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Nearly extinct, California condors return thanks to Yurok, scientists

Once pushed to the brink of extinction, condors are soaring in Northern California skies again with the help of an Indigenous tribe and a team of scientists.
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‘Megadrought’ persists in western U.S., as another extremely dry year develops
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‘Megadrought’ persists in western U.S., as another extremely dry year develops

The long-running dry stretch rivals anything in the last 1200 years, a sign of climate-change induced "aridification."
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An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires
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An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires

For thousands of years, North American tribes carefully burned forests to manage the land. The future may lie in a return to that past.

Rafting the Klamath River ahead of the biggest dam removal in history
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Rafting the Klamath River ahead of the biggest dam removal in history

The Klamath is both an important source of irrigation water and critical spawning ground for steelhead, lamprey and five species of Pacific salmon.

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