People Stories

‘If there’s no water, what’s the point?’ Female farmers in Arizona – a photo essay

Anastasia Rabin ranches on a 16-acre piece of land in Cochise County. But what will she do out here without…

6 months ago

EPIC to honor local watershed advocate

Petey Brucker is pictured collecting otolith bones for fisheries researchers from spawned-out spring chinook salmon in the Trinity Alps Wilderness,…

9 months ago

Vance Kennedy: Farmland trust founder, longtime water expert turns 100

Photo: Turlock’s Jeani and John Ferrari —2021 awardees of the California Farmland Trust’s Dr. Vance Kennedy Award — wish Kennedy…

11 months ago

Finding his calling: Nick Stanley’s journey to leadership

Photo: Nick Stanley smiles while standing in front of a field of yellow wildflowers. Photo by Vanessa Morales, USFWS. During…

11 months ago

Pacific Institute Senior Fellow and Co-Founder Dr. Peter Gleick Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Dr. Peter H. Gleick Oakland, California — April 19, 2023 — The Pacific Institute is pleased to announce Senior Fellow…

12 months ago

Combining Science with Poetry to Protect Post-Fire Forests: the Activism of Maya Khosla

Photo: Jessica Layton. Maya Khosla has been selected to receive the Fund for Wild Nature’s Grassroots Activist Award for 2023.…

1 year ago

The Wild Ones

People said that women had no place in the Grand Canyon and would likely die trying to run the Colorado…

1 year ago

Naka Nathaniel: Big Plastic Has Left The Next Generation With A Big Problem

Naka Nathaniel spent much of his career as a journalist with The New York Times, helping launch NYTimes.com, covering war…

1 year ago

Seaweed farms & historic deal to protect the seas

Photo: Julie Robinson is the director of the Nature Conservancy’s Belize Program in Punta Gorda, Belize. Credit: Meridith Kohut In…

1 year ago

Pennsylvania winery delivers water to help save sick horses in East Palestine

Photo: The Murphy family says since the train derailment, their animals have been sick. EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — While the…

1 year ago