Episodes

  • Porcupine Research
    Feb 1 2026

    This month Monty talks with Mikayla Bivona, the acting Prineville Assistant Wildlife Biologist with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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    50 mins
  • MOTUS: A Collaborative Research Network Tracking Wildlife Movement
    Jan 5 2026

    Monty sits down with Kaly Adkins, regional non-game wildlife biologist with ODFW, to talk about MOTUS, a research network tracking wildlife movement for conservation.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Live Interview: Annual Oregon Convention of The Wildlife Society and Society of American Foresters
    Dec 4 2025

    On this special episode of Northwest Nature Matters, Monty hosts a live interview at the annual convention with the Oregon Chapter of the Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society. He speaks with Rebecca Bernard, the immediate past president of the Society of American Foresters.

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    49 mins
  • Bend 2 Suttle Lake Wild Passage Initiative
    Nov 1 2025

    This month, Monty speaks with Jeremy Austin, Wildlands & Water Program Director for Central Oregon Land Watch, about wildlife crossing initiatives.

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    59 mins
  • Middle-Aged Wolfman
    Oct 1 2025

    This month Monty and Jess speak with Jim Holyan, longtime Wolf Biologist with the Nez Perce Tribe and published author. His book, I Was a Middle-Aged Wolfman, is available for purchase now.

    A previous version of this episode had audio issues, those have since been corrected and the repaired version reuploaded here.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Umpqua Watersheds
    Sep 1 2025

    Monty and Jess speak with Diana Pace, Umpqua Watersheds Board Secretary, and Susan Applegate, former Chair of Wilderness, about the proposed Crater Lake Wilderness.

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    48 mins
  • Women in Wildlife: Vanessa Petro
    Aug 1 2025

    In the final episode of our Women in Wildlife series, Monty once again speaks with Vanessa Petro, Lead Wildlife Biologist at the Oregon Department of Forestry.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Western Rattlesnakes in the Willamette Valley
    Jul 14 2025

    In this special episode to celebrate Snake Week, Monty speaks with Joe Stack, Regional Habitat Biologist at ODFW, about the work he's doing to support rattle snakes in the Willamette Valley.

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    57 mins