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Environment Jun 7, 2024

A new era for an ancient river

The largest river restoration project in U.S. history is underway along the Klamath River. One aging hydroelectric dam along the river's Lower Basin was decommissioned last fall, and three more are being removed this year.

Ecology May 26, 2024

The secret is out: The world found the Owyhees—Advocates say it's time to protect the land

Just southwest of Boise lies one of the last vast swaths of solitude in the United States.

Ecology Apr 26, 2024

Avian ambassadors and tribal perspectives: A bird's eye view of prescribed fire

PSW ecologist and tribal liaison Frank Lake wondered how the birds he grew up with in northeastern California were faring. As a Karuk tribal descendant with Yurok family, Lake has a deep connection to the land and the birds ...

Environment Apr 22, 2024

Native village proposes new option for restoring Eklutna River

As Southcentral Alaska electric utilities push forward with a much-contested plan to reduce the impacts of a hydroelectric project on fish and wildlife, the Native Village of Eklutna is proposing an alternative option to ...

Environment Apr 17, 2024

Biden administration set to deny 200-mile Ambler mining road through Alaska wilderness

The U.S. Department of the Interior is expected to issue an environmental report that recommends denying a permit needed to build a 200-mile access road to the Ambler mining district, according to national news reports on ...

Plants & Animals Apr 11, 2024

Researchers map 33 new big game migrations across American West

A new set of maps that document the movements of ungulates was published today in the fourth volume of the Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States. The maps in this collaborative U.S. Geological Survey report series ...

Environment Apr 10, 2024

Superfund plan for Columbia River sparks debate in Northwest

It would create one of the largest Superfund sites in America and the first in which most of the toxic pollution comes from another country. But those are not the only unique aspects of an EPA proposal to add the upper reaches ...

Ecology Mar 25, 2024

Dam removal spurs the return of salmon, and a local tribe's hopes of sustainable fishing

After decades of waiting for two dams to come down on the Elwha River on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, and another decade of monitoring salmon populations, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (LEKT) was finally able to ...

Social Sciences Feb 8, 2024

First Nations people must be at the forefront of Australia's renewable energy revolution, say researchers

Australia's plentiful solar and wind resources and proximity to Asia means it can become a renewable energy superpower. But as the renewable energy rollout continues, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must benefit.

Environment Feb 8, 2024

Back from COP28, California climate leaders talk health impacts of warming

Wildfire smoke. Drought. Brutal heat. Floods. As Californians increasingly feel the health effects of climate change, state leaders are adopting sweeping policies they hope will fend off the worst impacts—and be replicated ...

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