Miron "Bud" Heinselman

6 Collection Items

• Mainstreet Radio: Wilderness Truce - Ely 10 Years Later

  On this Mainstreet Radio program, MPR’s Leif Enger reports on the attempts for a truce on the border of the BWCA since the 1978 Boundary Waters Wilderness Act.

  Oct. 29, 199020 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
• Boundary Waters Canoe Area suit

  A Minnesota state lawsuit claims the officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have illegally enforced the 1978 BWCA Wilderness Act. Environmental activist groups are expected to intervene in the suit if motor restriction is eased in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

  Dec. 26, 19791 minSave
• U.S. Senators visit Ely and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area

  MPR’s Alan Searle reports on U.S. senators visiting Ely and Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The senators heard from the differing views from Boundary Conservation Alliance and Friends of the Boundary Waters.

  Jul. 17, 19783 minSave
• Burton-Vento compromise bill on Boundary Waters Canoe Area

  MPR’s Greg Barron reports on a potential compromise BWCA bill put forth by Minnesota’s U.S. Representative Bruce Vento and California’s U.S. Representative Phillip Burton. Bill would allow motorized vehicles in the Boundary Waters, with a timed phase out over a number of years.

  May. 31, 19785 minSave
• Digging Up Minnesota: Mining the wilderness - Part 2

  A discussion concerning open-pit and underground copper-nickel mining operations which International Nickel has proposed to begin near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and the Town of Ely, Minnesota. Panel members include John Herman, Sierra Club attorney; Victor Arnold, State Planning Agency; William Bryce, Department of Natural Resources-Division of Mines; Miron Heinselman, US Forest Service; and Dean Ramstad, of International Nickel.

  May. 24, 1974Save