
Chanté Coleman

Warming Waters, Wildlife, and Communities
It’s June 2022 and wildfires are erupting in the West, including in the place I call home: California. With high temperatures and dry conditions caused by climate change, these fires …

Committing to Equity in a Time of Crisis
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to unfold, we are seeing how inequities play out in our world. The pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on low-income communities of color–the same …

What’s With That Dam?
What is the Conowingo Dam? The Conowingo Dam is a large, operational hydroelectric dam in the lower Susquehanna River near the town of Conowingo, Maryland close to the Pennsylvania border. …

The Key to Conservation Is Not What You Think
The conservation field is chock-full of significant challenges like cleaning up polluted waterways and curtailing air pollution. In the case of the NWF-hosted Choose Clean Water Coalition, for which I …

I Like Dirty Water…Said No One Ever
You would think passing a rule to protect one of our most limited resources would be easy. Think again. For the last decade and a half, the clean water community …