Stories

We’re hiring four exceptional writers to cover the following desks: Salmon, Environment, New Economies, & Indigenous Leadership.

By: Magic Canoe

March 24, 2026

Coastal Communities/Marine, From Magic Canoe

In the Breath Between Islands

Five “tombolo” poems from the shifting lands of the in-between.

By: Sam Olson

March 20, 2026

Environment, Local Economies, What Works

He Dreamed of the Endless Shirt. Welcome to Looptworks.

After years of upcycling scraps into sports gear in Oregon, Scott Hamlin chose a different route into the circular economy.

By: Josh Kozelj

March 17, 2026

Environment, Indigenous

Nesting Condors Spark Hope of an Egg in Northern California

Two condors from the Northern California Condor Restoration Program, run by the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks, are believed to have laid an egg in February. If it hatches, it will be the first wild born condor in the region in more than 100 years.

By: Nika Bartoo-Smith via Underscore Native News

March 11, 2026

Environment, From Magic Canoe, Indigenous

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.

March 10, 2026

Local Economies, Recycle/Repurpose, What Works

What Can You Do with Used Plastic and 3D Printers? Meet Two Pros.

Brayden and Angela Rogers figured out which plastic waste can be made into home goods, and how.

By: Marissa Tiel

March 6, 2026

Environment, Indigenous

A River Worth Defending

Southeast Alaska’s Chilkat community mobilizes against the Palmer Mine.

By: Native News Online Staff

March 6, 2026

Salmon, Video

The First-ever IMAX Film on Wild Salmon Is Coming This Spring

The immersive new documentary is being co-produced by the Wild Salmon Center, and narrated by Liam Neeson.

By: Magic Canoe

March 1, 2026

Energy, Video

High Voltage, High Risk

What you need to know (and do) about the proposed underwater power line in the Columbia River.

By: Magic Canoe

February 23, 2026

Book, Collective Learning, Environment

Is a River Alive?

A joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law.

By: Robert Macfarlane

February 20, 2026

Environment, Indigenous

LandBack Advances Across the West

More ancestral lands are being returned to tribes, while other important sites remain at risk.

By: Chad Bradley and Anna V. Smith, High Country News

February 19, 2026

Local Economies, What Works

The Victoria Man with a Plan for Your Old Sofa

Meet Elwyn Thom, the 23-year-old founder of Recertified Furniture.

By: Josh Kozelj

February 12, 2026

Environment, From Magic Canoe, Indigenous

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

February 11, 2026

Best of Year, What Works

The 10 Most-Read Articles from the What Works Series

Here are the most-read What Works Series stories, in partnership with The Tyee.

February 10, 2026

Coastal Communities/Marine, Environment, Video

All Our Relations: Tribute to the Orca

The seven-minute film focuses on the Southern Resident orcas whose survival, like the survival of Indigenous lifeways in the Pacific Northwest, depends on scha’enexw (the Salmon People).

By: Magic Canoe

February 4, 2026

Forestry, Indigenous

Target on Tongass

The wildest national forest in the U.S. may soon lose its protections.

By: Lynda Mapes, Photography by Amy Gulick

January 27, 2026

Book, Collective Learning

Our History Is the Future

2026 marks the ten-year anniversary of the Indigenous resistance at Standing Rock in North Dakota. This book is a must-read history of the movement.

By: Nick Estes

January 27, 2026

Indigenous

Building a Community of n̓səl̓xčin̓ Speakers

At Salish School of Spokane, students from 1 to 13 are immersed in n̓səl̓xčin̓, known as the Colville-Okanagan Salish language, learning alongside their teachers and families.

By: Nika Bartoo-Smith, Underscore Native News & ICT

January 22, 2026

Indigenous, What Works

Helping Indigenous Entrepreneurs Grow. And Sometimes Heal.

Colonization harmed Indigenous trade, commerce, and wealth. Jacqueline Jennings’ Fireweed Institute is reversing those impacts.

By: Andrea Smith

January 15, 2026

Coastal Communities/Marine, From Magic Canoe

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?