1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and EPA Administrator Carol Browner about their belief that the budget process leads to a negative change in environmental laws. 2.) Author Bill McKibben reads from his latest book "Hope, Human, and Wild". 3.) Thomas Lalley reports from Ithaca, New York about attempts to bring back the lake sturgeon from near extinction. 4.) In the segment Locking Horns Bill Chandler of the National Parks and Conservation Association and Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute argue about whether or not certain National Parks should be closed to save money. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with biologist Jeff Glassberg about the migration patterns of butterflies.