Fisher rewilding: How Washington state is restoring a native carnivore
By Tara Lohan, The Revelator
So until we fully understand ecosystems, the best approach is what Aldo Leopold suggested: Let’s just make sure we keep all the parts when we’re tinkering with them.
How an Indigenous Scientist Studies Global Change
By Tara Lohan, The Revelator
Dr. Danielle Ignace has found a way to unify her Native American and Western science identities to better understand big ecosystem changes.
‘The Story of Our Lifetime and Our Planet’ — Environmental Journalism in Troubled Times
By Tara Lohan, The Revelator
But I feel like this story is really the story of our lifetime and our planet. It’s the story that crosses every boundary that we humans have artificially put upon the world. Anybody who can be engaged in dealing with it, on any level, should do that. And so, being a journalist, I feel it’s my responsibility to tell these stories.
How One Utah Community Fought the Fracking Industry — and Won
By Tara Lohan, The Revelator
Even though economics played a role in halting the project, Dean Baker, a Kanab resident and opponent of the project, believes community efforts were important, too.
Drones, Algae and Fish Ears: What We’re Learning Before the World’s Largest Dam-removal Project — and What We Could Miss
By Tara Lohan, The Revelator
The Klamath is a river in peril, plagued by dangerously poor water quality and collapsing salmon populations. That could start to change as early as 2022, when four dams are likely come down on the river — the biggest dam-removal and river-restoration project in history. Dam removal is expected to help solve many, but not all, of the river’s challenges, and understanding the change that does happen is crucial to planning the next steps for improving the river’s health.
Fighting Water Privatization with ‘Blue Communities’
By Tara Lohan, The Revelator
A Blue Community is an act of hope. Instead of being against the many threats to water, a Blue Community offers a vision for the future based on the belief that water is a human right and a public trust. It also tackles the growing crisis of plastic pollution by committing a municipality (or university or place to worship, etc.) to phasing out bottled water on its premises.
Will the Future Be Rural?
By Tara Lohan, The Revelator
Despite the warning signs — climate change, biodiversity loss, depleted soils and a shrinking supply of cheap energy — we continue to push along with an economy fueled by perpetual growth on a finite planet.We’ll need to reckon with this discrepancy.
A Climate-Resilient Los Angeles Must First Address Its Polluted Past
By Tara Lohan, The Revelator
To meet ambitious climate goals, L.A. needs more local water. A critical step is battling the ghosts of industry past — polluted groundwater that dates back to World War II