EPISODE · Nov 27, 2025 · 26 MIN
Nurse Logs
from Nature Now
Nurse logs, a common site in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, blur the distinction between life and death as they support not only the next generation of trees, but also a host of other plant and animal species. Learn more about nurse logs and what the Jefferson Land Trust is doing to give a hand to these incredibly significant ecological systems. Nan Evans talks to Carrie Clendaniel, Preserve Manager for the Land Trust, about nurse logs and facilitating the facilitators. (KPTZ airdate: November 26, 2025) Learn more:Nurse Logs: Healers of the ForestNurse LogsKeeping Dead Wood and Creating Wildlife Habitat Piles: Some Guidance for Forest OwnersListen Up CollaborativeListen Up Collaborative and Jefferson Land Trust Featured in the New York TimesThe Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests by Lynda MapesCascadia Revealed: A Guide to the Plants, Animals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest Mountains by Daniel MathewsMystery sound recording: Andrew Spencer, courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay LibraryMusic 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!
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Nan Evans talks to Preserve Manager Carrie Clendaniel about nurse logs and what the Jefferson Land Trust is doing to give a hand to these significant ecological systems.
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