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Central Valley Water and Wetlands with Ellen Wehr
Central Valley Water and Wetlands with Ellen Wehr
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Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Did you know that California's Central Valley once contained a vast inland sea and was home to camels, 400 lb. saber-toothed salmon, and tiny four-tusked mastodons? Or that, just a couple of hundred years ago, it was a network of wetlands, peat bogs, riparian forests, and shallow lakes? So how did this place that was once so defined by an abundance of water become somewhere marked by water-related controversy?
Come along with me and Ellen Wehr as we discuss the history of this remarkable Valley, the wetlands that remain, and what we can do to both protect and coexist with the many species that still call the Central Valley home today.
Links:
Fossils!
NatGeo on Estuaries
NOAA Life in an Estuary
Native Tules
Nisenan Tribe
Sinking Central Valley
Wetlands of California's Central Valley (cool interactive map)
You can find me on Instagram and Tiktok @goldenstatenaturalist
My website is www.goldenstatenaturalist.com
MERCH
The theme song is called "i dunno" by grapes, and you can find it and the Creative Commons License here.
Come along with me and Ellen Wehr as we discuss the history of this remarkable Valley, the wetlands that remain, and what we can do to both protect and coexist with the many species that still call the Central Valley home today.
Links:
Fossils!
NatGeo on Estuaries
NOAA Life in an Estuary
Native Tules
Nisenan Tribe
Sinking Central Valley
Wetlands of California's Central Valley (cool interactive map)
You can find me on Instagram and Tiktok @goldenstatenaturalist
My website is www.goldenstatenaturalist.com
MERCH
The theme song is called "i dunno" by grapes, and you can find it and the Creative Commons License here.
Released:
Feb 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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