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Caption: Whelp Fire: The Whelp and John Ek fires lead, in part, to the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 2021. , Credit: Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service
Minnesota's Boundary Waters is the most visited wilderness area in the country. Last summer, the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was s...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Indigenous communities are spread across Canada. Some are remote; others are close to the US border. But many have something in common – unsafe dri...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, WOSU and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 13
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


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 6
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Reporter Anna Simonton takes us down to Southern Louisiana, where the Houma people have been battling BP--and the entire oil industry--for decades,...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 11:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Louisiania bayou
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


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Navajos protest plans for new coal-burning power plant.

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
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National Park turns 100

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:30