Golden State Naturalist
A love letter to California's ecological past, present, and future.
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Sea Level Rise and the California Coast: Imagining a Better Future with Rosanna Xia
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🦋 The bad news that might be good news
How saving the monarch could help save us, too When I walked into the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary one fall day two years ago, I didn’t see a single butterfly. At least not at first. The low wooden fence, Monterey …
📚 Books by GSN Guests
This week, a listener asked me to put together a list of books by podcast guests. Since most of us listen to podcasts when our hands are busy folding towels, drying dishes, or gripping the wheel of a car, this …
🏔 A keystone in thin air
Or how I found love at 9,500 feet Two weeks ago, hiking around Mammoth Lakes in the Eastern Sierra with my family, I encountered the whitebark pine for the first time I can remember. The tree was so omnipresent that …
About the Host
Michelle Fullner
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Michelle Fullner is an educator, California Naturalist, parent of two woodland sprite daughters, and host of the Golden State Naturalist podcast, which is now ranked in the top 1% of podcasts globally. Michelle holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Comparative Literature from San Jose State University and a Master’s in English: Composition and Rhetoric, from California State University, Sacramento. As an educator, she taught middle and high school English in California public schools for ten years before transitioning to her life as a full-time admirer of acorns, California newts, redwood sorrel, and tide pools.
Michelle has reached millions of people with her content (social media and podcast) and is available for public speaking engagements and consultation regarding science communication and social media optimization for nature-related organizations. Please use the website contact form to reach out.