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Turning Basin, Where the Duwamish River meets the Duwamish Waterway (Where the Dredging Ceased)

Seattle’s Only River Comes Alive Again

How one of the largest cities in Salmon Nation has restored the Duwamish River over the past three decades — community-first and one mucky step at a time.

By: Kathleen Tarrant. Photography by Kirk Hostetter.

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Why Indigenous-Led Environmental Assessments Matter

Without Indigenous-led environmental assessments, Tribes and First Nations are too often asked to face the consequences of extractive projects they never consented to.

By: Astra Lincoln

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The Time to ‘Daylight’ Buried Urban Creeks Is Now

Vancouver, Canada, British Columbia’s largest city, has been attempting to recover its many paved-over waterways. But can what’s been lost ever come back?

By: Hanna Hett

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The Top 5 Most-Read Magic Canoe Stories of 2025

Here are the most-read Magic Canoe stories this year. New to our platform? These features are a perfect place to start.
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Salmon Rebound After Tribes Fight for Culvert Upgrades

An unprecedented project to reconnect fish migration routes in western Washington State is showing exciting signs of ecological and cultural benefits.

By: Bryn Nelson

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Designing a Regenerative Economy Starts with Creativity. And Doughnuts.

Renegade economist Kate Raworth’s bestselling 2017 book, Doughnut Economics, ignited a global movement. A groundbreaking report last month from the California Doughnut Economics Coalition places the state as a U.S. leader for addressing social and ecological priorities.

By: Nicholas Triolo

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Three Ways to Decolonize Thanksgiving This Year

Magic Canoe is committed to truth, to telling stories that honor Indigenous sovereignty, while refusing to support narratives that perpetuate further colonization of people and place. 

By: Magic Canoe

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This Potlatch Renewed a Fierce Hope for Wild Salmon

Two days in Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, B.C., for the annual Migratory Salmon Potlatch.

By: Emilee Gilpin

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How Forest Therapy Is Responding to Megafire 

A new program at Chico State University demonstrates the restorative power of connecting with the environment to turn loss into community strength. Does it work?

By: Syris Valentine

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The Great Bear: Photography from British Columbia’s Central Coast

A photographic essay captured during a sailing expedition along British Columbia’s central coast, a journey into one of the world’s last great coastal temperate rainforests.

By: Owen Perry

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