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With the Wild Things Weekdays @ 7:19am

"With the Wild Things" airs weekdays at 7:19 A.M. on WGCU 90.1 FM, Fort Myers/Naples/Marco

"With the Wild Things" is a daily radio program produced by the Whitaker Center in the College of Arts & Sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University, and is funded by the Environmental Education Grant Program of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

WGCU 90.1 FM / WMKO 91.7 FM, a listener-supported service of Florida Gulf Coast University, is public radio for Southwest Florida, serving audiences from Sarasota to Marco Island with great music and NPR news.

The radio segments focus on:

factors that contribute to Florida's rich biodiversity and unique ecosystems
how human population growth and development have reduced and fragmented natural habitats reducing biodiversity and endangering many species of plants and animals
how the loss of biodiversity impacts listeners
efforts being made to reduce negative human impacts to natural ecosystems
ways to preserve Florida's biodiversity for present and future generations.

Programs feature various Florida ecosystems, with a special emphases on:

coastal ecosystems
public lands such as parks, wildlife management areas, etc.
private agricultural lands, such as cattle ranches, hunting plantations, and silvicultural operations and the practices they employ to manage and protect wildlife and plants -- especially endangered species.

In general a single topic is presented each week, with a different aspect of the topic presented each day.