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Lewis & Clark: Yellowstone Geysers 4:13 Barrett Golding

On the Trail of Lewis & Clark: On their way home, the L&C Expediton took a side-trip up Yellowstone River, and witnessed the "boiling springs." So, we should too: Rick Hutchinson is research geologist for Yellowstone. His main job is minding the more than 120 thermal features in the park: geysers, fumeroles, mud pots, steam vents. He tour us thru the geyser basins -- step carefully, the crust is thin and the water is boiling just under the surface. [transcript]

Broadcast: Sep 27 2006 on PRX Nature Stories Podcast; Aug 12 2005 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Environment, Science

Lois and Betty at breakfast in Patterson Restaurant

Lewis & Clark: Lois & Betty 3:29 Barrett Golding

Another audio postcard from the Lewis & Clark Trail: Lois and Betty sipping morning coffee in a small farming town cafe: Patterson (WA) Store and Restaurant.

Broadcast: Sep 4 2004 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Labor

Lewis & Clark: USA by Canoe 2:52 Barrett Golding

On the Trail of Lewis&Clark:Another in the series on the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark’s journey, featuring audio postcards on the people met along the trail, like this Penobscot Indian sitting on a bench in Chamberlain, South Dakota, arranging his dozen or so maps.

Broadcast: Aug 21 2004 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Travel, Environment, Native

Re-enanters taking a break on shores of the Missouri River breaks in Montana

Lewis & Clark: Re-enactors- Missouri Breaks 3:42 Barrett Golding

The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later: America is now celebrating the Lewis&Clark bicentennial. Much of their trail, along the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, has changed quite a bit in 200 years. But some spots still looks much as they did in Lewis&Clark’s time. You half expect a wooden boat full of men wearing buckskin and black powder rifles. And that’s exactly what happened when the producer was kayaking the Missouri Breaks. [transcript]

Broadcast: May 31 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Historical, Travel

Lewis & Clark: TR National Park 2:44 Barrett Golding

The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later: Eighty years after Lewis&Clark a young Harvard graduate came west. To the Little Missouri river in the badlands near Medora, North Dakota: He wanted to be a cowboy. He never became a successful cattle rancher, but he learned a conservation ethic that helped him succeed as the 26th President. Bruce Kaye is Chief Naturalist at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. [transcript]

Broadcast: Feb 16 2004 on NPR Day to DaySeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Historical, Environment

Lewis & Clark’s Only Camp 4:58 Barrett Golding

The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later: During their cross-coutry trek, the expedition made more than 600 campsites. None have been found... until now. Archeologist Ken Ken Karsmizski documents his dig at the Lower Portage site near Great Falls, Montana. [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 14 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Travel, Science, Historical

Lewis & Clark: Miles City Bucking Horse Sale 3:55 Barrett Golding

The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later: Bucking broncs and bulls, an auction, a rodeo, and a way of life for rider Doug Davis of Hot Springs, Montana. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 17 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Business, Sports

Lewis & Clark: Nez Perce Bones- Horace Axtell 3:30 Barrett Golding

Nez Perce elder and spiritual leader Horace Axtell, from Lewiston, Idaho, talks about water, a way of life, weddings, re-burials and language. [transcript]

Broadcast: Sep 5 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Environment, Spoken Word, Historical, Native

Lewis & Clark: Ken Karzmiski 3:34 Barrett Golding

Archaeologist Ken Karzmiski works at the Discovery Center, near the Dalles Dam on the Columbia River in central Oregon. On one side is Interstate-84, on the other a railroad, and in between are the memories of lost languages and cultures. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jul 18 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Native, Historical, Environment, Spoken Word

Lewis & Clark: Bar Pilots 3:25 Barrett Golding

When Foreign ships enter U.S. waters, they are required to have an American pilot on board. In Astoria, Oregon, the Columbia River Bar Pilots Association brings the pilots out to the boats. Each body of water, each bend of the river, brings a new environmental issue, one that often gets no national attention, but is the focus of intense local debate. Captain Phil O’Shaughnessy and first mate John Leiter discuss the deep and shallow arguments for dredging the mouth of the river. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jun 13 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Business, Travel, Environment