A resort capitalizes on a nearby Yavapai-Apache religious site despite having no meaningful relationship with the tribe.
Forests
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What’s going on with the Tongass?
Newly reinstated protections continue decades of conflict over a 17 million-acre national forest in Alaska.
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What Biden’s infrastructure bill means for wildfire management
The bill allocates $3.3 billion for firefighter raises, prescribed fire, defending communities and more.
Posted inNovember 1, 2021: The Radioactive Waste Next Door
Why fire experts are hopeful
Wildfire scientists dispel common misconceptions about forest management, detailing what needs to change and why it’s urgent.
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How arson factors into California’s wildfires
While it may grab headlines, the actual sparks are much more complex.
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How community control of housing and land can help solve the housing crisis
Communities are turning to land trusts and real estate cooperatives as possible solutions.
Posted inOctober 1, 2021: In The Graces of Grasses
Fuel for the electrical fire
Utility equipment sparks blazes, but climate change stokes them.
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Anxiety and hope in wildfire-prone Oregon
How might we live in the reality of our climate?
Posted inSeptember 1, 2021: Where Wolves May Tread
Tree DNA thwarts black market lumber
How the genetic code of flora helped catch timber thieves.
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Who should pay for climate mitigation? Colorado looks to the oil industry.
Lawsuits across the state accuse the energy companies of deceptive practices that escalated the climate crisis.
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The ‘ecological hate speech’ developed around wildfire
A new book examines the myths that help fuel forest management.
Posted inJuly 1, 2021: An Urban Greenspace Revolution
How to live with fire
Wildfire needs new narratives. The podcast ‘Fireline’ is a start.
Posted inJune 1, 2021: Once and Future Fires
Facing future wildfires, a community fights for its forest
Conflicting visions in central Idaho force tough decisions over logging and prescribed burning.
Posted inJune 1, 2021: Once and Future Fires
How Suzanne Simard changed our relationship to trees
In ‘Finding the Mother Tree,’ a maverick forest ecologist relates her scientific journey — one that follows in the footsteps of traditional Indigenous knowledge.
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Is California’s carbon offset program actually helping the environment?
How a nonprofit cashed in on carbon credit exchanges without reducing emissions.
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California orders Nestlé to stop siphoning spring water
The world’s largest food and beverage company is accused of taking millions more gallons than it is entitled to.
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Documenting destruction from above
A young photographer highlights the environmental crises facing Indigenous communities at home and abroad.
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Endangered martens are living on the edge in Oregon
A surprisingly dense and isolated population of Humboldt martens challenges assumptions about the species.
Posted inDecember 1, 2020: A Community Divided
Trump administration chops logging restrictions in the Tongass National Forest
But President-elect Biden could reinstate them once in office.
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Colorado’s wildfires require a drastic and collective fix
Climate change should be seen as a number one priority.