The New Rust Belt

Announcement: A New Show

This is a special announcement in place of our regular show. Steve announces a change in our format and our production schedule. Our future programs will be presented in a longer format on roughly a monthly schedule. We expect to release the first in our new series of programs in December. * Special Announcement on November 6, 2008 [MP3 format; length 6:32; 3,133,896 bytes] [http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E163.mp3] JOIN NOW -- Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands. [https://www.earthislandprojects.org/wildebeat/donate.html]

Update: Using All Fours, part 2

[Ramp in biomechanics laboratory] [http://www.wildebeat.net/supplements/E087/Laboratory.jpg]http://www.willamette.edu/cla/exsci/facilities/integrated_lab/ This skills program is part 2 of our look at the science and skills, myths and fact around trekking poles. Is hiking with poles a trendy gimmick, or a valuable skill? (This is an update of our edition 87 originally presented on May 24, 2007 [http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E086.html].) Julianne Abendroth-Smith [http://www.willamette.edu/cla/exsci/faculty_staff/abendroth-smith/] talks about the results of research into the effects on the body of hiking with trekking poles. She's a biomechanics professor at Willamette University [http://www.willamette.edu/] in Salem, Oregon. We hear from Jayah Faye Paley, an author and educator, and co-host of an educational DVD, POLES for Hiking, Trekking & Walking [http://www.adventurebuddies.net/Second%20pages/Video%20&%20DVD.html]. Jayah's web site, Adventure Buddies [http://www.adventurebuddies.net/], provides more information about her educational products and services. Jayah describes basic skills for using trekking poles. Julianne Abendroth-Smith updates us on the very latest scientific results about the effectiveness of trekking poles and the effects of using them. * Show number 162 [MP3 format; length 10:20; 2,483,385 bytes] [http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E162.mp3] * Show number 161 & 162, combined version [MP3 format; length 19:58; 19,179,807 bytes] [http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E162-extended.mp3] * Transcript of edition 162 [http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E162.html] * Transcript of editions 161 & 162 combined [http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E162ext.html] JOIN NOW -- Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands. [https://www.earthislandprojects.org/wildebeat/donate.html]

Reprise: Using All Fours, part 1

[Pole Hiker's silhouette] [http://www.wildebeat.net/supplements/E087/PolesDVD.jpg] This skills program is part 1 of our look at the science and skills, myths and fact around trekking poles. Is hiking with poles a trendy gimmick, or a valuable skill? (This is a reprise of our edition 86 originally presented on May 17, 2007 [http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E086.html].) Steve talks to Julianne Abendroth-Smith [http://www.willamette.edu/cla/exsci/faculty_staff/abendroth-smith/] of Willamette University [http://www.willamette.edu/] in Salem Oregon. She's a biomechanics professor studying the physics of hiking, and how hiking with various poles and walking sticks affect the body. Steve talks to Jayah Faye Paley, an author and educator, and co-host of an educational DVD, POLES for Hiking, Trekking & Walking [http://www.adventurebuddies.net/Second%20pages/Video%20&%20DVD.html]. Jayah's web site, Adventure Buddies [http://www.adventurebuddies.net/], provides more information about her educational products and services. We'll hear more from Julianne Abrendroth-Smith and Jayah Faye Paley in part two. We'll find out Jayah's techniques for using poles, and we'll update you with the latest scientific research about those techniques. * Show number 161 [MP3 format; length 9:55; 2,382,262 bytes] [http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E161.mp3] * Transcript of edition 161 [http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E161.html] JOIN NOW -- Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands. [https://www.earthislandprojects.org/wildebeat/donate.html]

The New Rust Belt

[Trees and the mountain pine beetle.] [http://www.wildebeat.net/supplements/E160/Yellowstone-RustBelt.jpg] In this wild places program, Guest Correspondent Kurt Repanshek investigates the changes coming to the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Kurt explains how the mountain pine beetle [http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/nr/fid/fidls/fidl2.htm] is affecting the white bark pine trees [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitebark_Pine], and man animals and people who depend on these trees. Why is this beetle a growing problem now? We also hear from Dr. Jesse Logan, a recently retired U.S. Forest Service entomologist, Diana Tomback, a biology professor at the University of Colorado in Denver, and Louisa Willcox, a senior wildlife advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council. You can read more reporting by Kurt Repanshek at his National Parks Traveler [http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/] web site. * Show number 160 [MP3 format; length 9:51; 2,368,849 bytes] [http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E160.mp3] * Show number 160, extended version [MP3 format; length 11:01; 5,748,377 bytes] [http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E160-extended.mp3] * Transcript of edition 160 [http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E160.html] JOIN NOW -- Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands. [https://www.earthislandprojects.org/wildebeat/donate.html]

Wild Shelters

[A tule shelter.] [http://www.wildebeat.net/supplements/E159/tule_shelter.jpg] This skills program presents skills for building primitive shelters. This is the fifth in a series featuring primitive technologies experts from Primitive Ways [http://www.primitiveways.com/]. Other shows in this series are edition 141, First Skills [http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E141.html], edition 146, Starting with Fire [http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E146.html], edition 150, Ancient Firemaking [http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E150.html], and edition 155, Primal Grooming [http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E155.html]. Using primitive tools and natural materials, naturalist Norm Kidder explains how to choose a sheltered location, demonstrates how to cut wood with a rock, and describes how to build a basic lean-to structure. The Primitive Ways website has many articles on primitive shelter construction [http://www.primitiveways.com/#anchor707849]. Another source of information on primitive skills is the Society of Primitive Technologies [http://www.primitive.org/]. * Show number 159 [MP3 format; length 11:47; 2,831,519 bytes] [http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E159.mp3] * Show number 159, extended high-quality stereo version [MP3 format; length 16:33; 15,904,670 bytes] [http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E159-stereo.mp3] * Transcript of edition 159 [http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E159.html] JOIN NOW -- Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands. [https://www.earthislandprojects.org/wildebeat/donate.html]