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1997 Archives


December 26, 1997
Presidio National Park / Nature Conservancy / Franklin Tree // The Living on Earth Almanac / Catholic Earth Spirituality / Modern Beaver Trapping / Garden Spot

December 19, 1997
The Mercury Report / M-T-B-E To Go? / Cali SUVs / Transportation Funds / Kids E-car / Alaska Winter Solstice // The Living on Earth Almanac / Spell of the Sensuous / Native American Winter Tales / Evergreen Triumphs Over Ever Greed

December 12, 1997
What Happened at Kyoto Summit / Pollution Credits in LA / Every Breath / Listener Letters // The Living on Earth Almanac / This Winter's Bison Plan / At ANWR: In Search of Caribou

December 5, 1997
Curwood Reporting from Kyoto / Ancient Ice Core // The Living on Earth Almanac / Voluntary Chemical Testing / The Miccosukee Challenge / Yellowstone to Yukkon Corridor / Hermit Nuns Talk!

November 28, 1997
Rocky Mountains Change / Tim Wirth Exits / Not So Fast // The Living on Earth Almanac / Sperm Re-count / Green Mayor / Cleveland Cancer Cluster / Blue Oceans / Presenting LOE's Contest Winner

November 21, 1997
Congress Hedges it's Bets / Rock Climbers Leaving their Mark / Buy Nothing Day / The Storm // The Living on Earth Almanac / Burning Trust

November 14, 1997
Fast Track Derailed / Timber Roads at Issue / Towering Debate / Stanley Basin Blues // The Living on Earth Almanac / Artic Warming / Tahoe Test for MTBE / Planetary Quiz / Livestock for Livelihoods / Leave the Leaves

November 7, 1997
Climate Control and Clean Air / Renewable Energy Challenged / Powerboat Smoke / Alone at Last? // The Living on Earth Almanac / Maine Questions / Colorado Votes No on Light Rail / Listener Letters / Clean Living / Bird Talk

October 31, 1997
Indonesian Fires Keep Burning / Advice Upon Travelling in the Rainforest / Not So Great Lakes? / Superior Fish Memories // The Living on Earth Almanac / Visitor From China / Mideast Troubled Waters Series: Final Installment - Of Jordan: A River And A Nation

October 24, 1997
Climate Change Update / Perennial Wheat / The Raven - A Halloween Fright! // The Living on Earth Almanac / Shady Tree Garden Spot / Natural Ignorance / Mideast Water Series: Nergev Ancient Spring

October 17, 1997
Cape Cod Cranberries: A Bitter Harvest / Common Ground: Oregon Water Trust / Know Thy Neighbor / The Living on Earth Almanac / Interview from Bonn / The Future of Aquaria / Porch Sales

October 10, 1997
Climate Change Treaties Warming Up / Pastured Poultry / A Different Cider / The Living on Earth Almanac / Hemp to Replace Tobacco Crop? / California Species Amendments / ESA Commentary / Modern Day Homesteading / listener Letters

October 3, 1997
Asian Haze / Organophospates / Citizen Suits Challenged / The Living on Earth Almanac / Ban On More Montana Drilling / Troubled Waters: Collision In Gaza

September 26, 1997
Return of the Grizzlies? / Community Supported Agriculture Grows Up / Corkscrew Living Machine: Where does it go? / The Living on Earth Almanac / Shrimp Ban / Middle East Troubled Waters: Mountain Aquifer

September 19, 1997
Pfiesteria: Cell from Hell / Andrea's Tern / Garden Spot: Seed Saving / The Living on Earth Almanac / Dental Bonding: Dangerous to your Health? / Salmon Farming: The Down Side / Fire Down Below

September 12, 1997
Justice in St. James Parish / Ozone Treaty Revisited / Philippine Mining Legacy / The Living on Earth Almanac / Oil's Future in Alaska

September 5, 1997
SEA TEMPERATURE CHANGE / SHRINKING POLAR PACK ICE / BICYCLES ON THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO / DEFLATED BALLOON BEACH // The Living On Earth Almanac / HOMESTEAD AIR FORCE BASE / SPACE PLUTONIUM / NEWFOUNDLAND COD

August 29, 1997
FREEING WILLY / NUCLEAR POETRY / The Living on Earth Almanac / TRAIN WHISTLES BLARE / AFRICAN-AMERICAN FARMERS: WORKING THE PLOUGH

August 22, 1997
DISAPPEARING CORAL REEFS / ALL ABOUT POISON IVY / The Living on Earth Almanac / TALL GRASS PARK / LIVING MACHINES

August 15, 1997
PARKINSON'S: AN INDUSTRIAL AGE DISEASE / A LIFE OF STUFF / The Living on Earth Almanac / DISTURBING THE PEACE / ADDRESS & QUERY / WILLIAM MCDONOUGH: PORTRAIT OF A GREEN DESIGNER

August 8, 1997
TEMPERATE FOREST BIOPRESERVE / FABULOUS FUNGI / THIS PLACE ON EARTH / The Living on Earth Almanac / MOTHER GANGES / HOME TO THE RIVER / AFTERMATHS OF WAR

August 1, 1997
CHEMICAL STUDY WITHDRAWN / NDOCRINE DISRUPTION: TESTING THE CHEMICALS / WINNING BACK TAHOE / CAVE ROCK / FEIGNING GREEN // The Living on Earth Almanc / SECRET SOVIET CITY OPENS ITS DIRTY DOORS / Listener Letters / "GLOUCESTER AT THE CROSSROADS"

July 25, 1997
BREAST CANCER: A SECOND LOOK AT ENVIRO FACTORS / THE ENVIRO GENOME PROJECT / CALIFORNIA'S E.S.A. LEGAL PROBLEMS / The Living on Earth Almanac / DRILLING AGAINST THE LAW? / ARSENIC IN WOOD / NEZ PERCE HOMECOMING

July 18, 1997
MIDDLE EAST "TROUBLED WATERS" PART # 1 / GARDENING WITH MICHAEL WEISHAN / FINE WEED LAWNS / The Living on Earth Almanac / EYEWITNESS TO THE U.S. PETROLEUM RESERVE / SAN DIEGO PROTECTION / SPECIES PREDICAMENT / SEEING FORESTS DIFFERENTLY

July 11, 1997
WESTERN SLOW BURN / MICHIGAN TAKINGS / LONE ABALONE / The Living On Earth Almanac / BEACHES VS. REEFS / YELLOWSTONE BISON: NEW SEASONS, OLD REASONS / WILD WETLANDS: ENVIRONMENTALLY CORRECT WATERING HOLE

July 4, 1997
MALATHION SPRAY / GATOR-AID / THE SALMON WARS / INDOOR SHRIMP FARM / The Living On Earth Almanac / BIO-DYNAMIC FARMING / BEE-AUTIFUL GARDEN ADVICE / HUDSON RIVER ROLLS

June 27, 1997
CLIMATE CHANGE AT EARTH SUMMIT 2 / MELTING ICE DISPLAY / E.S. 2 ESSAY / CLEAN AIR MOVES TO CONGRESS / THE LIVING ON EARTH ALMANAC / SHOW US THE MONEY / Out Of Africa / SANTA MONICA'S AGENDA 21 SUCCESS

June 20, 1997
LEAD SERIES; THE SILENT EPIDEMIC: - FINAL PART, # FOUR ; LEAD HAZARD DETECTION AND PREVENTION / LEAD SERIES ESSAY / KENTUCKY FARM KIDS / The Living on Earth Almanac / GLOBAL WARMING & INSURANCE / RED RIVER: SUMMER OF RECOVERY / BROADCASTING THE CADILLAC DESERT

June 13, 1997
RIO + 5: A PRIMER / CLEAR THE AIR / LEAD SERIES; THE SILENT EPIDEMIC: - PART THREE IN THE WORKPLACE / Letters / The Living on Earth Almanac / Live Animals / GENTLER FARMING IN WINE COUNTRY

June 6, 1997
Crime and Heavy Metal / The Silent Epidemic - Part Two / HURRAY FOR HOLLY WOOD? // The Living on Earth Almanac / Dioxin Update / Toxic Deception / Charming the Snake Pit / SNAKE TRADE: OPERATION ROCKCUT STINGS

May 30, 1997
The Silent Epidemic - Part One / Kids & Trees / BRITISH LABOR PARTY: NEW ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA? / Listener Letters // The Living On Earth Almanac / DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO / TONGASS FOREST UPDATE / URBAN PETROGLYPH / World War over Toothfish? / The Pruner

May 23, 1997
THE SPICE OF LIFE: DIMINISHING FOOD VARIETIES / Swain Recycles // The Living On Earth Alamanc / East of Eden / Come Live With Me? / BATTER UP: THROWING SEEDBALLS!

May 16, 1997
RIO + 5: RIO EARTH SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER / MASSACHUSETTS Guard / Mexican Whales / Matt's Whale // The Living On Earth Almanac / Coho Woes / E-Bike / Mail Call / Lemur Experiment

May 9, 1997
Asphalt Nation / INTERPLANETARY ROCKS: FURTHER IMPLICATIONS // The Living On Earth Almanac / Leaky Ships / Untapped Energy Source / THE AMISH: FLOURISHING LAND OWNERS / Prison Ponies

May 2, 1997
JAPANESE DIOXIN ON THE RISE / Of Prairie Dogs / Desertscapes / Animal Letters // The Living On Earth Almanac / Salmon Parasite / GLOUCESTER AT THE CROSSROADS: PART ONE

April 25, 1997
Maine Drives for Expansion / EARTH PROTECTION: AT THE CORE OF JUDAISM // The Living On Earth Almanac / CHERNOBYL AT 11 / M-T-B-E: TRADING CLEANER AIR FOR FOULER WATER? / MODERN ARKS: THE IRONY OF ZOOS / JOHN BURROUGHS: A NATURE WRITER TO REMEMBER

April 18, 1997
GOLDMAN PRIZE: AN ORGANIZER IS REWARDED / Paper Oaths / Up in the Treetops // The Living On Earth Almanac / EARTH DAY AT 27: A LOOK BACK -- AND AHEAD / ARE THERE ANY ANTHEMS OUT THERE?: MUSIC OF THE MODERN ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

April 11, 1997
Presidio Houses: LANDMARKS OF CONTROVERSY / Fuzzy Forensics! / Minks in the Chicken Coop // The Living on Earth Almanac / Victory at Ironbound / Always, Rachael / Migration of Cranes

April 4, 1997
Paupa New Guinea: Natural Resource Conflict Turns To War / Gravity: What's Up Is Down // The Living On Earth Almanac / Sport Fishing in Flordia / Museum Message / Hydro Radio

March 28, 1997
Suburban Sprawl Prevention Tax-A / There's Bears In Them Woods // The Living On Earth Almanac / Environmental Species Act: New supreme Court Ruling / Animal ADs: T.V. Stars / Modern Day Beaver Trapping / Letters / One River

March 21, 1997
GERM FIGHTING TOYS: CORPORATE CHILD'S PLAY? / Good Ole Fashioned Eco-Tax / Windmill Powered School // The Living On Earth Almanac / Brain Eating Diseases / Midwestern Salmon Adapt / Catholic Earth Sprituality

March 14, 1997
Superfund: Billion-Dollar Battle / Fatal Pine Needle Disease: A U.S. Concern / Saw Mill Museum: Logging for History? / Audience Letters // The Living on Earth Almanac / The End of Banana Republics? / Sweet Sign of Spring: Maple Syrup Starts Its Run / Soap Opera of the Future?: Environmental Place

March 7, 1997
Disappearing Coral Reefs / Judi Bari Obituary: An Earth First! Activist Remembered // The Living on Earth Almanac / Energy Alternatives: A Frank Discussion with Hazel O'Leary / Train Whistles Blare / Getting the Termites Out / My Father's Garden

February 28, 1997
Freeing Willy / Nuclear Poetry // The Living on Earth Almanac / Transportation Funding / Tom Bliley, A Profile / Listener Lifestyles / A Road Salt Saga

February 21, 1997
Presidio / Nature Conservancy / Franklin Tree // The Living on Earth Almanac / Lake Tahoe / Sprawl Commentary / Carved from the Arctic

February 14, 1997
Habitat Conservation Planning: Planning for Destruction? / Jane's Place: The Old Mail Road / Green Garden Spot: Simple Seedlings // The Living on Earth Almanac / Low Cost Edible Vaccines / Breastfeeding Baby: A Modern Dilemma / Update on the Breastfeeding Dilemma

February 7, 1997
Northwest Forest Plan: Kindling New Turmoil / Bumpers at the Dumpster / California: Of Future Floods // The Living on Earth Almanac / Instant Paradise: Reflooding Israel's Hula Valley / Mail Bag / Sex at the Zoo

January 31, 1997
Reducing Global Warming: Clearer Goals / Warning: Breathing Air Can Be Hazardous to Your Health // The Living on Earth Almanac / Congress & Family Planning Funding / New Lead-Free Rules: Get the Lead Out / Industrial Hemp Harvest in Deutschland / Mushers

January 24, 1997
African-American Farmers: Working the Plough / Letters from Listeners // The Living on Earth Almanac / Western Floods Good for Migratory Birds / New York City: Garbage Down the Drain / Eco-Poets: Voices in the Wilderness

January 17, 1997
Saving Salamanders / Wes Jackson: Prairie Revolutionary / Death of the Family Farm // The Living on Earth Almanac / Antarctica Series: Part 4 - An Ice Journal / Cleaning Europe's East / Organic Garden Spot

January 10, 1997
National Land Swaps / Predator-Friendly Wool / Bitter Cold / The Living on Earth Almanac / Antarctica Series: Part 3 - Is Global Warming Affecting Polar Ice Shelves? / Antarctica Update / Enviro School Boom

January 3, 1997
Congressional Crystal Ball / Oregon Hard Liner / Consider the Cockroach // The Living on Earth Almanac / Antarctic Dumping Grounds / Home Reservoir / Road Kill


 

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