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A History of Fire in the Boundary Waters

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth

Caption: Whelp Fire: The Whelp and John Ek fires lead, in part, to the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 2021. , Credit: Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service

Minnesota's Boundary Waters is the most visited wilderness area in the country. Last summer, the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was s...

But Next Time Part 1: Toward the Fire

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

As fires ravaged California's world-famous wine country in 2017,a community radio station, emergency dispatcher, and tenant organizers helped the m...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Episode 1 - Regeneration

From: Grounded Hope

Caption: Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice Barn

Regenerative Agriculture was the number one food trend in 2020 - with companies from General Mills Foods to the Patagonia clothing company turning ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1

Minnesota Native News - Line 3 Construction Stops in Aitkin County

From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News

Caption: Dawn Goodwin prays in the path of the Line 3 oil pipeline., Credit: Dawn Goodwin

In early December - after years of resistance from many tribes and Native communities - Enbridge Energy company began construction on the new Line ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WGZS, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, WDSE and more

Minnesota Native News: What Will You Do for the Water?

From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News

Caption: Josephine Mandamin began a movement of praying for the water., Credit: motherearthwaterwalk.com

This week on Minnesota Native News we get the latest on legal maneuvers to stop the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement and Sharon Day remembers the be...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KVSC, KKWE Niijii Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more

Unsafe water a common problem for Canada's First Nations

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Environmental Injustice

Indigenous communities are spread across Canada. Some are remote; others are close to the US border. But many have something in common – unsafe dri...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, WOSU and more

Dam removal sparks cultural revival in Akwesasne

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Tony David (right) and an apprentice, Angelo Johnson (left) look out over the water where the dam used to be., Credit: Veronica Volk

Seventy-two dams in the U-S were demolished last year; and hundreds more were removed in the past decade. Most are taken down as part of an effort ...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more

Loki_Militarized DAPL

From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL

Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his experience at the Front with Militarized DAPL Police

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From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL

Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his extraordianry experience at the Front

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From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL

Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his experience at the Front Short Length

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From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL

Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his extraordinary Battle experience at the Front Full Length

KBMF: On the Ground in Standing Rock

From: KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana

Caption: Backwater Bridge, Hwy 1806 in North Dakota, Credit: Dark Sevier, for the Montana Standard

KBMF-LP 102.5FM in Butte, Montana traveled to Standing Rock to conduct interviews and report on the Dakota Access Pipeline Nov 17-21st, 2016. First...

Bought by KRBD, KKWE Niijii Radio, KGNU Community Radio, WSLR, and WOMR

Houma Tribe Fights for their Existence 5 Years After BP

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Reporter Anna Simonton takes us down to Southern Louisiana, where the Houma people have been battling BP--and the entire oil industry--for decades,...

Bought by WRIR

BP Five Years Later: Deepwater Horizon and the Cost of Oil

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, not everyone is “back to normal.” On this edition, we follow BP’s trail fro...

Bought by WRIR

Part 2: Freda and Toghestiy

From: Liz McArthur
Series: The Road to Unist'ot'en

Freda Huson and Toghestiy live full time at the Unist'ot'en pipeline blockade. The kind folks at radio-net.com lent me some audio to use for this p...

Indigenous groups protest oil and gas pipelines in northern British Columbia

From: Free Speech Radio News

Caption: The Bulkley River in British Columbia., Credit: Wikipedia user Heqs

In Canada, people are rallying to support an Indigenous community in northern British Columbia that is claiming its sovereignty over the land and m...

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

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 ...