Getting our feet wet with our water and environmental justice series we are joined by Walt Ray who is the Chattahoochee Program Director for The Trust for Public Lands. He shares all about the process of creating a 100+ mile network of greenways, blueways, and parks along the river and connecting Metro Atlanta. Listen to learn about their collective impact methodology and how to launch a similar project in your community.

Follow Walt on LinkedIn. Find out more about the Chattahoochee RiverLands on their website.

In our closing biodiversity episode, we sit down with Amber Hasselbring to hear about the work that Nature in the City is doing to save butterflies and connect people with nature.

Find Nature in the City on the web at natureinthecity.org and on Instagram at @natureinthecity. Follow them on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/nature-in-the-city-projects-sf. Become a Nature Keeper to support their work for local wild places.

Find us on LinkedIn. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts! Email us at hnbpod@gmail.com with any comments or questions!

Resources:

• Biodiversity Factsheet from WHO
• Reimagining San Francisco

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Seeing a river otter trotting around the National Mall is cute, but predators like otters returning to the region is also an indicator of the Anacostia River’s improving health! This week, we are back in DC speaking with Jorge Bogantes Montero, Natural Resources Specialist at the Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS). He explains to us how the various restoration, reforestation, and educational activities AWS leads are having an outsized impact. From planting wild rice in the marshes, to propagating freshwater mussels, to invasive plant management—listen in to hear all about the amazing progress being made to boost biodiversity along the Anacostia, ultimately improving the health of the watershed and surrounding communities.

Oh! And if you’re local, you can join their discovery boat tours, trash pickups, mussel surveys, and paddling excursions (see events calendar link below).

You can find Jorge on LinkedIn and learn more about the Anacostia Watershed Society here.

Resources:

- Anacostia River Cameras Show Native Wildlife Returning | DCist (includes pics!)

- North American River Otter Spotted Near the Tidal Basin | DCist (includes pics!)

- Climate Change Is Hurting River Water Quality | Maryland Today

- Anacostia Watershed Society - Events Calendar

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