environmental stewardship

5 posts

The Superfund program promises to clean up polluted lands. Does it?

Over 400,000 Indigenous peoples live within three miles of a heavily contaminated site, including 19 superfund sites on tribal lands

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12 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Colonialism and extractivism catch up with the North Atlantic’s greatest estuary

The real estate boom along the Chesapeake Bay’s shoreline is just the latest form of extraction to hit the region

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11 Min
By: Peter Gelderloos

The U.S. food system needs more than ‘doomsday vaults’ for seeds

Seed keepers are maintaining foodways and building cultural reverence through community networks

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8 Min
By: Annie Faye Cheng

Miami’s last sacred spring faces bulldozers as community fights to save the Well of Ancient Mysteries

Tucked behind skyscrapers, a lush quarter-acre site with Indigenous, ecological, and archaeological significance is at risk of destruction. Locals, spiritual leaders, and preservationists rally to protect the spring-fed sanctuary

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8 Min
By: Kat Grimmett

Miccosukee Tribe of Florida signs landmark co-stewardship with National Parks while awaiting wilderness designation decision

Under the agreement with Everglades National Park, the tribe will actively participate in wildland fire management, water resource management, and hydrological management

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2 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

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