NW Tribes, Already Feeling the Impact of Climate Change, Taking Action
"Pacific Northwest tribes are focusing on progressive forestry and renewable energy measures to build climate resilience."
Source: Bitterroot, 11/13/2019
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Delving Into Drones
Veteran National Geographic photojournalist Peter Essick offers practical advice on learning to fly your own drone. Plus, he shares insights and photos from his most recent drone project, capturing the restoration of the Great Lakes, and explains why he sees the combination of drone photography and environmental journalism as a match made in heaven.
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Drones and Photojournalism — Elevating the Craft to New Heights
A match made in heaven — that’s how veteran National Geographic photojournalist Peter Essick sees the combination of drone photography and environmental journalism. In the latest EJ InSight, Essick shares insights and photos from his most recent drone project, capturing the restoration of the Great Lakes. Plus, in a sidebar, Essick gives practical advice on learning to fly your own drone.
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"Thai Court Orders Park Chief Arrested In Activist’s Murder"
"A Thai court on Monday issued arrest warrants for the former head of a major national park and three park employees accused of killing an ethnic Karen environmental activist."
Source: AP, 11/12/2019
Interior Chief’s Lobbying Past Has Challenged Agency’s Ethics Referees
"On the morning of Aug. 21, 2018, David Bernhardt, then the deputy interior secretary, wanted to attend a White House meeting on the future of a threatened California fish, the delta smelt — an issue upon which Mr. Bernhardt had been paid to lobby until he joined the Trump administration a year before."
Source: NY Times, 11/11/2019
Trump Admin Makes It Easier to Dredge Protected Areas to Restore Beaches
"The Trump administration changed a 25-year-old policy to make it easier for coastal communities to take sand from protected ecosystems to improve their beaches."
Source: NY Times, 11/08/2019
Trump Team To ‘Modernize' National Parks With Wifi, Amazon Deliveries
"A team of Trump administration advisers – consisting mostly of appointees from private industry – are urging “modernization” of national park campgrounds, with a vision of food trucks, wifi and even Amazon deliveries."
Source: Guardian, 11/06/2019
Trump Wanted An Arctic Refuge Lease Sale This Year. He's Out Of Time
"Top Trump administration officials have said that they plan to hold an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before the end of the year. But that goal now appears out of reach because of two procedural steps still necessary before a sale can take place."
Source: Alaska's Energy Desk , 11/04/2019
"Illegal Loggers Kill Amazon Indigenous Warrior Who Guarded Forest"
"Illegal loggers in the Amazon ambushed an indigenous group that was formed to protect the forest and shot dead a young warrior and wounded another, leaders of the Guajajara tribe in northern Brazil said on Saturday."
Source: Reuters, 11/04/2019
"A “Critical” Battle Over Uranium Mining In The Grand Canyon Area"
"The Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act, which passed the House today [Wednesday] by a vote of 236–185, would permanently withdraw more than 1 million acres of public lands surrounding the Grand Canyon from new mining claims."
Source: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 10/31/2019
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