Goodbye chemical weapons, hello burrowing owls (reprise)
The Wild with Chris Morgan
KUOW News and Information
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
A decommissioned military base in northeast Oregon provides sanctuary for a recovering burrowing owl population.
David Johnson is founder of the Global Owl Project to protect endangered owl species all over the world. And one lucky owl species that’s been David’s main focus for these past 12 years is the little burrowing owl. His rescue mission involves some chemical weapons, an old military base, and a very large plunger.
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| 0:25.0 | Hey K-O-W politics reporter Scott Greenstone here feeling kind of overwhelmed by |
| 0:30.9 | everything happening in local and national politics? Me too. |
| 0:34.0 | Luckily, KUAW is hard at work bringing you the most important stories and conversations |
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| 0:57.6 | Hi everyone, Chris here. |
| 0:59.4 | I just wanted to let you know that we're expanding this season of the wild to include three different |
| 1:03.9 | types of episodes so you're beginning even more great content from us every week. |
| 1:08.7 | First there's our new series on America's National Parks coming out every three weeks. |
| 1:16.0 | We'll also be presenting episodes featuring interviews with the sharpest minds in wildlife conservation, |
| 1:22.0 | and dipping into our archives and sharing our favorite shows |
| 1:25.8 | from the past with new commentary from me. Enjoy. |
| 1:31.2 | David Johnson wanted to go camping alone. It was the late 60s. He was 11 years old and started hiking out not far from his home in southern Minnesota. |
| 1:42.0 | And I had my little backpack right on... his home in southern Minnesota. |
| 1:42.8 | And I had my little backpack right on and my canvas pop tips. |
| 1:46.3 | The canvas pop jumps are kind of heavy for a little guy. |
| 1:49.1 | And so, but I'm like, I'm going to do this. |
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