Audio Archive for 2000

Episode 1 March 16, 2000
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Birdfeeder collage09:12Bill Montevecchi, Todd Boland, Anne Hughes & Bernard Agriesti talk about their birdfeeders
CEAA Review18:53Elizabeth May, Shelley Senior, Greg Mitchell and Bob Diamond on the public review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.
Tales from the
Trail 		 11:15Poetry reading by Newfoundland writer Robin McGrath
Nightcap 08:56Astronomer Fred Smith talks with Rachel about planets and the equinox
Can of Beans04:20Producers Janet & Rachel go camping & make plans for Open Air with advice from Tom Waits
Recitation00:48Pierre Ryan recites a puffin ditty
Episode 2 March 23, 2000
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Mystery Guest Profile  12:10 Bill Montevecchi joins Rachel at the dump where they consider crows and ravens
Pass the Salt  44:59 Greg Mitchell, Shelley Senior, Eugene Conway and Murray Colbo talk about plans to clear-cut old growth balsam fir forest near the Main River


Episode 3 March 30, 2000
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Mystery Guest 6:54 Bill Montevecchi joins Rachel to find out what Starlings have to do with Shakespeare
Tales from the Trail 15:05 Monica Kidd reads a selection of her poems
Geology of Signal Hill  15:05 Geologist Art King joins Rachel on Signal Hill in St. John's for a guided tour of the hills deep and distant past


Episode 4 April 6, 2000
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Mystery Guest Profile 30:31 Biologist Melanie Massaro imagines life as a Black-legged Kittiwakes
Interview: seals & cod18:59 Sealer and fisherman Garry Troake speaks about harp seals, cod & proposals to cull seals to save cod
Nightcap 06:14 Astronomer Fred Smith joins Rachel to revel in asteroids, meteors and comets


Episode 5 April 6, 2000
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Seal-cod documentary37:54 Harp seal - cod ecology and politics with Jon Lien, Ram Myers, Jeff Hutchings and Ian Boyd
Main River reminder04:52 A quick revisit of Episode 2's dinner talk on proposed cutting near the Main River with Eugene Conway, Murray Colbo, Shelley Senior & Greg Mitchell


Episode 6 April 20, 2000
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Mystery Guest Profile  10:28 Biologist Ted Miller tells Janet about the uncommonly beautiful Common Flicker
Interviews: GDP & GPI 23:12 Elizabeth May and Ron Colman consider how the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fails to measure environmental degradation
Tales from the Trail  11:31 Newfoundland writer/actor Bernie Stapleton reads from her book "They Let Down Baskets"
Nightcap  12:48 Astronomer Fred Smith tells Rachel about the sunspot cycle
Episode 7 April 27, 2000   Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (FRCC) Hearing in St. John's
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Episode 8 May 4, 2000
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Mystery Guest06:34Janet reads to Antonia from the Birds of Newfoundland about Black capped Chickadees
Geomorphology talks26:07Geomorphologist Norm Catto considers climate change in Newfoundland and Labrador
Crossing Tracks Promo05:47Promo for a new column called Crossing Tracks sponsored by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.   Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
Nightcap06:35 Astronomer Fred Smith and Rachel consider the life history of the sun
Episode 9 May 11, 2000
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Conference Interview22:40Ishbel Munroe of the Coastal Communities Network in Nova Scotia talks with Janet at the Memorial University conference on Gender, Globalization and the Fishery
Book Interview27:47Elizabeth May of the Sierra Club of Canada talks about the new book she co-wrote with Maud Barlow. Fredericton St.:  the Sydney Tar Ponds, public health and the environment
Episode 10 May 18, 2000
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Mystery Guest Profile12:36Biologist Ted Miller reveals the identity of Common Snipe.  With Janet.
Rising Sea Level26:39Geomorphologist Norm Catto explains to Rachel how rising sea level will affect Newfoundland and Labrador
Crossing Tracks14:52First installment of a new column sponsored by the MEC Environment Fund; based on readings from Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland: in this episode the question of scale arises.   Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
 
Episode 11 May 25, 2000
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Mystery Guest Profile08:12Savannah Sparrow with Dave Fifield.
Book Interview32:39Janet takes a walk through the MUN Botanical Gardens with naturalist and author Bernard Jackson to find out more about butterflies and gardening to attract butterflies.
Poem03:52 Robin McGrath reads one of her poems in which she shares her gardening experience.
Episode 12 June 1, 2000
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Mystery Guest Profile08:41Dave Fifield shines some light on Dark-eyed Juncos
Crossing Tracks25:40Chris Parrish gives us a fresh perspective on salt water.   Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
Botanical Garden Interview04:36Wilf Nichols on Heather. That's a plant, not a lass.
Episode 13 June 8, 2000
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Mystery Guest Profile07:48Iain Stenhouse gives us the dirt on Leach’s Storm Petrels. Part one of three. With Janet.
Conference Interview39:48Nalini Nayek of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers at the Memorial University conference on Gender, Globalization and the Fishery.
Botanical Garden Interview 08:20Wilf Nichols on Thyme
Episode 14 June 15, 2000
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Mystery Guest Profile08:43 More dirt on Leach's Storm Petrels from Iain Stenhouse . Part two of three. With Janet.
Crossing Tracks16:51Mike McGraw on the behaviour and ecology of small mammals.  Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
Tales from the Trail26:28Newfoundland writer Agnes Walsh reads a selection of her poetry
Episode 15 June 22, 2000
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Mystery Guest Profile11:17The final dirt on Leach's Storm Petrel Part 3 with Iain Stenhouse
Trout Interview39:06Jeff Hutchings on the ecology and population dynamics of brook trout at Cape Race, Newfoundland. With Janet.


Episode 16 June 30, 2000
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Mystery Guest Profile6:47Yellow warbler with Anne Hughes, retired nurse, full-time birder.
Crossing Tracks49:09Canadian Wildlife Service biologist Scott Gilliland reconsiders our perspective on gull predation on eiders.   Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
Episode 17 July 6, 2000
Summer music show: Audio unavailable
Episode 18 July 13, 2000
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Book Review22:11Occupational health specialist John Martin reviews the book "Frederick St." by Elizabeth May and Maud Barlow.
Crossing Tracks23:18Thermoregulation in marine mammals with Becky Sjare, marine mammal scientist with Department of Fisheries and Oceans.   Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
Live performance6:53Gerald Campbell at the Ship Inn Benefit for the Cape Shore Folk Arts Association
Episode 19 July 20, 2000
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special documentary

55:00

The Canadian Nature Federation visits the Main River with Father John McCarthy and others.  We learn something about this old growth balsam fir forest and why it should be freed from the threat of industrial logging.
Episode 20 July 27, 2000
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mystery guest6:43Blue Jays with Anne Hughes
feature interview21:16Becky Sjare talks about bearded seals, and bearded seals sing about themselves.
Crossing Tracks8:31Comfits and bird bills with Janet Russell.   Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
a letter from Rachel9:05Audio letter from Rachel, in her tent on Southampton Island, Nunavut.
poem4:01Robin McGrath reads her poem Sleggs documents the sex life of capelin.
Reminder A reminder about logging concerns near the Main River
Episode 21 August 3, 2000
Summer music program: Audio unavailable
Episode 22 August 10, 2000
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Mystery Guest10:48Ted Miller profiles last week's mystery guest, the Common Snipe
Starlings6:55Rachel explores the connection between starlings and Shakespeare
Recitation15:05Mercedes Barry tells the Ship Inn a traditional tale about Peg.  Recorded at a Benefit for the Cape Shore Folk Arts Association
Nightcap6:37Fred Smith tells Rachel about the life history of the sun
Episode 23 August 17, 2000
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Mystery Guest9:04Least Sandpiper with Pierre Ryan of the Canadian Wildlife Service
Public lecture26:42Elizabeth May reviews some globalization history. 
Crossing Tracks17:19Bill Montevecchi describes the effects of cats on wild birds. With Rachel Bryant.


Episode 24 August 24, 2000 
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Mystery Guest7:09Greater Yellow Legs with Pierre Ryan of the Canadian Wildlife Service
Interview17:09 Part one of Janet’s conversation with Mark Hipfner about Razorbills
Interview13:01David Blockstein tells the story of the Passenger Pigeon’s extinction. With Rachel Bryant.
Tales from the Trail9:48Newfoundland writer Robin McGrath reads a selection of her poems.
live performance5:07Gail Fraser sings her tune Kissing by the Lilacs.  
Episode 25 August 31, 2000
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Mystery Guest5:39song sparrow
Razorbill Interview9:05Razorbills 2 with Mark Hipfner
Crossing Tracks Wildlife Division Biologist Mike McGraw gives us the hop on Snowshoe Hare.   Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
Live performance5:35Colleen Power singing the Fairy Song at the Ship Inn Benefit for the Cape Shore Folk Arts Association
Snow Goose Interview7:25Rachel talks with Fred Cook about proposals to cull Snow Geese
Episode 26 September 7, 2000 (audio available soon)
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Episode 27 September 14, 2000
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Razorbills 37:09Part three of Janet’s conversation with Mark Hipfner about Razorbills.
Crossing Tracks31:27   Catherine Hood explains why whales get trapped in fishing gear. With Janet Russell.  Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
Letter from Funk4:14     A letter from Bill Montevecchi, written from Funk Island.


Episode 28 September 21, 2000
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Fulmars16:22Iain Stenhouse on Northern Fulmars, or noddies. With Janet Russell.
Main River revisited28:17Kevin MacNamee and Father John McCarthy discuss the endangered old growth forest in the Main River watershed of western Newfoundland. With Janet Russell.
Recitation5:50Kelly Russell regales us with a story about squiddin’, The Smokeroom on the Kyle. Thanks to Pigeon Inlet Productions.
Episode 29 September 28, 2000
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Herring Gulls13:01   Karel Allard discusses herring gull predation on eiders, from his research site on Southampton Island, Nunavut. With Rachel Bryant.
Pine Marten22:49Joe Brazil and John Gosse on the plight of the endangered Newfoundland Marten. With Rachel Bryant.
poem5:53Robin McGrath reads her poem Tashlich Rennies River Trail.


Episode 30 October 5, 2000
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Mystery Guest19:22Mark Gloutney profiles Canada geese. Brought to you in part by the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Important Bird Areas Program
Recitation8:03Ted Russell tells a tale about geese. Thanks to Pigeon Inlet Productions.    
Crossing Tracks27:50 Part one of the lives of microbes, explained by John Gow. With Janet Russell.  Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.


Episode 31 October 12, 2000 (repeated old show, audio unavailable)
Episode 32 October 19, 2000
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Interview38:55Sealer Gary Troake discusses the ecology and politics of sealing. With Janet Russell.
Crossing Tracks18:19Part two of the lives of microbes, explained by John Gow. With Janet Russell.  Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.


Episode 33 October 26, 2000
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Coral Reef Interview

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How is land-based nutrient overloading destroying Florida's coral reefs?  Brian Lapointe enlightens Janet.  Brought to you in part by the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Important Bird Areas Program

Episode 34 November 16, 2000
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Crossing Tracks

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Mushroom hunting with Faye Murrin and the  Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.   Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
Episode 35 November 23, 2000
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Gannets28:48A visit to Cape St. Marys where Fyzee Shuhood tells tales on the Northern Gannets that nest there.  Brought to you in part by the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Important Bird Areas Program
Live performance25:21Gerald Campbell sings his heart out at the Ship Inn Benefit for the Cape Shore Folk Arts Association
Word1:40Chris Parrish defines the word Osmosis
Episode 36 November 30, 2000
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Interview19:13Norwegian fisheries researcher Sirri Gerard talks about the relationship between scientists and their study subjects.
Crossing Tracks18:08David Blockstein tells the story of the Passenger Pigeon’s extinction. With Rachel Bryant.   Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
Nightcap7:18Fred Smith talks with Rachel about using the stars to find your way.
Episode 37 December 7, 2000
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Burnt Church 1 Miigam'agan gkisdedtanamoogk, of Burnt Church, New Brunswick shares his perspective on the dispute between the Department of Fisheries & Oceans and the Miqma'ah over aboriginal fishing rights.  Brought to you in part by the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Important Bird Areas Program
Episode 38 December 14, 2000
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Mystery Guest8:30Fyzee Shuhood and Horned larks at Cape St. Marys.  Brought to you in part by the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Important Bird Areas Program
Burnt Church 2 Janet finishes her conversation with Miigam'agan gkisdedtanamoogk,  in Burnt Church.  Brought to you in part by the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Important Bird Areas Program
Crossing Tracks26:10Sabina Wilhelm tells Alice about cliff nesting seabirds and boat disturbance and Janet reads excerpts from Ed Hearne's MSc. thesis on the same topic.   Brought to you in part by the Mountain Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund.
Episode 39 December 21, 2000
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Author Interview49:21Janet McNaughton reads from her book "The Secret Under My Skin" and talks with Janet about the environmental politics behind the novel's plot
Nightcap4:05Fred Smith talks with Rachel about what's near Orion
Episode 40 December 28, 2000
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Penquins8:22Guest producer
Interview23:48Mark Butler of the Ecology Action Centre on the rights issuance regime for offshore oil exploration.  Brought to you in part by the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Important Bird Areas Program
Poem1:03Rachel reads a poem by Mary Oliver
Recitation5:12Merrill Francis reads an Ogden Nash poem about Santa Claus
Nightcap4:24Fred Smith and Rachel talk about viewing the stars with binnoculars