1) Steven Westcott discusses the Weyerhauser Timber Company's acquisition of Macmillan Bloedel with Bruce Amundson, spokesperson with Weyerhauser and Charlie Raines of the Cascade Checkerboard Project (Sierra Club). 2) Peter Berle presents a segment on the origins of life. He discusses dust from outer space with Wayne Roberge, researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and with George Flynn, Astrobiophysicist from SUNY Plattsburgh. 3) Author W.D Wetherell reads from his book, One River More: A Celebration of Rivers and Fly Fishing. 4) Peter Berle talks about native and non-native plants blooming in the Canyon Grasslands of Idaho in his Earth Calendar segment. 5) Steven Westcott leads a debate on the environmental nuisances of jet skis with Paul Hanson of the Izaak Walton League. 6) Peter Berle talks about appropriation bills in his Green Tip segment. 7) Leah Fleming discusses the invasive Nutria with Mike Slattery of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the recent Salvage Logging Rider and the environmental problems it poses and talks with Julie Domond of the environmental group Headwaters, about the issue. 2.) Berle discusses the issue of clear cutting trees in Maine. 3.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Bill Vale of the Maine Forest Products Council and John Carter of the Green Party, discuss the issue of clear cutting. 4.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Mary Angle Francini of the Save the Redwoods League about their efforts to save the trees. 5.) Berle talks with Nashville, Tennessee guitar maker Jim Triggs about his work. 6.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle talks with Buffalo meteorologist Stan Levine about the causes of lake effect snow.