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Trying to escape sea-level rise, Northwest coastal tribes are …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Coastal tribal communities in the Lower 48 live on the frontlines of climate adaptation, with some facing the daunting challenge of relocating altogether to safer inland places as sea levels rise.
A reality check on Biden’s ‘30 by 30’ conservation plan
WEBJun 23, 2021 · A week after Joe Biden became president, he signed an executive order that announced his commitment to protecting 30% of U.S. land and water — over 720 million acres — by 2030.
The Gadsden flag is a symbol. But whose? - High Country News
WEBMay 18, 2020 · The year was 2017, the month was August. America was 241 years old, and totems of its racist past were crumbling. One of the Northwest’s largest tributes to Confederate soldiers — an 8-foot ...
Diverted, drained and dwindling: What’s the fate of New Mexico’s …
WEBJan 14, 2021 · The Rio Grande used to provide water on a bell curve, with powerful floods in the spring and summer and lower and slower flows in the winter. Now the dams release about 20% of what naturally ...
California orders Nestlé to stop siphoning spring water
WEBApr 28, 2021 · The draft order comes two months after Nestlé, which is based in Switzerland, sold its U.S.- and Canada-based water brands to equity firms One Rock Capital Partners and Metropoulos for $4.3 billion.
The Supreme Court’s attack on tribal sovereignty, explained
WEBJul 1, 2022 · As part of its recent precedent-breaking spree, the U.S. Supreme Court turned federal Indian law on its head this week on Wednesday, June 29. In the case of Oklahoma v.Castro-Huerta, a majority of ...
Reckoning with History: The legacy of lynching in the West
WEBJul 13, 2018 · Reckoning with History is an ongoing series that seeks to understand the legacies of the past and to put the West’s present moment in perspective.
A human-caused wildfire burns Oregon’s Columbia Gorge
WEBSep 8, 2017 · In the long term, Lang says, the “gorge is incredibly resilient.” But on a human timescale, some things are irreplaceable. By Wednesday, the fire had already forced almost 2,000 residents from ...
Questions about the LandBack movement, answered
WEBAug 22, 2022 · How can two little words have such combustible power, setting passions ablaze, threatening to undermine 500 years of written law, multigenerational ranching operations and modern-day sprawling ...