Seeds for Change: An Institute for Applied Ecology Podcast

Welcome back to Seeds for Change: An Institute for Applied Ecology podcast! After taking a break during the height of our summer field season, we're back with a new episode this month (Episode 4) featuring the voices and perspectives of our Ecological Education team. Ecological Education is a vital part of IAE's mission to conserve native habitats and save ecosystems. Our Ecological Education ('EE') Program is unique in that it is dedicated to improving the lives of incarcerated adults through education and conservation. That means a lot of our EE work is done in a prison setting. Since the program began in 2014, our conservation work in prisons has grow to include 14 prisons across Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Wyoming, and New Mexico. This episode of Seeds for Change is also unique: featuring the voices of six IAE staff members who work to strengthen and grow our ecological education program every day. We will also hear from Program Director Karen Hall on one of our biggest conservation projects within the EE program: the Sagebrush in Prisons Project. We hope you enjoy this episode, and thank you for tuning in! Music is provided by Scott Holmes under a free Creative Commons License: ⁠⁠https://scottholmesmusic.com/⁠

Welcome to the second episode of Seeds for Change, a podcast by the Institute for Applied Ecology! In today’s episode, we interview Sara Alaica, a Restoration Ecologist with IAE doing incredible work restoring native prairie and oak woodland ecosystems here in Oregon. Sara Alaica is a Restoration Ecologist in IAE’s Habitat Restoration Program, where she writes, coordinates, and implements natural resource plans to restore native Oregon habitat. She studied ecology at Columbia University, then obtained her M.Sc. in Restoration Ecology from Simon Fraser University, with a focus in botany. Sara’s restoration work has spanned the country: from restoring oyster beds in New York and high-altitude wetlands in New Mexico, to restoring tallgrass prairie in the Great Plains and bog wetlands in the Pacific Northwest. --- Up next, Seeds for Change is taking you on a trip 1,300 miles away to Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the third episode, we will hear from Melanie Gisler, the Director of the Southwest Branch of the Institute for Applied Ecology based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. So, if you’re up for the trip, be sure to stick around and we’ll meet back here next month. Thanks for listening! Music is provided by Scott Holmes under a free Creative Commons License: ⁠https://scottholmesmusic.com/

Welcome to Seeds for Change, a podcast hosted by the Institute for Applied Ecology. The Institute for Applied Ecology (IAE) is a conservation nonprofit organization based in Oregon and New Mexico. Our mission is to conserve native species and habitats through restoration, research and education. The goal of this podcast is to hear from the voices of our very own IAE staff—and explore the work they do to conserve native ecosystems. New episodes debut monthly! In each, you’ll hear from the staff across all of our programs—from ecologists to field technicians, to farmers, to educators, and more! If you're interested in learning more about conservation research, habitat restoration, native plants, and ecological education, stick around and tune in for the next episode! Music is provided by Scott Holmes under a free Creative Commons License: ⁠https://scottholmesmusic.com/⁠