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Launching our new expanded format with one of my favorite recordings, dawn at Grampians National Park in Australia. Headphones on -- this is a beautiful soundscape!! The park, located west of Melbourne, is managed by First Nation Australians. Their traditional name for the area is Brambuk. This episode includes an excerpt from an interview with Alan Burns, who when this recording was made in 2006, was the park's Cultural Heritage Protection Officer. We welcome your questions and insights at...

A look back at 34 years of Pulse of the Planet as we celebrate our final radio broadcast. Pulse of the Planet will continue as a weekly podcast!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everything you notice in the natural world can point you toward another change happening at the same time of year. Think of it as keeping your appointments with nature. John Hawkins recorded the bird sound as part of this interview. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A morning walk in the rolling hills of northern Georgia takes place amid an ever-changing soundscape. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's the height of fly fishing season in New York's Catskill Mountains, home to some of the finest trout streams in the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The goal of fly fishing is to attract fish with an artificial fly that looks like a real insect. These flies can be bought, but serious anglers tie their own. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you can cast a weightless fly to a very precise location, you've mastered one of the many skills of fly fishing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fly fishing is now popular at all levels of society, but the sport started 500 years ago as a pastime for wealthy aristocrats. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's branding time on a New Mexico cattle ranch, but when you're raising and selling thousands of head of cattle, there's work to be done all year long. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The life of a New Mexico cattle rancher is a constant cycle of breeding, branding and mending fences. Carlos Cornay wouldn't have it any other way. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

May is a busy month at a cattle ranch in New Mexico. It's branding time, and all the friends and family lend a hand. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Scientists suspect that amphibian populations are on the decline worldwide. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Monitoring amphibian populations by listening to them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Listeners are invited to share their favorite sounds on AmericanSoundscapes.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How are Garter Snakes able to survive 8 months of hibernation with only minor weight loss? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When it comes to Garter Snakes' spring mating rites, males compete and females chose. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Thousands of male garter snakes are out of hibernation and ready to woo females with romantic chin rubbing and other slithery tricks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How does a breed of Scottish Highland cattle fare in Westchester county, New York? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's lambing season for Shetland Sheep. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How infant farm animals respond to the presence of humans will affect them for the rest of their lives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.