Sigurd Olson

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• Historic Cabin Wrap

  The federal government has recognized Sigurd Olson's rustic cabin on Burntside Lake in northeastern Minnesota as historically significant.

  May. 7, 20081 minSave
• 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
• Sigurd Olson Remembered

  The federal Wilderness Act is forty years old today - a document with a lot of Minnesota connections. The Bill was first introduced in 1956 by Minnesota US Senator Hubert Humphrey. One its most visible supporters was Ely writer Sigurd Olson. Olson's biographer, David Backes, says Olson was controversial but respected.

  Sep. 3, 2004Save
• Boundary Waters is a legacy of the Wilderness Act

  MPR’s Bob Kelleher traces the individuals and movement that led to the U.S. 1964 Wilderness Act, creating the nation's system of federally protected wilderness. Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area was one of the first. Several Minnesotans played prominent roles, including then U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey and a junior college administrator from Ely, named Sigurd Olson.

  Sep. 3, 20047 minSave
• Schliep reads Sigurd Olson

  A reading of an excerpt from Sigurd Olson’s “Wilderness Days.”

  Jul. 17, 19982 minSave
• 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
• Milkweed Edition's Emilie Buchwald talks of BWCA and nature writing

  MPR’s Greta Cunningham interviews Emilie Buchwald, co-founder and publisher of Milkweed Editions, about nature essays. Milkweed Editions hopes the current debate over the use of the Boundary Waters will inspire people to put pen to paper and submit their writing in their essay contest.

  Sep. 8, 19965 minSave
• Christine Sweet Reads: Sigurd Olson's "Sounds of the Night" and "Wild Encounters"

  On this segment of Christine Sweet Reads, a look at "Sounds of the Night" and "Wild Encounters" from Of Time and Place.

  Jan. 24, 1987Save
• 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
• Sigurd Olson reads his own words

  Noted environmentalist and author Sigurd Olson passed away on January 13, 1982 in Ely, Minnesota. This All Things Considered news feature honors his passing by airing his own words.

  Jan. 14, 1982Save