Tag: Native Americans
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Corporate Water Stewardship in the Colorado River Basin
New Report Highlights Pathways and Barriers to Corporate Water Stewardship in the Colorado River Basin Takeaways On October 24th, the Pacific Institute released Pathways and Barriers to Corporate Water Stewardship in the Colorado River Basin. Written by Dr. Christine Curtis, Cora Snyder, and Michael Cohen and based on 20 interviews with corporate and non-corporate stakeholders, the…
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Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community moves forward with first solar canal project in the US
The project aims to reduce evaporative water losses and minimize water use for power generation. Photo: Courtesy of the Gila River Indian Community In an effort to address the ongoing drought affecting the Southwest, the Gila River Indian Community is taking an innovative step forward by launching its Solar Canal Project to construct the country’s…
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Energy company wants to build hydropower projects on the Navajo Nation. Not everyone is on board.
Photo: Percy Deal, a resident of the Big Mountain community on Black Mesa, sits in a field near the foothills of the mountainous region on August 23, 2023. Deal and other nearby residents say their communities haven’t been consulted enough on the proposed construction of a hydropower energy project. Chris Clements/KSJD Percy Deal, a member…
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Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble. How Best to Save Them?
The Windy Fire burns in Sequoia National Forest in September 2021. Noah Berger / AP Photo California’s ancient sequoias — some of which have stood more than 1,000 years — are facing an existential threat from increasingly intense wildfires linked to climate change. But federal efforts to thin forests to reduce fire risks are drawing…
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Fishery on Elwha rewards tribe’s long push for river restoration
Vanessa Castle and Matt Beirne from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe head up the Elwha River to a fishing hole. Bellamy Pailthorp/KNKX Members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula harvested about 200 coho salmon from their home river in October. That marked a milestone for river restoration a decade after two…
