The Father of Earth Day

When Gaylord Nelson ran for and became Governor of Wisconsin in 1958 a reporter asked him, "What about jobs, what about the environment? Can we have both?" Nelson replied, "You want jobs and a tax base and more growth? Then go back to Gary, Indiana." Nelson's  benefactor Martin Hanson from Mellen heard this and never forgot the exchange. Back in the day Sandy Lyon and I were fighting the Arrowhead/Weston electric line slicing across northwestern Wisconsin, we invited Gaylord Nelson and the Mole Lake drum to hold a ceremony on the banks of the Namekagon River near Hayward, Wisconsin. Nelson and LCO Elder Buck Barber and grandson Star Man paddled down the river, followed by dozens of canoes. After the paddle Nelson spoke at the Springbrook town hall. Nick Vander Puy from the Superior Broadcast Network reports.