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211. Environment Show #477

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 February 20
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
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Description:
1) Steven Westcott talks about the environment impact of backyard methamphetamine labs, 2) Peter Berle talks with a microbiologist about bacteria in hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, 3) Merrill Gilfillan reads from "Chokecherry Places," 4) Peter Berle talks about the diamondback rattlesnake in the Earth Calendar, 5) Steven Westcott describes the Green Scissors report about the 1999 federal budget, 6) Peter Berle reports on efforts to control and regulate diesel exhaust fumes in Talking Green, 7) Susan Emmett reports on desertification on the African continent.
Subject:
Yellowstone National Park, Diamondback rattlesnake, Bacteria, and Methamphetamine--Environmental aspects--United States

212. Environment Show #476

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 February 13
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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Description:
1)Peter Berle discusses the environmental initiatives in the federal budget for 1999, 2) Steven Westcott reports on the impact of gambling casinos on the environment in Southern Mississippi, 3) Linda Anderson reports on the efforts of the Surf Rider Foundation to keep the oceans and beaches clean for surfers and other in the Ear to the Ground segment, 4) Peter Berle talks about Punxsutawney Phil, 5) Steven Westcott talks with Greg Sauers a builder of traditional wooden canoes, 6) In Talking Green Peter Berle talks with proponents and opponents of ski resort expansion on U.S. government land, 7) Peter Berle talks about feeding deer in winter in Green Tips, 8) T.A. Barron reads from "To Walk in Wilderness."
Subject:
Budget--United States, Mississippi, Gambling casinos, and Environmental protection

213. Environment Show #475

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 February 6
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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Description:
1) Peter Berle continues a discussion of the impact of armed conflict on the environment and steps that the U.S.military is taking to mitigate that, 2) Peter Berle talks with Lester Brown of the World Watch Institute, 3) Steven Westcott reports on issues affecting Russian brown bears on the Kamchatka Peninsula, In the Earth Calendar Peter Berle reports on the harvesting of red and pink grapefruit, 5) Steven Westcott reports on British Columbia forestry official who resent boycott of their forest products by various corporations, 6) In Talking Green Peter Berle asks whether or not we have preserved enough wilderness land, 7) Jerry Dennis reads from "The River Home."
Subject:
Environment, Brown, Lester, 1934-, Economic development, and War

214. Environment Show #474

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 January 30
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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2019-02-07T00:41:35Z
Description:
1)Peter Berle talks about the environmental consequences of war, 2) John van Koske reports on threats to Connecticut family farms, 3) Steven Westcott reports on listener comments, 4) the Earth Calendar segment is a report on ice fishing in Lake Winnibigoshish Minnesota, 5) Sean Dudley reports on Mexican gray wolves and human predation, 6) In Talking Green Peter Berle discusses the need to strengthen or weaken the Endangered Species Act, 7) William Tapply reads from "A Fly Fishing Life."
Subject:
Environment, Ice fishing, Agriculture--Connecticut., and War

215. Environment Show #473

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 January 23
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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2019-02-07T00:41:14Z
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1) Steven Westcott talks with Dr. James Megan of NIAID about the use of satellites to track deer mice in studying hanta virus, 2) Peter Berle reports on the state of the Alaska brown bear (grizzlies) on the Kenai Peninsula, 3) Linda Anderson reports on efforts to limit development in the American Southwest, 4) Steven Westcott describes pirate perch breeding along the Savannah River, 5) Steven Westcott talks about the purchase of forest lands from Champion, 6) In the Talking Green segment Peter Berle talks about sustainable development with Paul Ehrlich and others, 7) Linda Hasselstrom reads from her book Leaning into the Wind.
Subject:
Kenai Peninsula (Alaska), Brown bear--Alaska, Hantavirus, and Satellite tracking

216. Environment Show #472

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 January 13
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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2019-02-07T00:40:53Z
Description:
1) Steven Westcott discusses efforts to save old growth forests by a coalition of multinational corporations and environmentalists, 2) Peter Berle reports on efforts by advocates in Maine and New Hampshire to create a national park in each of those states, 3) Shawn Dudley reports on efforts to use DNA evidence to catch poachers in Maine, 4) the Earth Calendar segment reports on eastern tiger salamanders breeding in Maryland, 5) In Talking Green Peter Berle asks what items the Clinton administration should put on its environmental agenda for the rest of its term, 6) Peg Millett, an Earth First member, talks about her time in jail and her use of music and song to protest environmental issues.
Subject:
National parks, Old growth forests--British Columbia, Poaching, and DNA identification

217. Environment Show #471

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 January 6
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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2019-02-07T00:40:33Z
Description:
1) Nancy Wilson reports on controversial efforts to remove 4 dams from the lower Snake River to promote salmon migration, 2) Peter Berle talks with astronomer Paul Butler abut recent discoveries of stars with orbiting planets, 3) Luis Urrea reads from his book Nobody's Son, 4) the Earth Calendar segment is about pecan harvesting in Georgia, 5) In Talking Green Peter Berle talks with three Environment Show advisers about the need for attitude changes to save the planet, 6) Green Tips is about saving water in your home, 7) Steven Westcott reports on proposed new mileage regulations for SUVs and light trucks.
Subject:
Extrasolar planets, Urrea, Luis Alberto, Pecan--Georgia, and Salmon--Spawning--Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)

218. Environment Show #470

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1998 December 28
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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2019-02-07T00:40:11Z
Description:
1) Peter Berle revisits issues discussed on the program in the past year, 2) Steven Westcott reports on the impact of global warming on Alaskan glaciers, 2) Linda Anderson reports on the efforts of Save Our Cumberland Mountains, 3) Nancy Wilson reports on the adoption of a pack of wolves by the Nez Perce Indians in Idaho, 5) Peter Berle talks with the mayor of New Orleans about enhancements to the city, 6) In Talking Green Peter Berle talks about urban sprawl, economic growth, and land use.
Subject:
Electric utilities Deregulation, Cumberland Mountains, Wolves, and Glaciers Alaska

219. Environment Show #469

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1998 December 22
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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2019-02-07T00:39:51Z
Description:
1) Shawn Dudley reports on efforts to control the Asian longhorn wood boring beetle in the U.S., 2) Steven Westcott reports on the use of nuclear explosion technology in detecting lightning over oceans, 3) Peter Berle talks with Dr. John Bradley about a meteorite fro Mars, 4) In the Earth Calendar setment Peter Berle reports on flamingos in Bolivia, 5) Dorian Jones reports on shipping water from Turkey to Cyprus, 6) Peter Berle talks about the land trusst movement in Talking Green, 7) Steven Westcott reports on the repurposing of Christmas tress to create offshore brush fences.
Subject:
Asian longhorned beetle, Lightning, Flamingos, and Meteorites

220. Environment Show #442

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1998 June 17
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
Thumbnail Path Ss:
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2019-02-07T00:39:31Z
Description:
1) Peter Berle talks with Lynn Goldman about the global to control persistent organic pollutants (pops), 2) Rachel Ann Goodman reports on the Ocean Conference held in Monterey, CA which proposed a moratorium on offshore drilling until 2012, 3) Peter Berle recommends consolidated shopping tips in Green Tips, 4) the National Guard's role in environmental protection, 5) In Earth Calendar Peter Berle describes harvesting wheat in Kansas, 6) Steven Westcott reports on a colition of religious groups formed to protect forests, 7) In Talking Green Peter Berle disucsses wht environmental impact of offroad vehicles, 8) William Langeweische reads from his book Sahara Unveiled
Subject:
Offshore drilling for oil, PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS, Ocean pollution, and Dioxins--Environmental aspects