1.) Host Peter Berle reports on the controversy surrounding the reauthorization of the farm bill and impact it has on the environment. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the increasing duck population and talks with Dr. Chip Ulyss about what conditions may have led to the increase. 3.) Bruce Robertson reports on the use of septic wastewater as a valuable resource and how many people are using it to create constructed wetlands. 4.) In the "Outpost" segment Dr. Timothy O'Brien, of the Wildlife Conservation Society, talks about his trip to Indonesia and about the important connection between wildlife and the ecosystem. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with ecologist Dr. Doug Ladd about the controlled burns that take place in prairies in order to preserve them.

Date created

• 1995 November 26

Type

• Audio

Creator

• Chartock, Alan

Original Medium

• Audiocassette

Duration

• 1.033333333

Date Digitized

• 2009 November 3

Master Format

• WAV

Identifier

• nam_apap_138_es_000308

Subject

• Constructed wetlands
• Indonesia--Environmental aspects
• Ducks
• Farming--Environmental aspects

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

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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