First Nations

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…

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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…

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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 —…

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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.…

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Biden’s $8 billion quest to solve America’s groundwater crisis

A researcher measures water levels in an irrigation well near Marienthal, Kansas. Water levels in the state's Ogallala Aquifer have…

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