Part 2: Life In The CCC
From WTIP | Part of the The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps series | 07:58
In the second installment of The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps, former CCC enrollees and construction foreman recall their experiences in northern Minnesota camps.
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In 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt formed the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC. For the next nine years, the CCC proved one ofRoosevelt’s most successful programs of the Great Depression. The program accomplished important conservation projects while offering young men their first shot at independence and steady income. In this episode, former CCC enrollees and construction foremen recall their experiences in northern Minnesota camps.
After Centuries Of Wildlife Destruction, Have We Learned Anything?
From WTIP | 08:05
In this episode of Points North, Shawn discusses a common thread through American history, where the culture of slaughter for market has depleted many wildlife species to the point of depletion.
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Shawn Perich is a volunteer producer at WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Each week, he shares his perspectives through Points North.
Aldo Leopold and the Emerging Land Ethic (59:00 / 54:00 - Free Program)
From Jack Loeffler | 58:59
A celebration of the life Aldo Leopold, the man who wrote “A Sand County Almanac” in 1949, and introduced Ethics as the fundamental concept that should underlie all consideration regarding use of land and water. A great choice for Earth Day.
Aldo Leopold and the Emerging Land Ethic is a one-hour program that celebrates the life of the man who wrote “A Sand County Almanac” in 1949. That book includes his essay, “The Land Ethic” that is considered the capstone of the reflections of the great mind and spirit of the man who forwarded the realization that conscience and consciousness are far more vital than economics when considering the landscape. Leopold began his career as a forest ranger in the American Southwest, and went on to reconfigure conservationist perspective through the practice of restoration ecology.
The program includes the voices Leopold’s daughters Nina and Estella Leopold, as well as scholars, environmental activists and writers who have been greatly influenced by the man regarded by many as the greatest conservationist of the 20th Century. Also heard are environmental historian Susan Flader, activist Dave Foreman, author, environmentalist William deBuys, former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, and many others whose thinking and practices have been deeply influenced by the genius of Aldo Leopold. The program was produced by Jack Loeffler.