Environment

The Haida Nation is crafting artificial dens from stumps to shelter coastal black bears for the upcoming winter, while hoping the effort doesn’t become an excuse for clear-cutting to continue unchecked.

By: Sonal Gupta

First Nations ecologist and professor Dr. Jennifer Grenz works with the Indigenous Ecology Lab to advocate for traditional burning practices. 

By: Cameron Fenton

An ambitious restoration project in Tla-o-qui-aht territory is using engineered logjams to rebuild salmon habitat in the degraded Tranquil Creek watershed.

By: Zoë Yunker

From conservation to sharing to storage, farmers, fisheries, and cities are finding solutions through a Yakima Basin plan amid Washington’s fourth consecutive year of drought.

By: Bellamy Pailthorp

The most comprehensive assessment of Indigenous Guardians programs to date has just been released, outlining the enormous scale of benefits to communities, First Nations, and the bioregion.

By: Indigenous Leadership Initiative

British Columbia’s Kaska Nation wants to protect a wilderness area larger than Denali National Park, which brings both promise and challenge to the future of Indigenous-led conservation.

By: Cameron Fenton

The startup’s underwater turbines are designed to power isolated communities along the coast.

By: Nick Engelfried

More than two dozen Pacific salmonid populations are listed as threatened or endangered. One could soon make history as the first to be recovered.

By: Tara Lohan

An interview with systems thinker, educator, and designer Howard Silverman, to learn more about ‘Warm Data’ and an upcoming training in Portland.

By: Nicholas Triolo

Grab a paddle. It’s time to work together.

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