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Why Reporters Should Catch the Watershed by the Tale [1]

Drainage basin may not be the sexiest of ecosystem designations, but watersheds have essential stories to tell. And environment reporters would be wise to view them as regional beats all their own, argues a long-time watershed reporter, who explains why and offers a series of tips to help journalists get the best of the basin beat.

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Features [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
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Public [9]
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"Trump Admin to Announce Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging" [10]

"The Trump administration is expected on Friday to finalize its plan to open about 9 million acres of the pristine woodlands of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging and road construction."

Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [12]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 09/25/2020
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Pebble Exec Resigns After Being Caught On Tape Boasting Of His GOP Ties [15]

"Mining executive Tom Collier, who boasted in secretly taped conversations that he had leveraged his ties to Republican officials to advance a controversial project in Alaska, resigned Wednesday."

Activism [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [18], 09/24/2020
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"Fires Turn Sage Brush Habitat In Washington Into A Scorched ‘Oblivion’" [19]

"Wildfires in Washington state have burned hundreds of thousands of acres, including an important mating habitat for sage grouse."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [21]
Disasters [22]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [23]
Public [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
Source: Mongabay [25], 09/22/2020
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Pebble: "An Alaska Mine Project Might Be Bigger Than Acknowledged" [26]

"In secretly recorded meetings, executives with the Pebble Mine project said the operation could run nine times longer than outlined in their permit filings."

Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [5]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
Source: NYTimes [31], 09/22/2020
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"Managing Wildfire Through Cultural Burning" [32]

"On a cool February morning, around 60 people gathered in the Sierra Nevada foothills to take part in a ceremony that, for many decades, was banned."

Forests [12]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [33]
Public [9]
California [34]
Source: NPR [35], 09/11/2020
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"Arctic Refuge Oil Footprint Could Expand Illegally, Lawsuits Say" [36]

"Gravel mines, airstrips, and ice roads could appear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which Congress never intended when it agreed to allow oil development there, more than a dozen states are claiming in a bid to stop drilling there."

Biodiversity [20]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [23]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 09/11/2020
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"In Michigan, Rising Lake Levels Disturb Sacred Ground" [39]

"Along Lake Michigan’s shores, rising waters are eroding Indigenous Odawa burial sites".

Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [33]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: Circle of Blue [41], 09/08/2020
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"National Monument Proposed For Southern Nevada Tribal Lands" [42]

"Local tribes and national conservation groups are lobbying to establish a fourth national monument in southern Nevada that would preserve Indigenous cultural sites and critical environmental habitat."

Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Source: AP [44], 09/08/2020
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‘The Power of Partnerships’ Helps Uncover America’s Energy Gamble [45]

It took teams of journalists to produce an award-winning series of reports digging into environment and climate health effects of massive oil and natural gas production in the Southwestern United States. Our latest Inside Story talks with Jamie Smith Hopkins of the Center for Public Integrity about the benefits of reporting a big story jointly and the project’s sometimes surprising findings.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [46]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Policy [47]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
International [49]
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Public [9]
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