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In today's EcoReport feature, Norm Holy is interviewing Lee Huss, a local tree expert, about the emerald ash borer.

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 08:48
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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EcoReport is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:21
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In today's EcoReport feature, Bob Kissel talks with a local freshwater shrimp business proprietor.

  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 08:43
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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EcoReport is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional...

  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:16
Caption: The mountain pass, Sierra Nevada, Credit: Library of Congress
Producer Jesse Dukes has the story of some five hundred families who were made to leave their homes in an area supposedly “pristine and free of hum...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Image: Trains stand in a flooded Metro-North's Harmon Yard, Oct. 31, 2012, on the Hudson Line, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Credit: AP Photo | Metropolitan Transportation Authority
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the New York Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance and their exemplary five-point st...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: TheCivicCommons.com
When life gives you sludge, old medical equipment and poop...make nature preserves, life saving supplies and energy.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
Caption: The CivicCommons.com
Taking care of trash--should we incinerate or not?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:41
Caption: Duck eggs at Morning Owl Farm, Credit: Guy Hand
Producer Guy Hand visits a small-scale farmer who gave up a tenured university professorship in the wake of September 11th to grow local, organic f...

Bought by KUOW, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Uyen Nguyen, owner of Isabella Nail Bar, Credit: Pauline Bartolone
We take a look at the health impacts of chemical exposure in nail salons, the shoddy regulation of cosmetics, and the movement towards greener nail...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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The Northwest has several crop quarantine zones to control the spread of diseases. In southern Idaho, a quarantine zone helps protect the states l...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, WABE, Spokane Public Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Nov 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Pioneer apple varieties found along the Salmon River, Credit: Guy Hand
Producer Guy Hand jet boats into Idaho's River of No Return Wilderness with a team searching for remote and abandoned pioneer-era apple orchards. T...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Water and food presentation at the College of Idaho, Credit: Guy Hand
We use vast amounts of water to grow food, but the consequences are often hard to see. One Idaho college class decided to take a look and they were...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: Jun 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Local tomatoes at a farmers' market, Credit: Guy Hand
Some "local" food is actually harvested from Costco or as far away as Mexico. Some think it's time for a certification process to make sure local ...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cloverleaf Creamery bottling plant, Credit: Guy Hand
Fresh milk — thanks to it’s perishable nature — was once the most local of local foods. Today, though, milk is often a highly processed commodity ...

Bought by KISU, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Idaho greenhouses in winter, Credit: Guy Hand
How greenhouse could revolutionize the availability of local food in winter.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
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On this edition, we’ll hear part two of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll look at how climate c...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Tillamook Floodplain, Credit: Barbara Bernstein
On this edition, we’ll hear part one of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll explore the connection...

Bought by WUAL and The Neighborhood


  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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From a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country. They’re people wor...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 16, 2009
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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The executive director of "Mendocino County Tomorrow", Robin Collier, known locally for her skills in making excellent cheese cake, is the guest on...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 31:44
Caption: Gowanus Canal, Credit:  brainware3000 on flickr
From a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country, working to protect...

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
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We take a look at sustainable farming practices and find solutions right in our backyards: urban farms in the heart of San Francisco, food producti...

Bought by WXDU, Troy Public Radio, KVSC, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Inside Technology
French scientist runs office lab atop an active volcano

  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 07:14