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BIRD HUGGERAuthor: Catherine Greenleaf
Love gardening and birds and want to help Mother Nature? Join host Catherine Greenleaf, former gardening columnist for the Boston Herald Sunday Magazine and a certified wildlife rehabilitator with 20 years of experience rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife, for discussions about organic gardening and restoring native habitat to help the birds and other wildlife in your backyard. Catherine Greenleaf talks about the natural history of birds and interviews the leading experts about how to turn your backyard into a native oasis for birds and pollinators. Language: en-us Genres: Home & Garden, Leisure, Nature, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Saving Salamanders With The Harris Center's Brett Thelen
Episode 154
Thursday, 23 April, 2026
Join us today as we speak with Brett Thelen, director of the Big Night Salamander Brigades for the Harris Center in Hancock, New Hampshire. We learn how the Big Nights are conducted and we also talk about the new tunnel project that allows amphibians to cross roads safely. Brett has been directing community science programming for more than twenty years at the Harris Center. She has an MS in Environmental Studies: Conservation Biology from Antioch University New England and a BA in Literary & Cultural Studies from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. Prior to and during her graduate studies, she held a variety of ecological research and environmental education roles with Cape Cod National Seashore. In addition to her work with the Harris Center, Brett writes for Northern Woodlands and other publications. Find out how you can help at: harriscenter.org. For more info about Big Nights, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXKT6mL-fSo. Join Catherine Greenleaf, a certified wildlife rehabilitator with 25 years of experience rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife, for twice-monthly discussions about restoring native habitat and helping the birds in your backyard. Send your questions about birds and native gardening to birdhuggerpodcast@gmail.com. (PG-13) St. Dymphna Press, LLC.








