# Central Valley Conservation Group Uses Animals to Fights Invasive Species

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-the-california-report-45411/central-valley-conservation-group-uses-animals-to-fights-invasive-species
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-the-california-report-45411/central-valley-conservation-group-uses-animals-to-fights-invasive-species.md
Podcast: [KQED's The California Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-the-california-report-45411)
Published: 2026-08-20T14:41:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.kqed.org/news/12096075/12096075-revision-v1
Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC2493037402.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kqed-s-the-california-report-45411/episodes/central-valley-conservation-group-uses-animals-to-fights-invasive-species
Duration seconds: 582

## Resource

Thousands of Ukrainians across the Bay Area are waiting anxiously for a decision today from the Trump administration on whether they’ll be able to stay – or told to go back to a war zone. Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED California is experiencing hotter days more frequently each year… while many families are struggling to get access to AC. Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED Governor Gavin Newsom says California will fight the Trump administration’s push to open national forests up to commercial use. Reporter: Katherine Monahan, KQED Before any of the cities, cars and highways that came to dominate California’s landscape, the vast open land was home to many animals, plants and natural ecosystems. Today, much of the geography has been engineered for human development – and with it… a host of non-native species and insects. But just outside Fresno, there’s an effort to bring the native ecosystem into balance with the new. Reporter: Cresencio Rodriguez Delgado Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kqed-s-the-california-report-45411/episodes/central-valley-conservation-group-uses-animals-to-fights-invasive-species/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-the-california-report-45411/central-valley-conservation-group-uses-animals-to-fights-invasive-species.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.