January 14, 1982 - MPR’s Lee Axdahl reports on the passing of Sigurd Olson, well-known environmentalist and author. Segment includes a brief summary of Olson’s life, a reading by former Elmer L. Andersen, and interview segments with Olson about his experiences along the Boundary Waters.
January 14, 1982 - Noted environmentalist and author Sigurd Olson passed away on January 13, 1982 in Ely, Minnesota. This news feature honors his passing by airing his own words.
January 23, 1982 - On this Weekend program, Bruce Watson, a consulting meteorologist, discusses the record-setting snowfalls of January 20th and 22nd in the Twin Cities, winter blizzards, and other issues related to winter weather. Watson also answers listener questions.
January 29, 1982 - In this Science Town Meeting, held at Arts and Science Center Auditorium in St. Paul, Dr. Elisabeth Mann Borgese, professor in the Training Program for the Management and Conservation of Marine Resources in the department of Political Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, speaks on the future use of the resources of the sea and progress toward international treaties and agreements on such uses of the ocean. MPR’s Rich Dietman hosts and moderates’ program.
March 6, 1982 - With spring’s approach, MPR’s Bob Potter talks with Bill Nunn about vegetable gardening. Topics include seeds, fighting Dutch Elm disease, container gardening and weather. Nunn also answers listener questions.
May 12, 1982 - Fishing specialist Chet Meyers answers live listener questions on fishing.
October 9, 1982 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Dan Olson talks with Kathy Heidel, naturalist with the Hennepin County Park Reserve System. They discuss birds, nature, and how the change in seasons is affecting animal life. Heidel also answers listener questions.
October 18, 1982 - Barry Commoner, biologist and director of the Center for Biological Systems at Queens College in New York, speaking at Grace University Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Commoner’s address was titled "The Politics of Disarmament." After speech, he answered audience questions. Barry Commoner, a founder of the Citizens Party and that party's presidential candidate in 1980, is known as one of the first prominent voices speaking in defense of the environment.
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November 30, 1982 - Climatologist Iben Browning speaking to Investment Advisors, Inc., in Bloomington. Browning states a combination of natural forces will cause what he terms a double-dip winter for most of the United States. It will be cold at first with lots of snow, then warm, then cold again late into next spring. For the long term into the next century, Browning predicts that crop growing seasons in many countries will be shortened by a trend to cooler weather in the Northern Hemisphere. Iben Browning holds a PhD degree in zoology, genetics and physiology from the University of Texas, and the author of several books including one titled, "Climate and the Affairs of Man".