The Trees Are Speaking (Part 1)

Nan Evans talks with Lynda Mapes, longtime environmental reporter for The Seattle Times, about how culture, economics, and science have fundamentally changed how we use timber resources and perceive our relationship with forests. Much of the conversation is driven by Mapes’ most recent book, The Trees are Speaking: Dispaches from the Salmon Forest (part 1 of a two-part program). (KPTZ airdate: September 3, 2025) Learn more:Lynda MapesThe Trees are Speaking: Dispaches from the Salmon ForestCedar Flats Research Natural AreaChimacum Ridge Community ForestChimacum Ridge Community Forest Grand Opening Celebration Books mentioned:Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home by Lynda MapesThe Olympic Rainforest: A Ecological Web by Ruth Kirk and Jerry FranklinEcological Forest Management by Jerry Franklin, Norman Johnson, and Debora JohnsonThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenFinding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard Bird sound recording: Thomas G. Sander, ML125369, 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!