Land and People
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- Society & Culture
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Hawaiʻi conservationist and artist Melissa Chimera and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa fire and ecosystems scientist Dr. Clay Trauernicht talk with land protectors in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific about the places they cherish through their professional and ancestral ties. We paint an intimate portrait of today’s land stewards dealing with global crises while problem solving at the local level.In Season 5, we turn to Oʻahu and the wai (water) issues that came to the forefront after 2026’s extreme weather, beginning with the Kona lows, from rapid response and recovery to long-term stewardship of wai, ʻāina, and co...
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Recent episodes
- EP 77 Water planner Barry Usagawa on caring for Oʻahu’s water from mauka to makai
- EP 76 Biologist Sierra McDaniel on conserving the inheritance of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
- EP 75 Waikōloa Dry Forest biologists Jen Lawson and Rob Yagi on the interface between people and the rarest of the rare forests
- EP 74 Biologist Jim Jacobi on mapping and surveying Hawaii’s unique ecosystems across time and space
- EP 73 Pilot David Okita on the evolution of helicopters as an essential tool for conservation land management
- EP 72 Wildlife biologists Colleen and Ian Cole on making lasting alliances across diverse communities and geographies
- EP 71 Hawaiian storyteller and conservationist Hannah Kihalani Springer on how land care begins with aloha for one another
- EP 70 Kekuhi Keali’ikanaka’ole on how we find family in `āina
- EP 69 Park Superintendent Rhonda Loh on how seeking knowledge of the land is a mind and heart endeavor
- EP 68 Restoring the land is a family affair: researchers Pat Hart, Susan Cordell and Colin Hart on the secret world of plants, birds and cacao