to track them. Amy talks about a crow study making use of Dick Cheney masks. We also mentioned that a special crow named Canuck is now a movie star! Watch Canuck and I on YouTube. Watch the news about Canuck having babies (I’m sad to report that all of the babies have died).For those GIS-inclined, we talk about sources of GIS data to get your project started, as well as some fun datasets you might have not thought even

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Episode 0: About Us

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2018/11/10

It’s Episode 0, the About Us Episode! And no, just because it’s numbered 0 does not mean we are zeros… we’re heroes!!! Restoration and GIS heroes, that is!In this episode you’ll learn what two silly cats, Amy The Poop Detective and Jen The Magical Mapper, really think of each other, and what to expect from this amusingly educational podcast (TBD).WHACK FACT: If you listen to our podcast, you’ll hear about getting crabs, Victoria’s poop, and tracking a murder…WHACK FACT: Amy sometimes makes things

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