1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent proposal of a hydro power project by Hydro-Quebec that will flood a portion of land the size of France. Robertson talks with Inuit and Cree leaders, whose land would be flooded and destroyed by this plan, about their opposition to the project. Robertson also talks with the vice president of Hydro-Quebec, who states that the project will almost certainly continue despite protests. 2.) Robert Mullins reports from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where a suit has been filed to protect Nicolet forest from excessive timber production.

Date created

• 1990 April 15

Type

• Audio

Creator

• Chartock, Alan

Original Medium

• Audiocassette

Duration

• 27:50:00

Date Digitized

• 2009 August 27

Master Format

• WAV

Identifier

• nam_apap_138_es_000015

Subject

• Nicolet National Forest (Wis.)
• Hydro-Que?bec
• James Bay Hydroelectric Project

Digitization Specifications

• Popped tabs, Encoding: 24bit/48khz; Software: Pro Tools LE 7.3 ; Hardware: Marantz PMD500 Stereo Double Cassette Deck, Dell Precision T7400 with a 2.33 Ghz Intel Xeon processor.

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

  
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ITEM CONTEXT

Part of

88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b

Scope and Contents

Collection

WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the New York State Modern Political Archive