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Energy company wants to build hydropower projects on the Navajo Nation. Not everyone is on board.Energy company wants to build hydropower projects on the Navajo Nation. Not everyone is on board.

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…

1 year ago
Understanding the connection between surface water, groundwater and the environment with Caitlin CornwallUnderstanding the connection between surface water, groundwater and the environment with Caitlin Cornwall

Understanding the connection between surface water, groundwater and the environment with Caitlin Cornwall

Photo: Caitlin Cornwall at Sonoma Creek next to one of Sonoma Ecology Center’s monitoring stations When Caitlin Cornwall walks along…

1 year ago
Why limiting PFAS in drinking water is a challenge in the USWhy limiting PFAS in drinking water is a challenge in the US

Why limiting PFAS in drinking water is a challenge in the US

The EPA faces legal and other hurdles as it attempts to regulate PFOA and PFOS An article in the local…

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

‘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…

1 year ago
EPIC to honor local watershed advocateEPIC to honor local watershed advocate

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,…

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

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…

2 years ago
Finding his calling: Nick Stanley’s journey to leadershipFinding his calling: Nick Stanley’s journey to leadership

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…

2 years 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…

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

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.…

2 years ago
The Wild OnesThe Wild Ones

The Wild Ones

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

2 years ago