Joe DeMare interviews Jim Witer with the Wood County Park District about an interesting series of lectures the Park District is presenting including the story of four people who kayaked the length of the Maumee River. Rebecca Wood tells us the story of the Deer Mother, the pagan goddess who wore a red and white suit and flew through the air on a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer. Ecological news includes the proposal by some in the European Union to magically use taxonomy to turn fracked gas and nuclear power into "clean" energy sources, updates from Fairy Creek and the Wet'suwet'en tribe and more!