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Blackfeet 39 Wildland Firefighters 3:40 Barrett Golding

Morning on the The Lewis&Clark Trail: 200 Years Later. Some of the world’s best wildland firefighters, Blackfeet 39 and the Chief Mountain Hotshots, from Montana’s Blackfeet Indian Reservation, get ready for work in Idaho’s Clearwater Forest. [transcript]

Broadcast: Apr 1 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Native, Environment

Sisters of St Gertrude’s Garden 3:30 Barrett Golding

Another stop on the The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later. The Benedictine Sisters, of the Monastery of St. Gertrude in Cottonwood, Idaho, practice a stewardship of the land deeply rooted in religion. Sister Mary Kay Henry, Sister Carol Ann, Sister Janet, Postulant Michelle talk about their garden and their faith. [transcript]

Broadcast: Feb 1 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Garden, Environment, Religious, Historical

Four Generations Fishing 3:30 Barrett Golding

Our series The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later continues in Central Washington, on the banks of the Walla Walla. Louis Butler, his daughter, grand-daughter and grandsons are "trying to catch a few catfish." Mr. Butler’s life is filled with a nuclear family at home, and nuclear weapons and waste at work. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jan 1 2003 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Public Affairs, Travel, Environment, Labor

Dummies used for life-rescue training in the ocean

U.S. Coast Guard Duty Surfman 3:30 Barrett Golding

Our series The Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later starts on the route’s western edge. Cape Disappointment, a U.S. Coast Guard Station, sits on the shore of "the graveyard of the Pacific": the Columbia River bar, where the river meets the ocean. USCG Duty Surfman Kyle Betts works on the Search & Rescue team there, pulling boats and people out of the most treacherous stretch of water on the west coast. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 1 2002 on NPR Living on EarthSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Environment, Travel

Pains & Accuracy 5 10:50 Barrett Golding

War: No Home on the Range, Chief Joseph’s Race Track, Brothers Buddha and Brahma, and 2000 miles thru the Himalayas. [transcript]

Broadcast: Nov 1 2001 on PRI/MPR Savvy TravelerSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Native, Historical, Travel, War

Manitou cave drawings from Clark’s journal

Pains & Accuracy 4 11:10 Barrett Golding

Rendezvous: Biking and mic-ing the Missouri River. Captain Lewis’ Aria, replicas upriver, surveyor-stalking cougars, black powder bursts, cave wall Manitous, and Edens lost.

Broadcast: Oct 6 2001 on PRI/MPR Savvy TravelerSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Travel, Historical, Environment

Pains & Accuracy 3 8:30 Barrett Golding

Flood: Biking and mic-ing the modern Lewis and Clark Trail. Missouri floods, a frog symphony, a million worms, bowfishing a beanfield, and in little league: Lemke Trenching and Excavating plays Miller Funeral Homes [transcript]

Broadcast: Aug 18 2001 on PRI/MPR Savvy TravelerSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Environment, Travel, Historical

Pains & Accuracy 2b 2:32 Barrett Golding

Second Call: Military connections and Clark’s kid. And still can’t catch the 70-year-old-lady cyclclists.

Broadcast: Jun 29 2001 on PRI/MPR Savvy TravelerSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later

Pains & Accuracy 2a 2:23 Barrett Golding

First Contact: Phoning it in; rising rivers and chasing old ladies.

Broadcast: Jun 29 2001 on PRI/MPR Savvy TravelerSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Travel, Historical

Pains & Accuracy 1 8:30 Barrett Golding

Preparation: Cross-country preparations, then and now: Penis syringes and Indian presents, AAA and GPS. Your observations are to be taken with great pains and accuracy, for others as well as yourself" --Jefferson’s Instructions to Lewis, 1803.

Broadcast: Jun 1 2001 on PRI/MPR Savvy TravelerSeries: Lewis & Clark Trail: 200 Years Later Subjects: Travel, Historical