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WPSU's Poetry Moment explores the work of Grant Clauser, including his poem “Proper Use of Knots in the Wild."

WPSU's Poetry Moment looks at “hardwoods” by Nancy K. Pearson

for our health, our wild places, and our climate. You saved Clean Water Act protections for rivers, lakes, and oceans in the “Clean Water Case of the Century” at the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorneys in Earthjustice's Mid-Pacific Office represented the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club-Maui Group, Surfrider Foundation, and West Maui Preservation Association. You stood with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, as they were vindicated in the court of law, after years of perseverance against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Attorneys in Earthjustice's Northwest Office have represen...

and you also have convers. some of them are as much as 40 years old, and they are equipped with mobile fire fighting systems and then they are used by contractors who work with the federal government and send them out to different fires. they move from place to place. also one very large air tanker, essentially a d.c.-10 that's equipped to fight fires and one of the criticisms you hear is even though this can drop more fire retardant, it's harder for them to get into smaller placs,s get really at the causes of the fire and get them early on. you have folks advocating the use of small...

while the air force investigates the deadly crash of an eighth plane. one of these based in charlotte, north carolina. we expect to learn more in a news conference this afternoon. we know that four of the six crew members were killed, including this man, lieutenant colonel mike mckiel who spoke to one of our affiliates on saturday. lizzie o'leary with the latest out of washington. what's the latest? >> reporter: latest is that they are investigating the cause of this crash while the other c-130s are grounded, grounded by the air force right now, and that essentially really diminishes...