Favorite Books of 2025

The hosts of Nature Now - Jackie Canterbury, Nan Evans, and Debaran Kelso - start the year by sharing their favorite books about natural history. The conversation roams from bees to wolves, research to poetry, and beautiful photographs to whimsical illustrations. Laugh with them, listen to the awe and amazement they share, and find a new favorite book to read. Happy New Year, listeners! (KPTZ airdate: January 7, 2026) Books discussed:The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests by Lynda MapesApprentice To The Wild by Kurt HoeltingIs A River Alive? by Robert MacfarlaneI Was a Middle-Aged Wolfman: Chasing Wolves in Idaho's Backcountry by Jim HolyanSeabirds As Sentinels: Auklets, Puffins, Shearwaters, and the View from Destruction Island by Eric WagnerSeabirds: The New Identification Guide by Peter HarrisonThe Mind Of A Bee by Lars ChittkaAround The Salish Sea: Plants and Art by Alice DerryIn Praise of Mystery by Ada LimonDog Songs by Mary OliverExplore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids by Joseph GaydosFrom BAM! to BURP! A Carbon Atom’s Never-Ending Journey through Space and Time and YOU by Melissa Stewart Find more to read in the Jefferson Land Trust Natural History Society Book Club reading list. Music by Rick Bauer Nature Now is created by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you enjoy this episode and can support the work that goes into making Nature Now, we invite you to go to kptz.org/donate to make a contribution. Thank you for your support!