May 31, 1995 - As part of the Voices of Minnesota series, MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews former Federal Judge Miles Lord, who talks about judicial temperament, politics, and his post judgeship as a personal injury attorney. Lord says he is in excellent health and having a very good time.
June 2, 1995 -
June 2, 1995 -
June 2, 1995 -
June 21, 1995 - A special Mainstreet Radio broadcast From the Chuckwagon in Cleveland, Minnesota. Host Mark Steil presents a report and panel discussion about controversy over large hog production. It’s a battle between efficiency and economical supply vs. concerns over environmental impact to rural residents and economic hardships to small farms.
June 22, 1995 - MPR’s Catherine Winter interviews northern Minnesota forest rangers Jo Barnier and Art Wirtz about fires in the Grand Marais and BWCA area, and the different strategies and criteria in fire management.
July 17, 1995 -
August 11, 1995 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews Art Wirtz, fire information officer for U.S. Forest Service, about status of fire north of Gunflint Trail. Wirtz discusses dry conditions, evacuations, and the crews battling fire.
August 16, 1995 - MPR’s Paul Schroeder interviews authors Rip Rapson and Kevin Proescholdt about their book “Troubled Waters: The Fight for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.” Rapson and Proescholdt, both environmentalists, detail the historical controversies of logging, mining, and recreation of the Boundary Waters.
August 17, 1995 -