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Leif Enger
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| Date |
Title |
Description |
| 07/07/2000 |
The Timber Treasure Hunt |
Old-growth timber is making a comeback. Not just as an environmental issue this time, but as wood; as polished floors and cathedral ceilings. The timber-salvage industry has taken off in Minnesota. It is saving old beams from condemned warehouses, pulling old logs from lake bottoms, and spicing up new architecture with antique woods. |
| 06/12/2000 |
Ojibwe Elections Determine Anderson's Future |
An upcoming election will challenge the leadership of Marge Anderson, Chief Executive of the Minnesota Ojibwe and a nationally known expert in Native American sovereignty issues. Melanie Benjamin, Anderson's challenger, disagrees on all the major issues. |
| 05/23/2000 |
The Sturgeon Stalker |
With the coming of summer, anglers by the hundreds of thousands are stalking Minnesota's lakes and rivers. Their objective, almost always, is walleye, northern pike, panfish and trout. Yet for a few anglers, a walleye holds no attraction; a 20-pound northern, no allure; a rainbow trout, no romance. On the Rainy River - the border between Minnesota and Canada - the lake sturgeon is rising. Surviving near obliteration by commercial fishing and polluting paper mills, the sturgeon has resurfaced as a gamefish of almost mythical power. |
| 05/09/2000 |
Environmental Threat: Lead Sinkers |
For many anglers, going fishing without lead sinkers, makes as much sense as going out without hooks. But hundreds of Minnesota's favorite birds - loons and bald eagles - are turning up with lead poisoning, and researchers say sinkers are part of the reason. |
| 01/05/2000 |
DNR at the Brink |
The cost of fishing and hunting may go up in 2000. The Department of Natural Resources wants to raise license fees, a crucial revenue source in its budget. The DNR says if the Legislature doesn't do so, Minnesota's outdoors will suffer. |
| 12/01/1999 |
A Towering Annoyance |
Communication towers, those blinking, guy-wired harbingers of car phones, have sprouted at the rate of 5,000 a year nationwide for the past decade. Industry watchers say another 100,000 of the structures could go up by 2010. While digital phones mean improved service, the towers themselves, often topped by flashing strobelights, are widely abhorred as a blight on the landscape. In the Brainerd lakes area, county officials are trying to bring them under control. |
| 11/04/1999 |
Protecting the Summer Home |
As thousands of Minnesotans lock up their lake cabins for winter, many wonder whether everything will be intact when they return. Seasonal homes are favorite targets for burglars, and protection against property crime has been a high-profile subject since a Minnesota man set a booby trap in his cabin and wounded an intruder. In the Brainerd lakes area, summer homes provide a challenge for law enforcement; and big returns for home-security companies. |
| 09/29/1999 |
The Hero of Hinckley |
A new mural commemorating the great Hinckley Fire of 1894 has been unveiled at the Hinckley Community Center. The fire produced a firestorm which incinerated hundreds of square miles and killed more than 400 people. The mural, by Ojibwe artist Steve Premo shows the historic rescue of a family by a young Ojibwe woman, whose identity has only recently been discovered. |
| 09/07/1999 |
Golf By GPS |
Isn't golf supposed to be a game of tradition? Of garrulous, status-quo duffers? So what is GPS doing on the golf courses of Minnesota? |
| 07/28/1999 |
The Boo-Boo Attraction |
The black bear is hot. Just ask the Minnesota Science Museum, current venue of "Bears", the most popular traveling exhibit it's ever hosted. Bears- both powerful and clownish - have been stumping around in American popular culture since America got a popular culture. |
| 07/15/1999 |
Northeast Minnesota Picks Up the Pieces. |
Residents of northeast Minnesota are under the federal microscope, hoping for assistance in recovering from July 4th storms. |
| 06/21/1999 |
Banking on the Future |
Thanks to a casino economy, times are great for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. But what will happen if the monopoly on casinos ends? |
| 05/05/1999 |
Breaking the Mold of Racism |
The lines have been drawn for years in the dispute over tribal hunting and fishing rights around Mille Lacs. While the divide is largely along racial lines, there are people who have become very involved in the other community. |
| 04/22/1999 |
A Different World |
Brainerd ad agency proves you don't have to be on Madison Avenue to exist in the advertising world. |
| 04/13/1999 |
Fighting the Fire on the Lake |
Before the fire season starts, Canada shows Minnesota how it's done. |
| 03/25/1999 |
Burying the Past |
With the treaty rights case settled, resorters and Native Americans vow to put differences aside. |
| 03/08/1999 |
Preserving the Windmill |
Between nostalgia and Y2K, it's a good time to be a windmill. |
| 03/03/1999 |
Treaty Dispute Simmers |
As a Supreme Court decision nears, a rift is developing between Governor Ventura and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. |
| 02/05/1999 |
Vee Keeps Flame Alive |
Minnesotans fame will always be linked to Buddy Holly's death. |
| 01/22/1999 |
A Breed Apart |
A Cass County couple try to recover from a tragedy. |
| 01/11/1999 |
Repealing the Ban on Snowmobile Studs |
As the legislature begins a debate to repeal the ban on studs on snowmobiles ban, Leif Enger looks at what the fuss is all about. |
| 12/28/1998 |
Profiting from the Y2K Panic |
Where some see disasters looming, others see opportunities. |
| 12/08/1998 |
Waiting for Winter |
Unseasonably mild weather is not enjoyed by all outdoors enthusiasts. |
| 12/07/1998 |
Dakota Bear Circle |
A thousand-year-old Dakata ritual site found on the Mille Lacs Reservation may be of great importance. |
| 11/17/1998 |
Today's Timber Industry |
Can Minnesota's forests support increasing economic and ecological demands? |
| 11/16/1998 |
Profile of a Logging Family |
Three generations of the Walsh family have worked Minnesota's forests. |
| 11/16/1998 |
A History of Timbering in Minnesota |
150 years of logging have changed the face of the state as well as the timber industry. |
| 10/28/1998 |
Assessing the Need for Amendment Two |
Is it necessary to preserve hunting and fishing rights in a state constitutional amendment? |
| 10/08/1998 |
Walleye Count Exceeds Projections |
This year's Mille Lacs fish take may result in smaller numbers for future years. |
| 09/29/1998 |
Artist Russell Sharon Connects with His Rural Roots |
Internationally known Minnesota native hosts an exhibition of his work in his home town. |
| 07/17/1998 |
Boundary Waters Canoe Area: A Contentious History |
The evolution of the Boundary Waters has involved change in the surrounding communities. |
| 06/26/1998 |
Marvin Rainwater Sings Again |
Interest renews in this country western singer living the quiet life in Aitkin County. |
| 06/19/1998 |
Anderson Center Serves Artists, Scholars |
The Red Wing home of the inventor of puffed wheat is now a haven for the creative. |
| 06/01/1998 |
Minnesota's First Cranberry Crop |
After three years of preparation, Aitkin County bogs are ready to produce. |
| 05/08/1998 |
Fishing Begins at Mille Lacs Lake |
Five thousand boats for Saturday's walleye season opener. |
| 04/16/1998 |
An Ojibway's Perspective on Netting Fish |
Meet native Vince Merrill who has netted fish for ceremonial purposes. |
| 04/14/1998 |
Native and White Relations Strained in Mille Lacs Town |
Race relations in Onamia have grown uneasy as the Mille Lacs Band asserts its treaty rights. |
| 04/13/1998 |
Ojibways Exercising Rights Permitted by 1837 Treaty |
A review of events leading up to the present situation in east central Minnesota. |
| 03/02/1998 |
After Tragedy, a Team Regroups |
The Red Lake Warriors were at the top of their game when a player was fatally stabbed. One year later, the team continues to pull together. |
| 02/25/1998 |
Land Management Questioned |
The management of school-trust lands is drawing some unexpected attention in northern Minnesota. |
| 02/03/1998 |
Eye-to-Eye with the Walleye |
This inventor's underwater camera brings the fish up close and personal. |
| 01/14/1998 |
Machines and Greens |
Snowmobilers and cross-country skiers cross paths along the Gunflint Trail. |
| 12/22/1997 |
Squeezing More from a Tree |
The practice of "green dimensioning" can reduce a sawmill's wasted wood by 15 to 20 percent. |
| 12/18/1997 |
Olympic Trials Need Snowy Trails |
They're eyeing the sky at Camp Ripley, hoping that ski trails stay snow-covered for upcoming biathlon trials. |
| 12/08/1997 |
Certification for Environmentally Managed Forests |
Smartwood is an international non-profit group that approves woodlands managed under strict environmental guidelines, but how will it work in the marketplace? |
| 12/04/1997 |
Dredge or Dredge Not? |
State Ditch 83 in Northwestern Minnesota may be due for a cleanup, but some folks like it the way it is. |
| 10/22/1997 |
The Satellite Pack: Tracking Wolf Populations |
Biologists are now using satellite technology to forecast where wolves will show up next. |
| 10/09/1997 |
Legacy of the 1989 Labor Uprising |
Eight years ago last month, 500 union supporters ran amok in the northern border town of International Falls. |
| 10/07/1997 |
House of Straw |
Houses made of straw bales are making a revival that's reached from New Mexico to New Zealand to Northern Minnesota. |
| 07/30/1997 |
Leech Trapper |
Rod Fudge is the largest supplier of leeches in the upper Midwest, and he catches them all by hand. |
| 05/01/1997 |
Day of Prayer in Fargo |
"God has his ways of setting off the alarm clock and waking us up." |
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