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Caption: Fred Parker and Jeff Nagy at Patapsco Valley State Park, Credit: Courtesy of: Andrew Hiller
This feature looks at the history, production, and preservation of minerals, including gold and silver in the area around Washington DC and the lov...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 06:07
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Federal Court rulings in 1988 and 1999 upheld the off-reservation fishing, hunting and gathering rights of many Ojibwe people in Wisconsin and Minn...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: One of the Wright brother's original bike designs displayed at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Credit: Alex Vikartofsky
Although Midwestern weather infamously wanes and waxes this time of year, sunny skies are just around the corner. Before long the clicking of bicy...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:48
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Brew the coffee, turn on the radio, and check your electronic mail – you’re on your way to burning 20 pounds of coal for the day. That’s how much ...

Bought by KUER, WYSO, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Levittown Promotional Material
Can the suburbs be fixed? What does sustainability look like in a land of three car garages, shopping malls, single use zoning and houses on steroi...

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KVLU, KWIT, WRIR, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Valdus Adamkus, Credit: This photograph was produced by Agência Brasil, a public Brazilian news agency.
Shawn Allee meets a man who took the Dow and dioxin issue to Congress years ago and is shocked it hasn't been dealt with.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:40
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Is there such a thing as "green" dry cleaning?

Bought by CKMO and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: McKenzie River Drift Boats
The piece tells the history of the rapid-running fishing boat that was designed and built along the shores of the Mckenzie River in Oregon.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 08:12
Caption: Market Harvest Lunch, Credit: Walter Murch
Two views of London in the morning. A walk through Hampstead Village and then it is time for the Borough Market.

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jun 06, 2009
  • Length: 10:59
  • Purchases: 1
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The Howland Cultural Center is a beautiful performance space, gallery, and host to cultural events in the Hudson Valley. The historic building rec...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Caption: Apple Blossom
February is the time to make new apple trees from old. Where have they come from?

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: 09:58
Caption: Along Mt. Tam River
Rich history of Sausalito, California, once the sex and drug capitol of the San Francisco Bay Area, has gentrified houseboat living. Hosting our t...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 16:44
  • Purchases: 1
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You know, I'd like to meet the person who cut down the last palm tree on Easter Island. What were they thinking?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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To prepare for climate change, sometimes it's good to get down to the bare bones. Fish bones, that is.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Aug 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
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In the 19th century, legal battles over the Merrimack River helped define the modern corporation we see today

  • Added: Jul 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:57
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The story of how this Utah State Park got its name

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Historic Legislative Hearing on the Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush

  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 13:50
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Tales of pirates and plunder have inspired more than a few Hollywood epics. Did you catch the summer block buster with Johnny Depp? But pirates le...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Sunday, April 14th, 1935, mid-afternoon. A monstrous black dust cloud quickly forms over southwest Kansas -- and within minutes, people were runnin...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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The Bald Eagle is back. Which is great news considering all it's been through.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 15, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In the sixth progr...

Bought by KENW and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In the fourth prog...

Bought by KENW and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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In the second show we explore the connection that Native Nations in the state have to the land and listen to some of the earlier agrarian techniques.

Bought by WGDR and KENW


  • Added: Nov 13, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2