This amazing documentary follows Leah Lemm, the senior editor of the Native News initiative at MPR News and a citizen of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Get the story behind the film here: mprnews.org/story/2024/11/… (2/2)

Alex Breitler A classic blog post imho that I point folks at frequently californiawaterblog.com/2023/06/04/wat…

🚨Insects are disappearing and it is a huge biodiversity loss! 🦋🐝🪰 Find out more about the global threats to insects. 🎨: Wagner et al. (2021)

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Recent stories have spotlighted the HUGE energy needs for proliferating data centers; this great piece by Kirsti Marohn of Minnesota Public Radio also talks about their significant water needs, which highlights the need to improve groundwater governance. mprnews.org/story/2025/02/…

USAID's Nick Enirch's memo, which PBS News obtained, contradicts claims made by Sec of State Rubio, the WH and Musk about lifesaving aid being turned back on Enrich lays out detailed timeline from Jan 28-Feb 28 and how "waivers" didn't restart flow of critical drugs and food 1/

"It is hard to put into words the extent of the damage being done to the US research enterprise... An assault on science and scientists anywhere is an assault on science and scientists everywhere." nature.com/articles/d4158…

There is no Planet B. Our fate is entwined with the Earth. youtu.be/wYbVz0ZmqAs?si…

Withholding congressional appropriated military aid to Ukraine was at heart of Trump's first impeachment. And U.S. GAO found first Trump admin broke the law by doing so, violating the Impoundment Control Act

A large aquisition with six miles of shoreline on Big Mantrap Lake makes for a massive lake conservation win in northern Minnesota. startribune.com/priceless-prop…

Daily reminder that "DEI" is just code for attacking everything that isn't a c1shet white man.

💧 Water is life 💧 For Indigenous Peoples, protecting water means protecting entire ecosystems, languages, and ways of life. When our waters thrive, so do our lands, our relations, and our languages—because biodiversity and linguistic diversity are deeply connected. Colonial

An important blog here on the status on the ESA. Habitat is everything for fish and wildlife. Not mentioned in the blog is the importance of Section 6 funds, which supports habitat acquisition, research, and outreach at the state level. Those funds/work are also at risk due to

Melissa Hortman was only 55 years old. She had a lot more to do. It is so bitter and so sad that her life was taken - assassinated for fighting for what she believed in. It will now be up to us to carry on these fights. I will miss her leadership and her friendship as our state

If this bill passes, our public lands will fall into the hands of fossil fuel interests.

Juneteenth is a powerful reminder of how far we’ve come—and how much further we still have to go. It marks the moment freedom finally reached our people right here in Texas. Our people took what was withheld and built something powerful: resilience, pride, and a legacy we carry