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Host Dave Schlom visits with British-born Thailand resident Fred Hogge about his new book, Of Ice and Men: How We've Used Cold to Transform Humanity.

This week we continue our multi-part series on the many facets of the global 30 x 30 conservation efforts as they continue across the state of California as just one example of local, state, and national efforts aggregated.

Butte College hosted its inaugural “Big Time” event last week to celebrate Native students. Also, the Chico City Council Tuesday discussed how to proceed with a referendum opposing the Valley’s Edge development project, and a documentary called “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” is premiering at Chico’s Pagent Theatre tonight.

To inspire your planting and designs for the season ahead, this week we’re back in conversation with Benjamin Vogt of Monarch Gardens, a fierce advocate on behalf of our gardens being critically important links in our world’s broken and fragmented ecological chains.

The Butte County Board of Supervisors last week formally adopted the Upper Ridge Community Plan. Also, California’s fourth snow survey of the season will take place today, and the Yurok Tribe and other organizations filed a preliminary injunction in late March to halt water deliveries to farmers in the North State and parts of Oregon.

Author Matthew J. Distefano speaks on his latest, "The Wisdom of Hobbits: Unearthing Our Humanity at 3 Bagshot Row," as he helps readers discover their inner hobbits. Also, NPR host Ari Shapiro turns the tables on himself and tells his story in "The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening."

At the Chico Unified School District meeting last week, the board reassessed its policy on protecting students’ privacy if they identify as transgender or nonbinary. Also, the Biden administration has announced more than half a billion dollars in new federal spending to repair aging water infrastructure, and California child care providers are still waiting on pandemic financial relief.

A Chico clinic is working to create a peer support group for unhoused residents. Also, the water in Lake Tahoe is deeper and clearer than it has been in a long time, and the state's new “Dream For All” housing program ran out of funds less than two weeks after it opened.

A consortium of environmental groups and the Mechoopda Tribe received a federal grant in March to restore Big Chico Creek. Also, The National Weather Service is forecasting dry, clear weather before another round of rain returns at the end of the week, and California and other states are cracking down on the use of forever chemicals.

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