Protected: How an Unlikely Alliance Is Restoring Northern California’s Scott River

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A collaborative effort among tribes, irrigators, and environmental groups to untangle conflicts over water use offers a path to success for river restoration and local economies.

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Tara Lohan

Tara Lohan is an environmental journalist who has been writing about the confluence of water, energy, wildlife, and wildlands for nearly two decades. Her work has appeared in The Nation, The American Prospect, Grist, Salon, High Country News, Earth Island Journal, among others. She’s the author of the new book, Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life. She holds a master’s degree in literary nonfiction from the University of Oregon and lives in the Deschutes watershed. Her work can be found at taralohan.com.

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