Air Dunkley began rowing competitively in 7th grade. His 6’7” frame carried him to success through high school and into college, but as much as he gave the sport, the … Read more
October, 2022
In Unforgettable Bits and Pieces: How Three National Parks Stole My Heart
This summer took me to three of the nation’s natural treasures: Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Teton, and Isle Royale National Parks. Three completely different parts of the country, and each … Read more
Leading by Example Through Indigenous Cultures, Values, and Belief Systems
Celebrated on the second Monday in October, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is an important shift away from the painful reminder of the colonial oppression and violence by European colonizers and a … Read more
Collaborative Partners Support Climate-Resilient Communities in South Carolina
When communities are faced with a climate disaster, what happens next? Local leadership in rural South Carolina has shown that economic and environmental resilience strategies in the face of climate … Read more
Five Clear Signs Momentum Is Growing for Snake River Salmon
A breakthrough is near. We are closer than we’ve ever been to resolving the decades-long conflict between dams and salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Now it’s up to all of … Read more
The Saga Continues: The Sacketts, the Lawsuit, and the Clean Water Act
This blog is the first in a six-part series. Here are the second, third, fourth, and fifth parts. In 2004 an Idaho couple, Chantell and Mike Sackett, purchased a plot … Read more
Clean Water Under Threat at Supreme Court
On October 3, 2022, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could remove longstanding protections for roughly half the nation’s streams and wetlands. Sackett v. EPA — an already … Read more