1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Paul Pritchard of the National Parks and Conservation Association about new legislation in Congress that will effect over 60 parks. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Matt Jacobson of the Green Mountain Watch about a controversy involving the timber industry and the Lamb Brook area in Vermont. 3.) Berle talks with Dan Jensen, a biology professor from the University of Pennsylvania, about bioprospecting or looking for plants for pharmaceutical and chemical purposes. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Jeff Obrecht of the Wyoming Fish and Game Department, about the elks' mating season.
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Lauren Frazier of the National Park Service about some of the issues they're having, including financial trouble and low employee morale. 2.) Vince Winkle reports from Colorado about Earthships, homes made of old tires that are entirely self sufficent. 3.) Economist Sabine O'Hara discusses an experience she had meeting schoolchildren while in Rio de Janeiro for the Earth Summit. 4.) Robertson talks with Peter Hoss, a political scientist, about the Earth Summit.