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For generations, the Columbia River has been the lifeblood of the Pacific Northwest, sustaining salmon runs, driving local economies and supporting the culture and traditions of the Indigenous peoples who live there. “The region revolves around the health of the Columbia River but also the gifts that it provided,” Jeremy FiveCrows, a Nez Perce tribal member and communications...

Whether a strip of woods in a local park or the Amazon rainforest, forests do more than support plants and wildlife. They can also play a role in protecting people, not just by offering scenery and cleaning the air by storing carbon, but ...

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on April 15 that the agency has launched a new division, the USDA Office of Seafood, aimed at growing the U.S. seafood industry by integrating fisherpeople into...

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In 2024, two major meat companies, Tyson Foods and JBS, faced unprecedented legal scrutiny over unsubstantiated claims each made about cutting their climate impacts — in other words, they were