Ranked #1
Episode 38 - Ice, Ice, Nature - Life Under the Ice
Episode 38 - Ice, Ice, Nature - Life Under the Ice
Join us for the start of season two as Brandon and Angela dive into to a listener requested topic: Life Under the Ice. E... Read more
8 Jan 2020
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27mins
Ranked #2
Episode 43 - The Rivers that Shape Us… The Mississippi, Dams, and Birds
Episode 43 - The Rivers that Shape Us… The Mississippi, Dams, and Birds
Join us as Nick Beaufeaux, Maintenance Chief for Elm Creek Park Reserve and Mississippi Gateway Regional Park, discusses... Read more
5 Feb 2020
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29mins
Ranked #3
Episode 25 - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship: The Need for Parks
Episode 25 - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship: The Need for Parks
To celebrate the past 50 years, Brandon and Angela are talking to special guest Bill Walker, Cultural Resources Manager ... Read more
4 Sep 2019
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31mins
Ranked #4
Episode 6 - Strange Calls in the Night - Owl Ambassadors
Episode 6 - Strange Calls in the Night - Owl Ambassadors
Join us as Interpretive Naturalist Adam Barnett explains why nature centers’ keep owls as ambassadors for their wild kin... Read more
6 Feb 2019
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27mins
Ranked #5
Episode 1 - Snow and its Relationship to Animals
Episode 1 - Snow and its Relationship to Animals
In this first episode of The Wandering Naturalist, hosts Brandon and Angela provide some insight on the science of snow ... Read more
19 Dec 2018
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21mins
Ranked #6
Episode 44 - Under Pressure: Urban Sprawl - A Spectrum of Parks
Episode 44 - Under Pressure: Urban Sprawl - A Spectrum of Parks
Luke Skinner, Associate Superintendent of Three Rivers Park District, joins us to discuss how the park district has crea... Read more
4 Mar 2020
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29mins
Ranked #7
Episode 10 - Calls of Spring – The Racket of Frogs
Episode 10 - Calls of Spring – The Racket of Frogs
The signs of spring are near and you may be hearing the calls of frogs, even with snow still on the ground. Fresh out of... Read more
3 Apr 2019
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27mins
Ranked #8
Episode 22 - Bees, Cows, and your Lunch - To Bumblebee be or to Honeybee?
Episode 22 - Bees, Cows, and your Lunch - To Bumblebee be or to Honeybee?
Wander with us as Angela and Brandon investigate the differences between two different kinds of bees, bumblebees and hon... Read more
7 Aug 2019
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25mins
Ranked #9
Episode 24 - Bees, Cows, and your Lunch - Native Bee Atlas
Episode 24 - Bees, Cows, and your Lunch - Native Bee Atlas
Britt Forsberg from the University of Minnesota Native Bee Atlas shares with us how the university is discovering what n... Read more
7 Aug 2019
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25mins
Ranked #10
Episode 9 - Wandering the Sugar Bush - Cooking with Maple Syrup
Episode 9 - Wandering the Sugar Bush - Cooking with Maple Syrup
Discover the secrets to cooking with maple syrup as Andi Anderson from Gale Woods Farm joins us to help us in the kitche... Read more
6 Mar 2019
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19mins
Ranked #11
Episode 21 - Here there be Dragon(flies) - Cultural Fascination to Research Subjects
Episode 21 - Here there be Dragon(flies) - Cultural Fascination to Research Subjects
With over 149 dragonfly and damselfly species in Minnesota there is much to learn and observe. Dragonfly scientist Ami ... Read more
3 Jul 2019
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26mins
Ranked #12
Episode 31 - Nature of Zombies: Historical Fascination
Episode 31 - Nature of Zombies: Historical Fascination
Zach Mohlis from, The Landing – Minnesota River Heritage Park, will provide a historical perspective on where the idea o... Read more
2 Oct 2019
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16mins
Ranked #13
Episode 26 - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship: Lowry Nature Center
Episode 26 - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship: Lowry Nature Center
The first nature center was built in 1969, Lowry Nature Center. Tag along as hosts Brandon and Angela interview Tom McD... Read more
4 Sep 2019
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32mins
Ranked #14
Episode 40 - Ice, Ice, Nature - From Ice Harvesting to Ice Fishing, How Humans Use Ice
Episode 40 - Ice, Ice, Nature - From Ice Harvesting to Ice Fishing, How Humans Use Ice
Explore how humans interact with ice as we talk with park volunteer and Ice Harvest historian Tim Graff about how and wh... Read more
8 Jan 2020
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32mins
Ranked #15
Episode 15 - Flower Medicine and Taking Photos - April Showers, May Wildflowers
Episode 15 - Flower Medicine and Taking Photos - April Showers, May Wildflowers
Wander with us as we talk with Pauline Bold from The Landing. She shares with us some of the ways people used early spri... Read more
1 May 2019
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27mins
Ranked #16
Episode 11 - Calls of Spring – Start of a Journey
Episode 11 - Calls of Spring – Start of a Journey
3 Apr 2019
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20mins
Ranked #17
Episode 39 - Ice, Ice, Nature - Invasion of the Oxygen Snatchers
Episode 39 - Ice, Ice, Nature - Invasion of the Oxygen Snatchers
How do invasive species impact life under the ice? What do they do to the oxygen? Can you do anything to help? Find out ... Read more
8 Jan 2020
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18mins
Ranked #18
Episode 14 - Earthworms, Buckthorn, and Flowers, Oh My - April Showers, May Wildflowers
Episode 14 - Earthworms, Buckthorn, and Flowers, Oh My - April Showers, May Wildflowers
Do earthworms help or hinder flowers in the forest? How are invasive species like buckthorn impacting spring wildflowers... Read more
1 May 2019
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24mins
Ranked #19
Episode 28 - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship: Looking to the Future
Episode 28 - 50 Years of Environmental Stewardship: Looking to the Future
Three Rivers has worked to make our parks home for surrounding communities and wildlife over these past 50 plus years. ... Read more
4 Sep 2019
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32mins
Ranked #20
Episode 41 - The Rivers that Shape Us… The Mississippi and its Geology
Episode 41 - The Rivers that Shape Us… The Mississippi and its Geology
Join us as we discuss one of the rivers Three Rivers Park District is named after, the Mississippi River! Ashley Smith, ... Read more
5 Feb 2020
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30mins