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Do Rivers Have Legal Rights? —Phyllis T., New Haven, CT “The river flows from the mountain to the sea. I am the river. The river is me.” —Māori proverb from the Whanganui iwi (tribe) n 2019, the Yurok Tribe granted personhood to Northern California’s Klamath River, giving the waterway the same legal rights as a human, — at least under tribal law. Credit: Bob Wick, BLM, FlickrCC. Native groups, environmental organizations, local residents, and all those who rely on a river’s health know the importance of protecting them. One idea that has been proposed in order to address this i...

By Mary Forgione When you email “The Goatfather” of goat surfing, he writes back: “Goat ahead and call me.” Pismo Beach surfer Dana McGregor has been teaching surfing and stand-up paddle boarding — with and without goats — for a decade. He started by taking his pet goat Goatee with him when he hit the waves. What’s it like to surf with a goat? “It’s quite a supernatural, like, out-of-this-world experience to be honest,” the 42-year-old said. This hilarious GoatFIT video shows him doing squats with goats, weight-lifting with goats, you get the idea (please, don’t try thi...

Restoring Our Water Systems Should Be Top Priority for Biden Administration A recently completed bioretention project in Atlanta, Georgia, will help keep floodwaters out of surrounding neighborhoods. The Sintoses The Biden-Harris transition team identified COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity and climate change as its top priorities. Rivers are the through-line linking all of them. The fact is, healthy rivers can no longer be separated into the “nice-to-have” column of environmental progress. Rivers and streams provide more than 60 percent of our drinking water — and a clear path ...

Center for Biological Diversity Announces Lawsuit Filed to Stop New Oil Well, Pipeline in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument Published: Thursday, 17 December 2020 05:54 Carrizo Plain National Monument Spring Bloom Credit: Bob Wick, BLM Wilderness Specialist and Photographer December 17, 2020 - BAKERSFIELD, Calif.― Conservation groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to reverse its approval of what would be the first new oil well and pipeline in Carrizo Plain National Monument since it was established in 2001. The legal action also seeks to resolve the fate of o...