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TERRA 535: ***Emmy Special*** Montana FARE 26:59mins | 2010-06-10 | Produced by: Jaime Jelenchick
TERRA is pleased to bring you this special screening of Montana FARE. Most of our audience doesn't know that TERRA is also a popular science and nature TV series on MontanaPBS and this series was recently awarded a College Emmy for the broadcast of Jaime Jelenchick's Montana FARE and the corresponding interview produced by Danny Schmidt and Andy Adkins. We are proud of the crew that made this ...More


TERRA 521: Chesapeake Gold 9:46mins | 2009-07-27 | Produced by: Ted Roach
Oysters were once capable of filtering all the water in the Chesapeke Bay in two days. Now after centuries of Oyster harvesting the bay is no longer capable of cleaning itself. A new brand of oystermen is emerging to meet the needs of the bay while also satisfying customers who are hungry for Chesapeake oysters. These Oystermen have replaced antiquated dredging techniques with aquaculture, or oyst...More


TERRA 427: The Bison Haze: A Yellowstone Controversy PART THREE 9:45mins | 2008-05-07 | Produced by: Michael Van Laanen
In the third and final part of "The Bison Haze" we are taken on a trip to the nation's capital to see what legislators are doing about the Bison issue. There are passionate people on both sides of the debate trying to convince people who might have never even seen a bison that they should be hazed or left alone. Is brucellosis a real threat from the bison? Will ranchers really lose out i...More


TERRA 414: Ranching the New West: PART ONE 14:26mins | 2008-02-07 | Produced by: Tobias, Ronald
There's a new model of ranching emerging that emphasizes a holistic view of the ranch as a multi-dimensional resource and not just a home for cattle. Duke Phillips of Colorado is a pioneer in this approach, which provides him with a viable living, but also aligns his mission with tourists, environmentalists, and much of the general public. His ranch is proving that the maximization of profits wi...More


TERRA 410: The Story of Stuff PART TWO 10:45mins | 2008-01-08 | Produced by: Free Range Studios
In Part Two of "The Story of Stuff" we find out how the system of buying goods actually works and why it has developed the way it has. Why do we always feel like we need more stuff? Why don't things last like they did fifty years ago? Why are we all working so much more than we used to? And how does this all relate to the countries that manufacture our products? 99% of all our stuff is t...More


TERRA 410: The Story of Stuff PART TWO 10:45mins | 2008-01-08 | Produced by: Free Range Studios
In Part Two of "The Story of Stuff" we find out how the system of buying goods actually works and why it has developed the way it has. Why do we always feel like we need more stuff? Why don't things last like they did fifty years ago? Why are we all working so much more than we used to? And how does this all relate to the countries that manufacture our products? 99% of all our stuff is t...More


TERRA 348: BIONEERS Part Three 0:00mins | 2007-10-31 | Produced by: Terra
While many of the issues being talked about at the Bioneers conference are serious, there's no need not to have some fun once in a while! That's why we decided to wrap up our 'live' coverage of the conference with a light hearted look at a world wide problem - the environmental impact of plastic bags. So we dressed up one unlucky Terra producer in a year's supply of plastic bags to see what bionee...More


TERRA 346: Bioneers 2007 PART ONE 6:02mins | 2007-10-20 | Produced by: TERRA
Green has gone global. But for the past 18 years, one of the major epicenters of the movement has been the national Bioneers conference in San Rafael, California. Now that green is moving rapidly into the mainstream, their is a new buzz in the air in San Rafael this year. There are also some new challenges: like how to preserve the moral compass of the movement and how to keep on the cutting ed...More


TERRA 345: BIONEERS Preview 2:40mins | 2007-10-17 | Produced by: Terra
This weekend Terra will be taking off to California for an amazing event. The Bioneers conference is held once a year and offers thousands of people the chance to figure out how to grow their own food, reduce their impact on the environment, hear visionary thinkers talk and learn how to make positive change for all! The Terra crew will be interviewing plenary speakers, hearing what conference goer...More


TERRA 324: Greenscreen Montana 8:05mins | 2007-05-14 | Produced by: Eric Bendick
Montana is a "microcosmos" of today's politics. Though low in population, Montana is rich in energy resources. These resouces are both conventional (oil and gas) and renewable (solar, wind, and biofuels). With a population dedicated to preserving the inherited quality of life in this strikingly beautiful place, the stage is set for a convergence of politics, business, and ideals. Sen...More


TERRA 239: The Last Run PART THREE 9:29mins | 2006-10-17 | Produced by: Bissell, Owen
PART THREE of "THE LAST RUN" chronicles the spawn, the critical final chapter in the salmon life cycle. In 2002, under pressure from a serious drought, upstream farmers were authorized by the President of the United States to divert water away from the Klamath river. As a result, river temperatures abruptly warmed and an estimated 34,000 adult salmon were killed before getting a chance...More


TERRA 238: The Last Run PART TWO 10:18mins | 2006-10-11 | Produced by: Bissell, Owen
"Ironically, as we work to save the salmon, it may turn out that the salmon save us." (Paul Schell, Mayor of Seattle) Salmon are an indicator species - their health closely tracks the health of the watershed to which they return. Salmon are also a keystone species, forming a critical link between forests and distant oceans. But most importantly, salmon are a symbolic species that allow...More


TERRA 106B: Tree Rings: Counting the Years of Global Warming 8:26mins | 2005-11-08 | Produced by: Liz Smith
What can the study of tree rings tell us about worldwide patterns of climate change? Tree rings provide a record of climate during the life of the tree. Many trees are hundreds of years old, and some live as long thousands of years. In this sense, tree rings are some of the first existing "scientific records" about climate....More


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