Frank Salerno

4 Collection Items

• BWCA History - 20 years after Boundary Waters Act

  MPR’s Leif Enger takes a look at the BWCA twenty years after legislation to protect it, and the divide in viewpoints on the land that have existed throughout the 20th century. Segment includes various interviews and commentary.

  Jul. 17, 19989 minSave
• Mainstreet Radio: Ely and the BWCA, part 1

  A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from Ely, Minnesota. Program highlights the northern Minnesota town and the BWCA, twenty years after major Congressional legislation in 1978…a controversial Act that banned mining, logging and most motor use. In this first hour of program, MPR’s Rachel Reabe interviews Mark Van Every and Barb Soderberg, representatives from the National Forest Service; and canoe outfitters John Waters and Gary Gotchnik about the various aspects of the BWCA.

  Jul. 17, 199855 minSave
• New firefighting center in northern Minnesota

  MPR’s Leif Enger reports on new interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids in northern Minnesota. The cache of fire equipment is the result of agencies pooling equipment in hopes of better efficiency and lower costs.

  Apr. 15, 19925 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