Environment

Aerial view of the Cascade Range, in Washington State, including views of Mt Stuart and Mt Rainier.

August Is When I Think Most About Glaciers

A glaciologist turns to the Pacific Northwest’s disappearance of ice and the coming of fire.

By: Dr. M Jackson

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Jenny Farkas and Chance McClendon stand outside the MakeSpace storefront with a green neon "OPEN" sign.

The Place Where Everybody Shares Your Tools

Jenny Farkas self-funds MakeSpace North Park, a ‘makerspace’ dedicated to increasing diversity in trades and creative fields.

By: Josh Kozelj

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An old, stone powerhouse structure with tall industrial towers sits on the rocky bank of the Similkameen River.

‘All It Does Is Block Fish’

Why Tribes, First Nations, and scientists all want to remove Washington’s Enloe Dam.

By: Cameron Fenton

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A woman in red pants and a black shirt stands in the middle of a greenhouse. There are rows of wooden tables and a box of grass sprouting.

The Ktunaxa Nursery Restoring BC’s Interior

Nupqu distributes 700,000 seedlings a year to land reclamation projects in their traditional territory.

By: Anna Dulisse

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The Buzz Is Growing for This Booster of Bee Health

In its first month on the market, ApiSave sold 10,000 “patties” to help honeybees fight disease and parasites.

By: Josh Kozelj

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Is Fare-Free Public Transit Scalable in Salmon Nation?

A third of transit agencies in Washington State operate without collecting fares. Can free buses work elsewhere?

By: Josh Kozelj

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Grizzly Bear Reintroduction in California Is a Long Road. Indigenous-Led Efforts May Be Its Best Hope.

Despite the ongoing, decades-long debate on whether to bring grizzly bears back to California, tribes are taking the lead, and it’s changing the discourse.

By: Cameron Fenton

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Reimagining the Land Acknowledgement for America’s 250th Birthday

Why acknowledging the land itself — along with the people whose language, culture, and religion were born of it — is rarely acknowledged. 

By: CMarie Fuhrman

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The Curious Comeback of Putah Creek’s Salmon

All the efforts to rewild a Northern California stream leads to salmon rewilding themselves.

By: Ben Goldfarb

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How a BC Couple Saved Their Farm on ‘Drought Hill’

The Gunners saw their dream evaporating. Until they turned a water crisis into a model for climate resilience.

By: Shauna MacKinnon

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