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Often Misunderstood Estuaries Underpin Environment’s Health [15]

The estuaries that proliferate across the United States can be hard to define — and protect. But their role in a healthy environment makes them a crucial focus of good reporting. The latest Issue Backgrounder explores their importance, the many challenges they face, and how to track the agencies and programs meant to protect them.

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Backgrounders [16]

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Biodiversity [17]

Economy & Business [18]

Environmental Politics [19]

Government [20]

People & Population [22]

Planning & Growth [10]

Policy [23]

Pollution [24]

Wildlife [25]

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Alaska and Hawaii [26]

California [13]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]

Northwest (OR WA) [30]

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International [33]

Mexico [34]

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Tracking Troubled Waters with ‘Endangered Rivers’ List [35]

A running list of endangered rivers becomes an annual starting point for strong local coverage of critical water issues. This week’s TipSheet spotlights the latest additions to an inventory of trouble spots around the United States, plus key angles and issues for coverage, and a selection of top resources.

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TipSheet [2]

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Activism [36]

Chemicals [37]

Consumer [38]

Economy & Business [18]

Energy & Fuel [39]

Environmental Politics [19]

Government [20]

Journalism & Media [8]

Pollution [24]

Wildlife [25]

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Alaska and Hawaii [26]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]

Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [40]

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Great Lakes Offer Great Stories to Reporters in the Know [42]

The Great Lakes are not only the largest fresh water system in the world, supplying drinking water to tens of millions. They also face a range of environmental woes that make them ready fodder for reporters. This week’s TipSheet runs down some ongoing developments, plus key resources to cover them.

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TipSheet [2]

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Biodiversity [17]

Chemicals [37]

Consumer [38]

Economy & Business [18]

Energy & Fuel [39]

Environmental Politics [19]

Health [43]

Journalism & Media [8]

People & Population [22]

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]

International [33]

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"Once Written Off for Dead, the Aral Sea Is Now Full of Life" [45]

"Omirserik Ibragimov fixed his gaze on the hole he had carved out from the frozen Aral Sea. The 25-year-old’s hands moved steadily, pulling out a fishing net that he and his father had left under the solid, snow-covered surface just three days earlier."

Public [14]

Asia [46]

Source: Pulitzer Center [47], 03/28/2018

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"Fishermen Suit Against Atlantic Marine Monument Moves Ahead" [48]

"Organizations suing to eliminate the first national marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean have gotten the OK to proceed with a suit designed to reopen the area to commercial fishing, which environmentalists fear could jeopardize preservation efforts."

Public [14]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]

Source: AP [49], 03/28/2018

Read more about "Fishermen Suit Against Atlantic Marine Monument Moves Ahead" [48]

'Dead Zone' In Gulf Will Take Decades To Recover From Farm Pollution [50]

"A new study says that even in the ‘unrealistic’ event of a total halt to the flow of agricultural chemicals the damage will persist for 30 years".

Pollution [24]

Public [14]

Source: Guardian [51], 03/26/2018

Read more about 'Dead Zone' In Gulf Will Take Decades To Recover From Farm Pollution [50]

Enviros Sue Feds Over Decline Of Willamette River Salmon And Steelhead [52]

"A pair of dams in Lane County are at the heart of a lawsuit focused on declines of salmon and steelhead in the Willamette River and its tributaries."

Public [14]

Northwest (OR WA) [30]

Source: Eugene Register-Guard [53], 03/14/2018

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"This Is Why You Don't See People-Size Salmon Anymore" [54]

"While the orcas of Puget Sound are sliding toward extinction, orcas farther north have been expanding their numbers. Their burgeoning hunger for big fish may be causing the killer whales' main prey, chinook salmon, to shrink up and down the West Coast."

Public [14]

Northwest (OR WA) [30]

Source: KUOW [55], 03/13/2018

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"Fisheries Output To Plunge Unless Global Warming Reeled In" [56]

"Global fisheries output will slump by 20 percent by 2300 and by 60 percent in the worst-hit North Atlantic region if governments fail to slow long-term global warming, a U.S. team of scientists said on Thursday."

Climate Change [4]