KHOI

Originally broadcast 05/22/2017
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KHOI naturalist reporter Pat Schlarbaum will retire from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in June. Pat was a technician for DNR's Wildlife Diversity Program, where he spearheaded and coordinated the return of many wild animal species to Iowa, including the peregrine falcon, bald eagle, river otter, kestrel, prairie chicken, and osprey. His last public event was a recent award ceremony and picnic honoring the many people, throughout the Midwest, who collaborated to bring the Osprey back to Iowa. A few of these people, including Chief Golden Light Eagle, express what the Osprey Project has really meant to them.

Rachel Lopez, Public Relations Manager for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, relates how Iowa Senate File 515, which blocks state funding to Planned Parenthood and other clinics that provide abortions, will impact Planned Parenthood and its ability to provide reproductive health care to Iowans. Planned Parenthood will lose four of its 12 clinics in Iowa.

Originally broadcast 05/17/2017
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Judi Eyles was onhand to tell us about the work of the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship and introduce a recent graduate of their CYStarters program, Steven Brockshus, whose website Terva.ag went online this week. Tim Dwight, former football star turned advocate for solar energy, told reporter Greta Anderson how experiences with troops in Iraq led him to become an advocate for Solar Power. We ended the day with a road trip to see the irises on display at the Iowa Arboretum for the American Iris Society Convention followed by a visit to Sheri Taha at the "Nasty Women" show at Expressions Gallery in Slater.

Originally broadcast 05/12/2017
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Kelly Diekmann, Ames Planning & Housing Director, describes the City of Ames' Lincoln Corridor Plan for future development of areas along Lincoln Way, including transportation, housing, land use, urban development, economic development, and infrastructure. The plan responds to a shift in priorities expressed by Ames residents away from being oriented towards car transportation, to "road diets" making way for a more walkable and cycling city with public transportation playing a larger role.

Merry Rankin, Director of Sustainability for ISU and Ames Sustainability Coordinator, and Joshua Thompson, Ames Parks & Recreation Superintendent, describe how park maintenance workers focus on sustainability while caring for Ames parks.

Pat Schlarbaum describes peregrine falcon (now hatching) and their return to Iowa after extinction.