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Longtime environmental activist Brock Evans came to Fairbanks last week to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Wilderness Act. Nearly 110 million acres of land in the United States, including 55 million in Alaska, have been withdrawn from development under the law. Evans also is promoting his latest campaign, which calls for America’s youth to assume leadership of the green movement. Evans learned that local youths are already tackling one of the Fairbanks area’s most pressing environmental issues.

Franz Felkl is excited about music for violin and looking forward to a concert of hand-picked contemporary music. He shared pieces by J.S. Bach and John Adams. Varied pieces for performance that are short in comparison to classical symphonies are the focus in this episode of Alaska Live.

Fairbanks, AK - It will be a few months before butterflies flit through the air in Interior Alaska, but the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska Fairbanks was recently filled with them.  The museum is working to catalogue the second-largest collection of Arctic butterflies and moths in the world. It’s the largest private collection of its kind.  Eventually most of the specimens will be passed on to the Smithsonian.

We are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Fairbanks folk legend, Susan Grace writes songs that celebrate Alaska's wild beauty with an emphasis on conservation. She and many others are part of a community celebration at Pioneer Park on April 22nd, Earth Day. Sing along to folk tunes and listen in to stories from Susan Grace on this session of Alaska Live.