Chris Martin
Host, Something WildChris Martin has worked for New Hampshire Audubon for close to 35 years as a Conservation Biologist, specializing in birds of prey like Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, and Northern Harriers.
Prior to that he climbed to eagle nests in Alaska's Katmai National Park, counted seabirds near the Aleutian Islands, coordinated Peregrine Falcon restoration at Lake Superior’s Isle Royale, and studied how a southern Indiana forest responded after a devastating tornado.
Since moving from the Midwest to New Hampshire in 1990, Martin has worked with colleagues at New Hampshire Fish and Game, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and other agencies to recruit and train volunteer wildlife observers. He has advised electric utilities on how to provide safe nest sites for Ospreys, partnered with rock climbers to collect Peregrine Falcon eggs to monitor contaminants, and studied New Hampshire's only breeding population of American Pipits above treeline on Mt. Washington.
Martin received an Environmental Merit Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Boston in 2006 for outstanding efforts in preserving New England's environment. “I love motivating folks to document what's happening with birds in the Granite State, and helping them hone their wildlife-watching skills. That's one of the reasons why contributing to Something Wild is so much fun.”
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The elusive yet bold spruce grouse is a little-known N.H. inhabitant that relies on forests that are specifically adapted to colder temperatures. -
Turkeys depend on backyard bird feeders in winter, so it's a good place to start counting flocks to figure out how many wild turkeys are wandering the state. -
It may not seem like it, but the days are slowly lengthening, and there are other bright spots in a cold and windy landscape. -
The weather in New Hampshire’s White Mountains has, over millennia, created forests that are specifically suited to extreme weather conditions. -
An adaptation allows broad-leaved evergreens like rhododendrons to thrive in the doubly-challenging conditions of damp soil and freezing temperatures. -
We see beaver dams in waterways all over the state, but what's going on under all the sticks and mud of a beaver lodge? -
Dave Anderson talks with Ethan Tapper, forester and author of "How to Love a Forest," who says the actions we must take to protect forest ecosystems are often counterintuitive, uncomfortable and even bittersweet. -
We talk with Scott Weidensaul, author and renowned bird migration researcher, about what he calls "the golden age of ornithology." -
Something Wild visits an accessible boardwalk over a salt marsh in our series celebrating access for all to our state's natural beauty. -
We visit the unique ecosystem of the Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve in our series celebrating access for all to our state's natural beauty.
