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Yonder Report - December 21, 2023
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Small-town papers; wildfire smoke and mental health; working out with recovery court judges

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Death of a Paddler
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Their "First Dance" was to the Country-Western song "Count on Me".
Those who sign on for white water rafting trips, fishing and hunting day trips are hoping to find a few hours or so of Great Abandon, an experience...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Sep 02, 2019
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
Chick-Fil-Ay, Hey, Here I Come: In the Dept of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning). Mr Pruitt leaves the EPA
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "...my way or the highway...", Credit: Susan Cook
A tribute (which could be sung to a tune from the Great American Wrongbook and a song "California, Here I Come" from the musical "Bombo") to the...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2018
  • Length: 02:39
Act on Climate Rally in Boulder Colorado
From: Sarah Farley
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A news report on a rally calling on Colorado's Governor to sign on to the US Climate Alliance.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
Can Asian carp be kept out of Lake Michigan?
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Kiowa pushes barges over electric carp barrier , Credit: Chuck Quirmbach
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's 2018 eliminates $300 million for projects along the Great Lakes. That threatens efforts to...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 9
Dam removal on Lake Huron tributary at risk
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Chris Pierce oversees the removal of dam on the Maple River, Credit: Ben Thorp
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 A look at a northern Michigan dam removal project that is threatened by President Trump's budget plan. The p...

Bought by WBFO, WLPR , WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 7
Research on Lake Erie algae blooms imperiled
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: A piece of walleye head meat before it gets blended with dry ice - the first step in extracting the microcystin toxin from the fish tissue.a, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 By now, most of us have heard that President Trump wants to eliminate a 300-million-dollar program created t...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WBFO, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), Wisconsin Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 9
Lake Superior cleanup threatened by Trump budget cuts
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Working for U.S. Steel, employees from Barr Engineering install instruments that measure groundwater seepage and flow between the sediments and St. Louis river. Data collected from the instruments will help in the design, construction and installation of , Credit: Derek Montgomery for MPR News
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's budget plan eliminates $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative -- hurting ...

Bought by WLPR , North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 8
Waukesha full speed ahead as mayors fight Great Lakes water diversion
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Oak CReek treatment plans, Credit: Susan Bence
A Wisconsin town is getting a lot of attention -- on the issue of drinking water. Waukesha lies outside the Great Lakes basin, but it has permissio...

Bought by WBFO, WMUK, WCPN, Interlochen Public Radio, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 5
Wisconsin cuts climate change warning, sparks fear of U.S rollback
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Graphic showing the way the website looks now, compared to how it looked previously.
Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources revised its website recently, deleting information concerning climate change, including references to g...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
QUEST Relaxing the Rules on Toxics Reporting
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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The nation-wide Toxics Release Inventory tracks industrial releases of chemicals into the air, water and soil. Recently, the EPA has suggested two ...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 05:47
Does Fair Trade Coffee Work?
From: The Environment Report
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A look at Fair Trade Coffee and whether it's sustainable

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KZSC


  • Added: Apr 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
Western Skies Newscast - February 21, 2006
From: KRCC-FM
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KRCC's twice-weekly regional newscast

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:26
Western Skies Newscast - December 22, 2005
From: KRCC-FM
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KRCC's twice-weekly regional newscast

  • Added: Dec 28, 2005
  • Length: 08:07
Western Skies Newscast - December 15, 2005
From: KRCC-FM
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KRCC's twice-weekly regional newscast

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 06:26
Western Skies Newscast - October 27, 2005
From: KRCC-FM
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KRCC's twice-weekly regional newscast

  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 06:37
Springs-Pueblo Sewage Snafu
From: KRCC-FM
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Follow-up on Colorado Springs' sewage spill

  • Added: Jul 16, 2005
  • Length: 06:12