Douglas Stotz Archives

Rescuing Species with Urban Sanctuaries

April 10, 2021May 18, 2021 Mike Nowak Douglas Stotz, Erkia Hasle, Izabella Redlinski, Keller Science Action Center, Monarch Community Science Project, Montrose Beach Dunes, Monty and Rose, Peggy Malecki, protecting natural habitat, The Field Museum, The Mike Nowak Show, This Week in Birding, Turnstone Strategies LLC

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This week, we talk about efforts to protect butterflies and birds in Chicago, and what that means for the populations of monarchs, piping plovers and other species. Erika Hasle, Izabella Redlinski and Douglas Stotz from The Field Museum, and filmmaker Bob Dolgan join us.

This Week's Show

Plover Summer on Lake Michigan

August 8, 2020November 2, 2020 Mike Nowak Bob Dolgan, Douglas Stotz, eco-influencer, Fruition Seeds, Henry Brockman, Ines Sommer, Monty and Rose, Peggy Malecki, Seasons of Change on Henry’s Farm, short season vegetable planting, Terra Brockman, The Field Museum, The Mike Nowak Show

“Seasons of Change on Henry’s Farm” filmmaker Ines Sommer and producer Terra Brockman talk about farming in the age of climate change and global pandemic. Petra Page-Mann, co-founder of Fruition Seeds, offers advice for mid-summer planting in Zones 4-6 (yes, that’s us in Chicago). Filmmaker Bob Dolgan and conservation ecologist Douglas Stotz from the Field Museam reflect on a summer without people at the lakefront, which might have made the return of a pair of piping plover much easier in 2020.