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When we harm wolves, we harm ourselves

5 days ago | hcn.org | Clark Tenakhongva |Gretchen King

The hysteria around gray wolves across the United States, and Mexican wolves in particular, needs to be addressed urgently. First, the wolf named Ella was found murdered on ancestral Hopi lands, near Mount Taylor. A few weeks later, a collared wolf, Asiza, likely pregnant, was “mistakenly” murdered by Arizona Fish and Game in Greenlee County, also ancestral Hopi lands.
Trump quits deal with Northwest tribes to restore salmon

1 week ago | hcn.org | Tony Schick |Gretchen King

This story was originally published by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting, and is republished here by permission. Less than two years ago, the administration of President Joe Biden announced what tribal leaders hailed as an unprecedented commitment to the Native tribes whose ways of life had been devastated by federal dam-building along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
Trump quits deal with Northwest tribes to restore salmon

1 week ago | buff.ly | Tony Schick |Gretchen King

This story was originally published by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting, and is republished here by permission. Less than two years ago, the administration of President Joe Biden announced what tribal leaders hailed as an unprecedented commitment to the Native tribes whose ways of life had been devastated by federal dam-building along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
DOJ says presidents can revoke monuments, not just create them

2 weeks ago | hcn.org | Chris D’Angelo |Jimmy Tobias |Roque Planas |Gretchen King

This story was originally published by Public Domain and is republished here by permission. A legal official at the Department of Justice has concluded that President Donald Trump has the authority to not only shrink but completely abolish areas protected as national monuments. The memo provides the legal framework for a broad reduction of federal land protections that Trump officials have alluded to for months.
DOJ says presidents can revoke monuments, not just create them

2 weeks ago | buff.ly | Chris D’Angelo |Jimmy Tobias |Roque Planas |Gretchen King

This story was originally published by Public Domain and is republished here by permission. A legal official at the Department of Justice has concluded that President Donald Trump has the authority to not only shrink but completely abolish areas protected as national monuments. The memo provides the legal framework for a broad reduction of federal land protections that Trump officials have alluded to for months.
Indigenous filmmakers get support from Sundance

3 weeks ago | hcn.org | Jason Asenap |Gretchen King

Evening on the Mescalero Reservation in southern New Mexico, at the 2011 Sundance Institute Native Lab. I took a walk in the dark, and a small fire burned in the distance, where a ceremony was occurring. It all felt familiar, like being back in southern Oklahoma at the Comanche Homecoming Powwow. But I was in New Mexico, workshopping my screenplay, a romantic comedy called Rugged Guy.
Indigenous filmmakers get support from Sundance

3 weeks ago | buff.ly | Jason Asenap |Gretchen King

Evening on the Mescalero Reservation in southern New Mexico, at the 2011 Sundance Institute Native Lab. I took a walk in the dark, and a small fire burned in the distance, where a ceremony was occurring. It all felt familiar, like being back in southern Oklahoma at the Comanche Homecoming Powwow. But I was in New Mexico, workshopping my screenplay, a romantic comedy called Rugged Guy.
Supreme Court puts Utah’s oil train back on the rails

3 weeks ago | hcn.org | Lisa Sorg |Gretchen King

This article was originally published by Inside Climate News and is republished here through a partnership with Climate Desk. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a controversial Utah railway project that critics say erodes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a bedrock of environmental law for the past half century.
Supreme Court puts Utah’s oil train back on the rails

3 weeks ago | buff.ly | Lisa Sorg |Gretchen King

This article was originally published by Inside Climate News and is republished here through a partnership with Climate Desk. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a controversial Utah railway project that critics say erodes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a bedrock of environmental law for the past half century.
Can this Washington member of Congress turn the Democratic Party around?

3 weeks ago | hcn.org | Joseph O’Sullivan |Gretchen King

This story was originally published by Cascade PBS and is republished here by permission. Standing beneath towering shelves of kegs in the back of Vancouver’s Loowit Brewing, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has just given a thank-you talk to her supporters after squeaking through another tight election.