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Flood prone Lake Superior communities receive major NOAA investment
A coalition of partners in the Lake Superior basin have been awarded $1.45 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to increase climate resilience in communities hit hard by catastrophic, repetitive flooding. Earlier this month, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department of Commerce and NOAA have recommended the funding of…
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Trees of Time: Expanding the Legacy of Boquet River Restoration
In the early 1990s, TU volunteer Rich Redmen had the idea to use large Willow stakes to resurrect a deeply eroding stream bank on the Boquet River in Wadhams, N.Y. At the time, it was a common practice to load eroding banks with large rocks, often called rip rap. But rip rap could cost 15…
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Healing our Ecosystem: Recovering Belonging, part five
Editor’s note: This post is the fifth of a series from Rene Henery, PhD, Science Director with TU’s California Program, on the connection between ecological restoration and conservation and healing ourselves of the wounds of systemic racism and other societal and historical injustices. Part five The healing journey: Different paths to a common destination In…
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Healing our Ecosystem: Recovering Belonging, part four
By Rene Henery Editor’s note: This post is the fourth of a series from Rene Henery, PhD, Science Director with TU’s California Program, on the connection between ecological restoration and conservation and healing ourselves of the wounds of systemic racism and other societal and historical injustices. Henery is an eminent ecologist leading TU’s efforts to…
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Healing our Ecosystem: Recovering Belonging, part three
Editor’s note: This post is the third of a series from Rene Henery, PhD, Science Director with TU’s California Program, on the connection between ecological restoration and conservation and healing ourselves of the wounds of systemic racism and other societal and historical injustices. Author’s note: Thanks to all of you who continue to to read,…
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Healing our Ecosystem: Recovering Belonging, part two
Editor’s note: This post is the second of a series from Rene Henery, PhD, Science Director with TU’s California Program, on the connection between ecological restoration, coldwater conservation and healing ourselves of the wounds of systemic racism and other societal and historical injustices. Author's note: Thanks to all of you who took the time to…
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Healing our Ecosystem: Recovering Belonging from the Wounds of Colonialism
Editor's note: This post is the first of a series from Rene Henery, PhD, Science Director with TU's California Program. Henery is an eminent ecologist leading TU's efforts to improve the timing and volume of flows in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems, recover wild salmon and steelhead runs, and build partnerships with agricultural…
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