Kevin Proescholdt

6 Collection Items

• A profile of Sigurd Olson, and his impactful book "The Singing Wilderness"

  There's a piece of paradise in northeastern Minnesota. It's called the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA). Admirers credit the book "The Singing Wilderness," published in 1956, as part of the inspiration for creating the wilderness area; and they credit author Sigurd Olson for putting into words the reasons humans need wilderness. However, his views inflamed critics who feared Olson and other wilderness advocates worried more about habitat than humans.

  Jun. 6, 20068 minSave
• Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is 25 years old

  Mainstreet Radio's Bob Kelleher looks back to 1978, when two lawyers drafted an historic compromise that still guides activities in the Boundary Waters today. Report includes various interviews and speech excerpts.

  Oct. 21, 2003Save
• BWCAW Backfire - Environmentalists fight compromise on motors

  MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports that leading environmentalists are vowing to fight a proposal that would return trucks to two boat portages in Northern Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

  May. 20, 1998Save
• Rip Rapson and Kevin Proescholdt detail the history of Boundary Waters Canoe Area

  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.

  Aug. 16, 199524 minSave
• Kevin Proescholdt comments on increase of groups into the Boundary Waters

  MPR’s Catherine Winter interviews environmentalist Kevin Proescholdt about the physical and experiencial impact of the increase in campers traversing into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

  Sep. 18, 19914 minSave
• The Land Between: An Aural Portrait of the BWCA

  MPR’s Mark Heistad presents "The Land Between: An Aural Portrait of the BWCA," a documentary about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and the people who live there.

  Oct. 15, 198657 minSave