Friends of the Verde River was recognized as the 2022 winner of the statewide Resilience Prize for its collaborative, data-driven work to ensure the long term health of one of Arizona’s last free-flowing rivers. The annual prize, awarded by...
The longtime champion of Native Hawaiian rights took the helm of a voter-created body that could significantly influence how water policy gets shaped and what projects get developed on the island’s east side going forward.
Andrew Cohen’s letter to the editor in the Washington Post points out that ballast discharge is an important factor in coral reef disease and decline. He writes: “In recent years, coral reefs in Florida and elsewhere in the Caribbean have...
Jonathan Scheuer has been featured in recent New York Times, Washington Post, and local Hawaiian coverage of water rights fights in the wake of the Lāhainā fire on Maui.
The Maui County Council has confirmed Jonathan Likeke Scheuer to represent the Hawaiian Homes Commission on the board steering the new East Maui Community Water Authority, marking the council’s final action in a heated monthslong process to get it up and running.
Vida dreams of self-determined Black, Indigenous, and/or migrant farmworker communities providing the human right to safe and affordable access to clean water, air, food, and shelter for all in California’s Central Valley and beyond.
Katelynn studies the ecological mechanisms driving toxic cyanobacteria blooms to further understand when and why cyanobacteria produce harmful toxins that inhibit recreational uses of freshwater lakes.
Itzel is passionate about water justice policy and ensuring all Californians have access to safe and affordable drinking water. She has a background in legislation, research, non-profit work, and advocacy in communities of color and Indigenous communities.
“I’ve always been struck that people don’t know the very intensive history of activism in Northwestern California. There have been Supreme Court cases that have decided major land issues. The Klamath River dam removal, when it happens, will...
