July 17, 1998 - A reading of an excerpt from Sigurd Olson’s “Wilderness Days.”
August 7, 1998 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from Detroit Lakes. Program highlights the debate over recreational jet skis on the lakes. Rachel Reabe hosts a discussion on the controversary over personal watercraft with Jim Madima, president of Jet Supporters Association of Minnesota; Dennis Lang of the DNR; and Kris Hasskamp, a Minnesota state representative.
August 26, 1998 - Minnesotans have the opportunity this week to help decide the future of Voyageurs National Park. National Parks officials are convening informal meetings throughout the state in order to develop a management plan for Voyageurs. The park is relatively young; it was created in 1975. But in its short life it has been the subject of litigation, mediation, and now, some fear, overcrowding. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil has this report. The prevailing wish among people at the Voyageurs Park planning session held Tuesday in Duluth was for the park to stay essentially
August 26, 1998 - (Saint Paul Wednesday ATC) There is a general sense of contentment among Americans about the good state of the nation's economy. Yet, here in Minnesota, family farmers are said to be facing a crisis because of low crop prices and a series of natural disasters. It's an issue that's now become part of the governror's race. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen Louise Boothe reports: Fall Harvest begins in less than a month. Even though a BOUNTY is expected there's little optimism among some farmers because of low commodity prices. Democrats place the blame on the Republican-backed Freedom to Farm bill that phased out federal price subsidies. In this year's mid-term elections, they're
August 28, 1998 - The Federal Environmental Protection Agency says farmers in the Dakotas can use poison to kill thousands of blackbirds. The Dakotas and Minnesota produce 85-percent of the sunflowers grown in the United States. Farmers say blackbirds are eating their profits. But Federal Wildlife officials say poison won't solve the problem, and will also kill desirable bird species. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports. Mike Clemens is frustrated. He's watching thousands of blackbirds feast on his sunflower field , he can't stop them.
September 1, 1998 - The airport isn't the only place that's unusually quiet due to the Northwest Pilots strike. Residents---both human and non-human--- of areas near the runways are getting a respite from jet noise as Northwest planes sit idle. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure reports. out: this is long meadow lake, long meadow lake is about a 2 thousand acre wetland and a wide variety of wildlife use it, waterfowl, waterbirds, it's just a great area.
September 3, 1998 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports on the short and long term affects of a warming Lake Superior. While swimmers enjoy a comfortable swim in the usually frigid waters of Lake Superior, the conditions might help predict some troubling consequences should the region warm several degrees over the next decades.
September 7, 1998 - Deb Brown, University of Minnesota Extension Horticulturist, visits MPR’s Gary Eichten at the Minnesota State Fair. Brown discusses lawns, gardens and answers questions from the state fairgrounds audience.
September 7, 1998 - Saint Paul (open w/ DCART ELX98) for Monday ATC Minnesota Public Radio's Campaign 98. From now to the September 15-th primary, we're presenting in-depth interviews with candidates on the issues. THIS week, we're focusing on the environmental views and policies of the gubernatorial candidates. In THIS segment, MPR's Karen Louise Boothe reports on DFL Candidate Mike Freeman: You can hear more of MPR's "campaign 98" focus on the issues tomorrow morning during Morning Edition. Laura Mccallum will profile state attorney general skip humphrey.
September 7, 1998 - MPR's Tom Robertson reports from Bemidji, where It's harvest time for wild rice in Minnesota, and nowhere is the season more important than on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. The reservation has more than 6,000 acres of wild rice beds within its boundaries.