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Every Child in the Woods

From: Elia Powers

Nature-based preschools are becoming increasingly popular. A school director in Seattle explains why children benefit from time in the woods.

Bought by PRX Remix

Love Canal, 40 years later

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Children protest at Love Canal, Credit: Center for Health, Environment & Justice

This week marked the 40th anniversary of the federal emergency declaration at Love Canal, the New York neighborhood endanger by industrial pollutio...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and North Country Public Radio

Crystal clear Great Lakes may not be so healthy -- here's why

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Lake Superior beach near Duluth, Credit: Dan Kraker, Minnesota Public Radio

Here's a question for you Great Lakes lovers. Which is the clearest lake? You probably guessed Lake Superior. Well, that was true for a long time. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WBFO, WCPN and more

Dam removal sparks cultural revival in Akwesasne

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Tony David (right) and an apprentice, Angelo Johnson (left) look out over the water where the dam used to be., Credit: Veronica Volk

Seventy-two dams in the U-S were demolished last year; and hundreds more were removed in the past decade. Most are taken down as part of an effort ...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more

Divers chronicle Great Lakes shipwreck that left 32 dead

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: The Admiral shipwreck, Credit: Marc Duncan

There’s more than just fish and sand in the Great Lakes – there are thousands of ships, airplanes, and other vehicles under the water. A story on ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester and more

Maritime schools teach Great Lakes skills

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Students build a tugboat at The Maritime Academy of Toledo, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz

The Maritime Academy of Toledo is one of 56 schools around the country that incorporate skills like boat building and seamanship into its curriculum.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more

Great Lakes may hold clues to beginning of life on Earth

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Diver prepares to head into waters of Lake Huron, Credit: Ben Thorp

Scientists are trying to figure out how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen. The answer to this billion-year-old mystery may lie in an unl...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more

LBJ visit to Lake Erie led to cleaner waters

From: Great Lakes Today

This month marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s visit to Buffalo New York -- a day that helped clean up waterways across the...

Bought by WABE, WCPN, North Country Public Radio, WBFO, and WXXI Rochester

Inside a coal fired power plant

From: Reid Frazier

Caption: The Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania., Credit: Reid Frazier

How do you clean up 100,000 tons of air pollution? Boatloads of air filters, and some basic high school chemistry. This story takes the listener in...

Bought by WABE

BP Five Years Later: Deepwater Horizon and the Cost of Oil

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, not everyone is “back to normal.” On this edition, we follow BP’s trail fro...

Bought by WRIR

Ecotourism: A New Catch For Commercial Fishermen?

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...

Bought by WABE

The People vs. Syngenta: Jackson County, OR bans GMO crops

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Outspent 3 to 1 by multinational seed companies, the citizens of Jackson County, Oregon successfully campaigned to ban GMO crops.

The Field Trip Podcast: Wildfires

From: The Field Trip Podcast

Here's the first episode in our “Summer Dispatches” series, in which reporter Megan Molteni braves the scarred landscape of Colorado Springs after...

Old conflicts shadow new gold rush on the Klamath River

From: KALW

With gold continuing to sell at historically high prices, the hunt for the shiny mineral is alive and well. Mostly. In 2009, California outlawed a ...

Bought by PRX Remix

When 'No' is Not an Option: Gas Boom Brings Problems to Surface Owners

From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age

Caption: Marty Whiteman found himself in a struggle with Chesapeake Energy, which leased the gas under his farm. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier

What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...

The Complicated World of Idaho Garlic

From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho

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

Seeking Genetic Diversity in Abandoned Apple Orchards

From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho

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

If Weather Were All That Mattered

From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho

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

Boston's River Man

From: Rachel Leventhal

Dan Driscoll spent 20 years restoring abused and forgotten corridors along Boston’s Charles River, creating habitat for wildlife and access for peo...

Bought by KUOW

Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling

From: Cathy Corman

Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons

Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood

Food For Thought

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

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