Natural Resource Management

For the Yurok tribe, fishing isn’t a recreational weekend activity to be paired with a cold beer. It’s a way of subsistence, a way of life. Fellow Keith Parker’s groundbreaking biology research regarding a new subspecies of Pacific lamprey, recently published in the science journal Molecular Ecology, may be the key to saving his tribe’s way of life.

Since 2004, Northwest Watershed Institute has been working closely with local schools to plant 5,000 trees annually in an event known as “The Plant-A-Thon.” Together, more than 1,000 people have planted 156,000 trees and have raised $200,000+ for local schools.

Officials from a variety of states are continuing to raise concerns over what they say is EPA's failure to consult with them as officials weigh President Donald Trump's recent order requiring EPA to limit states' Clean Water Act (CWA) roles reviewing federal decisions, despite the agency's pledge to “immediately engage with our state and tribal partners.”

Santa Cruz County residents have done a fair job of preserving nature and building a tourist economy, but the sustainability of nature tourism is at crisis point, writes Fellow Grey Hayes.