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Sea change
The Northern Chumash Tribe has a deep connection to the waters off the California coast, and it has been working for many years to ascertain a large marine sanctuary. Now, that dream is near turning into a actuality, with the official designation of the Chumash Heritage Nationwide Marine Sanctuary — house to sea otters, harbor seals, whales, kelp forests and way more — anticipated earlier than President Biden leaves workplace. As the Mercury Information reviews in a narrative Contributing Editor Michaela Haas shared this week, will probably be the primary US nationwide marine sanctuary proposed by a Native American tribe.
Michaela says:
The Biden administration is making ready to designate Chumash Heritage Nationwide Marine Sanctuary off the Central Coast, on the Northern Chumash Tribe’s urging. It is going to be 4 occasions the dimensions of Yosemite.
A file run
Some good fish information from the Northwest: Due to a well-timed reprieve from the summer time warmth and a few good administration strikes by dam operators on each the US and Canada sides of the Columbia River, a “boomlet of child sockeye” made it to the ocean this 12 months. That’s in response to a Seattle Occasions article shared by Government Editor Will Doig.
Will says:
Undamming rivers is one among our favourite matters, however even the place dams persist, higher administration is resulting in improved outcomes for fish that depend on free-flowing rivers. Within the Pacific Northwest, adjustments to dam administration on the Columbia River have contributed to “an astonishing 755,909 sockeye over Bonneville Dam this 12 months, smashing the 10-year common return of 329,570.”
What else we’re studying
🧑🌾 ‘The system is the issue, not folks’: how a radical meals group unfold around the world — shared by Michaela Haas from The Guardian
🫧 New washers and dryers in DPSCD colleges a part of ongoing concentrate on persistent absenteeism — shared by Editorial Director Rebecca Worby from Chalkbeat
🥕 State Meals Waste Bans Aren’t Working. Besides in Massachusetts — shared by Viewers Engagement Supervisor Mariel Lozada from Bloomberg
In different information…
It’s Local weather Week in New York Metropolis, the place RTBC is headquartered — the proper time to have fun the launch of Our Electrifying World, our new year-long sequence about how electrification is fueling a extra sustainable power transition. Take a look at the primary story, through which we go deep on the dramatic impacts of switching from diesel to electrical faculty buses.
