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As salmon disappear in warming rivers, Indigenous communities face an uncertain future

For millennia, Indigenous people living in Alaska and Canada’s Yukon territory have relied on Chinook salmon. The large, fatty fish provide essential nutrients for Arctic living and have influenced ...
Oxford American

Seven Rivers

This series of photographs captures the watersheds of seven rivers—the Colorado, Missouri/Mississippi, Columbia, Rio Grande, Tuolumne, Altamaha, and the Hudson—and considers the fragile state of fresh ...
Phys.org

Warming rivers in Alaska threaten Chinook salmon populations and Indigenous food security

For millennia, Indigenous people living in Alaska and Canada's Yukon territory have relied on Chinook salmon. The large, fatty fish provide essential nutrients for Arctic living and have influenced ...
The Denver Post

A conceptual breakthrough has emerged for the Colorado River’s future. Here’s what it looks like.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River. Negotiators from the seven river ...
Las Vegas Sun

Stalemate deepens as Colorado River states face water crisis

Negotiations over how to stabilize the shrinking Colorado River are so deadlocked that one of the seven state officials involved now says he doesn’t think it’s possible to get a 20-year agreement to ...
HTR Media

Farmers gather in Manitowoc to share conservation research, technology

Manitowoc County farmers gathered to share research and technology for soil and water conservation. New tools discussed included adaptive irrigation, prairie strips and reduced-tillage practices. The ...