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More than 80% of New England is forested, but only about 4% of that forest is fully protected from development.

The president said those implicated should not detract from the rest of the Secret Service.

Commentator Alan Sipporin says some of the responsibility for the devastation caused by the floods in the American West lies with humans. Mudslides happen--but when forested hillsides are clear cut, there is nothing to hold the water or the earth in place. When we think about the effects of logging, we should worry about more than owls and endangered creatures.

This year, the U.S. Forest Service has spent hundreds of millions of dollars fighting wildfires, cutting into funds originally set aside to prevent them. Fire historian Steve Pyne compares the way we manage fires today to how we manage health--focused on emergencies, and not prevention.

The Folk Show's listing of music and dance events.

November 29, 1964 is known in the Catholic Church as “the day Mass changed.” It didn’t take a day – more like five years - but by 1969 the vernacular “New…

Viewing parties are scheduled across the country Tuesday, when the planet Venus will pass between Earth and the sun. "This is one of the most rare lineups that you'll experience in your lifetime," says the president of the St. Louis Astronomical Society.

The NHPR Folk Show listing of dance and music events in and around our listening area.

Noah talks to Mary Horstman, Forest Historian and Heritage Program Manager for the Bitterroot National Forest, about efforts to protect the Alta Ranger station -- which is the oldest in the nation -- from wildfires. Workers wrapped the one room cabin in a material designed to protect the structure from sparks and fire damage.

Host Alex Chadwick talks to Captain Chuck Dickson of the Kern County Fire Department about the wildfire that's burning thousands of acres of pine forest in the mountains of California. The area in and around the Sequoia National Forest is sparsely populated. The small towns of Pine Creek and Kennedy Meadows have been evacuated.