Twice a month on Sundays, KBOG will feature Coast Range Radio, a radio show and podcast that holds conversations with the many dedicated individuals in Oregon working to make a better world possible. Located in Western Oregon, Coast Range Radio features folks who work to build just communities that provide for people and the natural world. We are particularly interested in the connections between Oregon’s forests, communities, and the climate crisis.
Can’t tune in? Coast Range Radio is on your favorite podcast service (Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, & Spotify). Subscribe to get the newest episode each month. Rate and review to help spread the word! Please donate to the Coast Range Association to keep this important resource on the air.
6/23/24 – Saving Oregon’s Kelp Forests, with Oregon Kelp Alliance
The Coast Range Association is a founding member of the brand new Oregon Ocean Alliance, which has formed to more effectively advocate for Oregon’s ocean and coast ecosystems. In a future episode, I’ll be talking with some of the other founding members about our mission and goals and all of that good stuff.
The reason I bring it up today is that one of our top ocean priorities is protecting and restoring Kelp forests. And no one in Oregon is doing more to help kelp than the Oregon Kelp Alliance.
The Oregon Kelp Alliance, also known as ORKA, recently launched a major new project called The Oregon Kelp Forest Protection and Restoration Initiative, aimed at protecting and restoring critical kelp forests off of Oregon’s Coast.
I’ve invited the director of ORKA, Tom Calvanese, to talk about the new initiative, the global Kelp Forest Challenge and all things kelp. Tom is a scientist, urchin diver, manager of the OSU field station in Port Orford, and an inspiring and passionate advocate for Oregon’s Marine ecosystems, and I am so excited to talk with him today.
If you’re inspired by our show today, you can learn more about everything we’ll discuss today, including how to help save our kelp forests, by going to the show notes of the podcast, at our show page on the
coastrange.org website, or go straight to the source:
Oregonkelp.com.
Michael Gaskill (he/him)
Communications Director, Coast Range Association
________________________________
The rest of the time we’ll dedicate the show to our audience with Listener’s Choice – A variety of regional themes such as Bay Area and Pacific Northwest musicians, plus Independent Artists and whatever you request! Drop us a line below and we’ll put together a show!
