UPDATE ON STOP LINE 3 CAMPAIGN By Marian Moore & Simone Senogles By Keri Pickett Since we last shared about Line 3, the dirty tar sands pipeline project of the Canadian Corporation Enbridge (in the March issue), the resistance has grown exponentially. The rivers, lakes, and wetlands of

TESTIMONY OF KATHY BANCROFT BEFORE THE ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES OVERSIGHT HEARING ON MINING REFORM By Kathy Bancroft Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Subcommittee, Nüümü yadoha Thank you for the opportunity to testify about reforms to the Federal Government’s mining laws and

STREET POETS INC - LIVE FROM TURTLE ISLAND - CALL FOR WATER Street Poets Inc - Live From Turtle Island - Call For Water For more info on Street Poets Inc, go here.

WATER BACK MANIFESTO Inspired by Pubelo Action Alliance, Crystal Cavalier-Keck, citizen of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation in Burlington, North Carolina, US haS created a Water Back Manifesto for our Siouan relatives in North Carolina.  Water Back Manifesto This manifesto declares a Yesah perspective of how our water should be managed now and

VIEWS AND LESSONS FROM THE CRAGGY CLIFFS OF CONGLOMERATE MESA By Bryan Hatchell, Desert Policy Associate, Friends of the Inyo From the right angle on the southern slopes of Conglomerate Mesa, one can see the fractured polygons of the southern end of the Owens Lake beaming in translucent pinks, sunburst

 KEEP LONG VALLEY GREEN CAMPAIGN - WORKING FOR EQUITABLE WATER SHARING IN THE EASTERN SIERRA By Wendy Schneider, Executive Director, Friends of the Inyo Brief History In the 1940’s as part of its construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system (LAA), the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)

RACISM, DROUGHT AND HISTORY: Young Native Americans fight back as water disappears Gigi Coyle  recently traveled home to Payahuunadu, CA from the NW and decided to take more of the "back routes"  choosing Klamath Falls as where to stop … following the waterways, wanting to be near water for the

INTERVIEW WITH ANDY LIPKIS With Kate Bunney Kate: Can you share a story of the moment you fell in love with water? Andy: When I first read this question, what came up was being at the Tinnemaha campground. I was preparing to go on a four day fast up in

WATER WALK - VIRGINIA TO NORTH CAROLINA, USA By Crystal Cavalier-Keck I was born and raised in the rolling hills of the Piedmont area of North Carolina, roughly Northern Alamance County. My family is from this area spanning back 400 years, and before that we migrated from the Ohio valley

LAND WISDOM AND THE SPINE OF ATHENS By Georgia Dousikou “This landscape is an ancestor who has seen it all, has known it all…” Kostas Ouranis, Greek poet, travel writer and journalist. This initiative arose out of a deep calling to reconnect nature with culture in Greece. To welcome the