"More recent research has shown that there were evolutionary events millions of years ago that caused this divergence. They were random events and they're not, as you might imagine, likely to happen again in any reasonable time scale. Once those fish are gone, their genotype is gone". Samatha Kannry talks about pre-mature migrating fish like spring chinook and summer steelhead, how their genetic variance evolved, and why they are more vulnerable to human induced changes to habitat than their later-run cousins.

Now is your chance to get involved in Eel River dam removal. Join host Alicia Hamann, Administrative Director for Friends of the Eel River and guests Scott Greacen, and Samatha Kannry, to learn about the Eel River dams' impact to native fish. Click here to submit comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by August 4.

How did a section of Eureka earn designation as a 'California Arts Council cultural district'? "You have this concentration of energy and vitality," California Arts Council chair Donn K. Harris tells Wendy Butler.  

  KHSU Magazine talked with Jim Steinberg from Humboldt Mediations Services, a nonprofit organization of trained volunteer community mediators. HMS provides conflict resolution services for disputes of all kinds, including divorce and separation, child custody, family conflict, workplace or business conflict, property conflict, and tenant-landlord conflict.

Laura Allen of Greywater Action and author of Greywater Green Landscape, is conducting a Greywater Workshop: Laundry to Landscape on Saturday, July 22 in Bayside. She came by the KHSU Magazine to talk about How to Conserve, Capture, and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape.

The unplanned, the unexpected can happen at any time. Wherever summertime journeys take you, Geologist Lori Dengler says, be prepared. 

Arcata Branch Library’s Susan Parsons, has introduced some innovative programs to encourage reading for the whole family during the summer months and beyond - what she calls, "multigenerational programming." 

On this week's Food For Thought, Jennifer Bell talks with Miguel Uribe about growing native foods in the mountains of Michoacan, Mexico.

Miguel's Tierra Viviente Agricultura Organica works with farms throughout the region, promoting organic cultivation and finding markets for the community harvests.

Diversity training speaker Jessica Pettitt stopped by the KHSU studios to talk about her newly released book, Good Enough Now. Jessica uses humor to ease individuals "down the path to understanding they are good enough to make the changes they seek."

Jessica Pettitt will host a book signing Friday, July 14, 2017 at Northtown Books in Arcata. Learn more here. She will also be at the  Eureka Main Library for the Afternoon with The Author Series Saturday, July 15, 2017. More information can be found here. Both events will be streamed live on the web. Get more information about Jessica Pettitt and her work at GoodEnoughNow.com.

In the 1980s, Northern Californians won a hard-fought battle over offshore oil drilling along our coast. And though we thought national marine sanctuaries protected these areas forever, the federal government is trying to weaken or eliminate sanctuaries established or expanded in the last 10 years.  My guest, Jennifer Savage, is California Policy Manager for Surfrider Foundation, one of the grassroots non-profits leading the resistance to the Trump Administration’s current efforts to expand offshore oil drilling off the coast of California and elsewhere.