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Tip of the Ashberg

From: Claudine Ebeid McElwain
Series: Broken Ground

The 2008 Kingston, Tennessee coal ash spill was disastrous at the time, but what came a decade later would reveal the full devastation of the tragedy.

Bought by KRZA and West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Can Asian carp be kept out of Lake Michigan?

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes

Caption: Kiowa pushes barges over electric carp barrier , Credit: Chuck Quirmbach

NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's 2018 eliminates $300 million for projects along the Great Lakes. That threatens efforts to...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more

Dam removal on Lake Huron tributary at risk

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes

Caption: Chris Pierce oversees the removal of dam on the Maple River, Credit: Ben Thorp

NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 A look at a northern Michigan dam removal project that is threatened by President Trump's budget plan. The p...

Bought by WBFO, WLPR , WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCPN and more

Research on Lake Erie algae blooms imperiled

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes

Caption: A piece of walleye head meat before it gets blended with dry ice - the first step in extracting the microcystin toxin from the fish tissue.a, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream

NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 By now, most of us have heard that President Trump wants to eliminate a 300-million-dollar program created t...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WBFO, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), Wisconsin Public Radio and more

Lake Superior cleanup threatened by Trump budget cuts

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes

Caption: Working for U.S. Steel, employees from Barr Engineering install instruments that measure groundwater seepage and flow between the sediments and St. Louis river. Data collected from the instruments will help in the design, construction and installation of , Credit: Derek Montgomery for MPR News

NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's budget plan eliminates $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative -- hurting ...

Bought by WLPR , North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more

Sturgeon recovery endangered on Lake Ontario

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes

Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / USFWS biologists prepare to examine a lake sturgeon, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / USFWS biologists prepare to examine a lake sturgeon

NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 Biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been using federal funding to monitor the health of ...

Bought by WBFO, WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN and more

Water Pressure 3: Water Isn't Just Running Out In California

From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure

Caption: Swansea Water Manager Robert Marquis

Our biggest source of freshwater is running out -- everywhere.

Bought by WABE, WLPR , and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Water Pressure 1: New England Stole California's Snow

From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure

Our relationship with water is changing, and we can’t ignore that water’s moods are getting a lot more dramatic.

Bought by WLPR and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

The Field Trip Podcast: Wildfires

From: The Field Trip Podcast

Here's the first episode in our “Summer Dispatches” series, in which reporter Megan Molteni braves the scarred landscape of Colorado Springs after...

In Desperation, Seafood Workers Sign Away Their Rights

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: Unemployed oyster shucker Tam Nguyen , Credit: Barry Yeoman

For many of Louisiana's oyster shuckers, shrimp peelers, and deckhands, survival after the BP oil spill meant accepting one-time payments of $5,000...

Bought by KUT

Vietnamese Fishermen Search for the Monetary Value of a Lost Culture

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: Ve Nguyen is one of three fishers who have filed test claims for subsistence loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman

Kenneth Feinberg, the Boston attorney in charge of reviewing claims for the BP oil spill, says he expects to start paying interim and final claims ...

Bought by KUT

Pointe-au-Chien Indians, Reeling from the Oil Spill, Watch as Their Land Washes Away

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: Theresa Dardar says crabbers have replaces the forest in her back yard., Credit: Barry Yeoman

The 700-member Pointe-au-Chien indian tribe south of Houma, Louisiana was one of the first communities to take a direct hit from the BP oil spill. ...

Bought by KUT

How 200 Ailing Pelicans Changed One Man’s Life

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

The BP oil spill triggered an outpouring of volunteer energy. Concerned Americans lay boom, picked up tar balls, and performed mundane tasks like a...

Bought by KUT

Researchers Call Oil Spills and Climate Change a Devastating Combination

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman

Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...

Grand Bayou, Self-Sufficient and Shrinking, Prepares for a Fisheries Collapse

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: Rosina Philippe wonders whether Grand Bayou can survive as a subsistence community., Credit: Barry Yeoman

Members of the Atakapa-Ishak tribe have found a creative use for a high-tech fencing material that has protected soldiers in Iraq and strengthened ...

An Oystering Community Contemplates Life Without Oysters

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: For Byron Encalade, oysters and culture are inseparable., Credit: Barry Yeoman

In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But the BP oil spill...

Bought by KUT and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

For One Cajun Shrimper, a Journey from Despair to Defiance

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: Darla Rooks looks out over the oiled marshland of Bay Jimmy. , Credit: Barry Yeoman

It has been over a year since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, but it’s still too early to measure the complete cost of the ensuing disaster. Despite...