Kaatscast: the Catskills Podcast

Invasive Species Episodes

CRISP on the front lines: Invasive Species Emerging in the Catskills
May 9, 2023

CRISP on the front lines: Invasive Species Emerging in the Catskills

Spring has sprung in the Catskills, and with the reemergence of our native flora and fauna, invasive species are also happy to awaken. Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership (CRISP) director John Thompson tells us wha...

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Firewood: Keeping It Local!
Nov. 9, 2021

Firewood: Keeping It Local!

As daylight shortens and temperatures fall, many of us in the Catskills turn to our wood stoves to help keep warm. "Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice," the old adage goes. But if you don't chop …

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Catskill Forests, Trees, Hemlocks
April 28, 2020

Catskill Forests, Trees, Hemlocks

Forest historian Michael Kudish talks trees and forest composition in the Stony Clove, bridging Ulster and Greene Counties. Then, a conversation with forest entomologist Mark Whitmore, on an invasive threat to our Catskill he...

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