Ashley Ahearn

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  • Username: aahearn
  • Producer/Reporter
  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent

Recent Pieces from Ashley Ahearn

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Ep. 08 If Not Hope, Then Courage (28:42)
From: BirdNote

In the final episode of Grouse, host Ashley Ahearn returns to a lek in Washington with biologist Michael Schroeder and finds it scorched by recent wildfire. We’re all looking ...
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Ep. 07 The Death of Compromise? (24:30)
From: BirdNote

Environmentalists and politicians love the phrase “common ground.” In the latest episode of Grouse, host Ashley Ahearn explores the role of compromise in the face of major ...
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Ep. 06 Oil and Gas (21:29)
From: BirdNote

No matter how we feel about it, the natural gas industry is an important player in our national energy supply — and the future of sage-grouse. Can the two co-exist? Host ...
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Ep.05 The Grieving Woman and the Sage-Grouse (22:59)
From: BirdNote

What can the Greater Sage-Grouse teach us about our relationships with the Earth and one another? Ashley Ahearn turns to Wilson Wewa, an elder of the Northern Paiute Nation, ...
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Ep. 04 Is What’s Good for the Herd Good for the Bird? (24:58)
From: BirdNote

Can we have beef and sage-grouse? Host Ashley Ahearn talks with scientists trying to answer that question — and an Idaho cattle rancher who’s finding ways to make it work.
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Ep. 03 Fire and the Questions It Raises (20:37)
From: BirdNote

Wildfire is destroying millions of acres of sage-grouse habitat across the west. Ashley heads to Nevada to meet people who are fighting to help sage-grouse hold on in a ...
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Ep.02 In Search of the Bird, Through Time (19:32)
From: BirdNote

Host Ashley Ahearn joins biologist Mike Schroeder on a quest to find sage-grouse in snowy eastern Washington.
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Ep.01 Stranger in a Strange Land (19:33)
From: BirdNote

Award-winning radio journalist Ashley Ahearn leaves Seattle for sagebrush country — and develops an obsession with a strange and wonderful bird.