Tag: Native Americans
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After the dams: Restoring the Klamath River will take billions of native seeds
Photo: Yurok tribal member and Fish Technician 1 Frank Henry Jr. works alongside Iron Gate Reservoir in Feb. 2023. The reservoir will be drained when Iron Gate Dam is removed as part of the Klamath River restoration. Restoration contractor Resource Environmental Solutions and area tribes will plant up to 19 billion native seeds as the…
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LADWP Confirms Elevation of Mono Lake Is Rising, No Emergency Conditions Present
[H2O IQ editor’s note: also see the immediately preceding post concerning the Mono Lake Tribe of California and its concerns on both environmental and cultural grounds. Photo here is copied from that post.] Feb. 14, 2023 (LOS ANGELES) — Today, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) announced that recent measurements taken at…
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Mono Lake Tribe Seeks to Assert Water Rights, Calls for Emergency Halt of Water Diversions to Los Angeles
Photo: A grove of tufa towers along the south shore of Mono Lake, California, where long-term drought, global warming and water diversions threaten an ancient ecosystem. Credit: Bob Berwyn [H2O IQ editor’s note: also see the immediately following post of LADWP’s assertion that no emergency conditions exist.] Kootzaduka’a say the state water board should live…
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$8B settlement between First Nations, feds in clean water class action
Photo: Two class actions over lack of clean water in First Nations were filed in 2019 and then combined in 2020. Photo: APTN The Federal Court and the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba have jointly approved an $8-billion settlement in a national class-action lawsuit between Canada and First Nations and their members who’ve had…
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‘Everything is drying up’: As springs on Hopi land decline, a sacred connection is threatened
Max Taylor, a Hopi Tribe water resources technician, stands near Lemeva Spring on the Hopi Reservation on July 30, 2020. The Hopi say they have used this spring for over a thousand years. DAVID WALLACE/THE REPUBLIC The Hopi see influence of climate change — and suspect a link to coal industry’s groundwater pumping. MISHONGNOVI —…
