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Podcasts
Interview with Monika Pretz, PhD, Staff Biologist & Pollinator Program Leader, Tennessee Environmental Council (Episode 102)
September 1, 2023It has now become commonplace to hear scientists express concern for loss of habitat for wildlife. This is true across the broad spectrum of plants and animals. Much attention has been placed upon the decrease in population of important pollinator species such as bees, butterflies and moths. This loss has been caused by many factors such as the widespread use of insecticide, but also by the loss of host plant species upon which these pollinators rely for food and reproduction.
Our guest today, Monika Pretz, PhD is now leading a program for the Tennessee Environmental Council called “Generate Some Buzz”. This program is aimed at educating the general public about the important role which pollinators play in the environment and about the mitigation of pollinator loss through the establishment of wildflower gardens filled with the native plants upon which these insects rely .
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Jim Gregory, Executive Director, Nashville Tree Conservation Corps an Update (Episode 101)
August 18, 2023
Interview With Robby Tidwell, Area Manager, Fort Pillow State Historic Park (Episode 100)
July 14, 2023
An Interview with Alice Hudson Pell, Executive Director, TennGreen Land Conservancy (Episode 98)
June 10, 2023
Interview With Assistant State Naturalist Holly Taylor, Tennessee State Parks, Episode 97
May 12, 2023
Interview With Jessica Gossett, Park Manager, T.O. Fuller State Park and the Legacy of Rev T.O. Fuller (Episode 95)
March 3, 2023
Interview With Joe Huff, TRPA Fellow 2022, Maryville, Alcoa and Blount County Parks and Recreation (Episode 94)
February 15, 2023About Mark
Mark Thomas Fraley is a lawyer (now retired) in Nashville, Tennessee (USA). Prior to starting law practice in 1987, Mark was active in the field of Parks and Recreation. He was the first Parks and Recreation Director for the cities of Gatlinburg and Sevierville Tennessee. He was the founding program administrator for the Parks and Recreation Technical Advisory Service (PARTAS) and served as Assistant Commissioner of Conservation and Director or Parks and Recreation for the State of Tennessee.
Mark practiced law in Nashville Tennessee from 1987 until retirement in 2017. He had a general practice with an emphasis on Social Security Disability claims. He was a faculty member of the Nashville School of Law ( 1997-2009) teaching the course on Social Security Law.
Education
University of Cincinnati, 1974, Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy)
Nashville School of Law, 1983, Doctor of Jurisprudence
Licensure
License to Practice Law, Tennessee Supreme Court (1983) BPR# 10448
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (1987)
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, (1994)
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