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Oberlin honors Indigenous People, not Columbus (photos)Oberlin turns out for the second celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day.

How the loss of Native American languages affects our understanding of the natural worldMany Native languages are dying, and their loss has deep and profound implications for our world.

Scaling regenerative agriculture in the United States;

Growing our FutureA new Forum report reveals 16 systemic barriers to scaling regenerative agriculture and a seven-point-plan to overcome them.

Why Isn’t This Map in the History Books?By the age of 10, most children in the United States have been taught all 50 states that make up the country. But centuries ago, the land that is now the United States was a very different place.

Robyn O'Brien on LinkedIn: An Unlikely Alliance of Farm and Environmental Groups Takes on Climate | 13 commentsThe American Farm Bureau Federation, the country's largest and most powerful agricultural lobbying group, has long pushed against climate legislation and... 13 comments on LinkedIn

Touring restored wetlands at a Wisconsin nature conservancyThe Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy has enriched the lives of Wisconsin residents and visitors for almost 30 years. Here is what it is like to visit.

Putting America's forests to work on climate changeFor the Democratic presidential candidates and all policymakers for that matter, investing in forests to slow climate change makes political sense.

US wants to block tribes from protecting historical and cultural areas on public landsThe Shoshone-Bannock Tribes ask for your help in engaging the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service to make sure it does not stifle the voices of Americans across the country, including the voices of the first Americans, to ensure that we can all fully participate in the process to protect historic places …

Anheuser- Busch initiative ams to help farmers transition to organic, boost organic industry
Is it Time for Texas and California to Leave the Union? October 2020

Anheuser-Busch initiative aims to help farmers transition to organic, boost organic industryAnheuser-Busch Company’s “Contract for Change” will provide long-term contracts to farmers, pay premium prices for transitional and organic crops

Is it Time for Texas and California to Leave the Union?David French’s new book, "Divided We Fall," is a warning of what might happen to America as it becomes less united than at any time since the Civil War. But there are concrete steps the country can take to bridge the gulf.

These Farmers Are Sowing Seeds of Diversity in the U.S. Food System (and Have Been for Quite Some Time)A movement to preserve the cultural heritage and organic practices of African American farmers is growing in the Southeast.

Agriculture faces a scientific innovation droughtAgriculture used to be a central factor in the American economy and quality of life, but it’s now struggling just to keep up.

The uncertain future of protected lands and watersThe intention of creating protected natural areas is to protect them in the long term from destructive human activities. Governments do not always follow these intentions, however, and often legally remove protections and reduce the extent of protected areas. Golden Kroner et al. looked across the United States and Amazonia over the past 200 years and found more than 700 such changes, two-thirds of which have occurred since the year 2000 (see the Perspective by Naughton-Treves and Holland). The majority of these were to permit destructive practices, such as resource extraction. Thus, these changes do not just alter status but lead to irreparable environmental harm. Science , this issue p. [881][1]; see also p. [832][2] Protected areas are intended to safeguard biodiversity in perpetuity, yet evidence suggests that widespread legal changes undermine protected area durability and efficacy. We documented these legal changes—protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) events—in the United States and Amazonian countries and compiled available data globally. Governments of the United States and Amazonian countries enacted 269 and 440 PADDD events, respectively. Between 1892 and 2018, 73 countries enacted 3749 PADDD events, removing 519,857 square kilometers from protection and tempering regulations in an additional 1,659,972 square kilometers; 78% of events were enacted since 2000. Most PADDD events (62%) are associated with industrial-scale resource extraction and development, suggesting that PADDD may compromise biodiversity conservation objectives. Strategic policy responses are needed to address PADDD and sustain effective protected areas. [1]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aau5525 [2]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aax639

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The US is in a water crisis far worse than most people imagine; August 2020;

The US is in a water crisis far worse than most people imagine | Erin BrockovichIndustrial runoff and lax standards have tainted water across the US. Senators and doctors are calling me, asking what to do

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