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The Barn Owl is found is found throughout North America and is one of the few species that hunts almost exclusively by sound.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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The American Woodcock is a ground dwelling bird that has some of the best camouflage in the bird world.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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The American Kestrel is the smallest Falcon, but it's still a fierce hunter.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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This piece discusses interesting facts about the American Goldfinch

  • Added: Jun 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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Duluth has beat out 62 other towns and is up against just Provo, Utah, in the Outside Magazine Best Towns Tournament. Outside Associate Editor Jona...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 15:33
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Victoria Gunning re-calls some childhood memories skiing in Bogus Basin, Idaho.

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Home rain barrel, Credit: Shana Weber
Rain Barrels at home are an easy inexpensive way to make a real difference for local water quality. And why pay for water you can get for free?

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and WORT


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 2
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Vermicomposting, or worm composting, is a climate-friendly and easy way to convert kitchen scraps into rich compost for houseplants and garden.

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
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A young Somali student reflects about gloomy rainy weather

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Panoka Walker
A conversation between Honor the Earth Executive Director Winona LaDuke and asemaa grower Panoka Walker

  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: A school of atlantic herring
Winona LaDuke speaks with Niaz Dorry, Director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, about how coastal communities are reclaiming their fisher...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
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The area’s so flat that every bunny hill seems a candidate. But, no, really — where is it?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Atlantic salmon numbers are dropping all over the world. In the US, they can only be found in seven rivers. All of them are in Maine.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:54
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A new breed of bartenders calling themselves mixologists--with a little help from the TV show Mad Men--have put classic cocktails back on the bar. ...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Laura Erickson, producer of the radio spot "For the Birds," and Betsy Bowen, woodcut printmaker and painter, joined WTIP's Bob Carter Sept. 21 to t...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 19:28
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Two Bay Area bands, Rupa and the April Fishes and Shake Your Peace, prepare to kick off a 10-day, 200-mile bike tour.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2012
  • Length: 07:44
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How The Socal Byte Got It’s Name

  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:21
Caption: Jay Shafer, owner of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, in front of one of his homes.
From a young age, many of us dream of the houses we’ll own. But those dreams don’t get into the reality of how much houses cost. These days, buying...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Stand on the beach overlooking Half Moon Bay, and the sound you’re most likely to hear is of waves crashing against the rocks. But when Roger Bland...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Local composer Cheryl Leonard recording the sound of Antarctica in 2009
When we imagine Antarctica, we often think of an empty place: big expanses of ice, almost no other people on the entire continent. It might even se...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Compared with the rest of the nation, the Bay Area is an easy place to go green – many restaurants will give you take-out with biodegradable contai...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: Edible Flower Salad, Credit: LexnGer/Flickr
Charlie profiles edible flowers. There are many varieties to choose from that are good for salads, drinks, stir fries, soups and desserts. Charlie...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Some "happy" tourists wait for the Mysterious Marfa Lights, just outside of Marfa, Texas. (This is rough, unedited audio with a lot of wind noise. ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
Caption: There's no mistaking a hot pepper, Credit: Courtesy fRedi via Flickr
Charlie Nardozzi, expert horticulturist, talks about red hot chili peppers that range in intensity from mild to so-strong-they-are-used-for-nationa...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Old man winter seems to have the last say on the arrival of spring.

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:34