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Grantee Wades Into Surprising Blue-Green Algae Problem [1]

A chance encounter with a social media post from a retired government official led environmental journalist Sharon Oosthoek on a virtual, pandemic-era journey deep into the waters of Lake Superior to chase down an algal bloom. In her contribution to FEJ StoryLog, Oosthoek shares how she leveraged the tip into a grant that allowed her and her TV channel partner to produce a multi-part text, video, engagement and teaching project.

SEJ Publication Types: 
FEJ StoryLog [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
International [12]
Canada [13]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
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"Can Oysters Save New York City From The Next Big Storm?" [15]

"A new project aims to shore up the disappearing coastline of New York City’s Staten Island, while reviving a once famously thriving oyster population".

Climate Change [3]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 03/18/2022
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Great Barrier Reef Hit By Bleaching As UNESCO Weighs "In Danger" Listing [19]

"The Great Barrier Reef has been hit by bleaching due to heat stress, the Australian agency that manages the reef said on Friday, ahead of a visit by United Nations officials reviewing whether the reef should be listed as being "in danger"."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [3]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [14]
Australia & Oceania [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 03/18/2022
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UN Ocean Treaty Is ‘Once In A Lifetime’ Chance To Protect The High Seas [23]

"The world has a “once in a lifetime” chance to protect the high seas from exploitation, warned scientists and environmentalists, as negotiators meet at the UN headquarters in New York this week to hammer out a new treaty on the oceans."

Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [14]
International [12]
Source: Guardian [26], 03/11/2022
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"A 30-Year-Long Fishing Dispute Fizzles Out" [27]

"With the United States Supreme Court declining to hear the case, a protracted legal battle between two Indigenous communities has nowhere to go."

Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
Source: Hakai [29], 03/10/2022
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"An Oil Spill Upends An Ancestral Fishing Tradition" [30]

"It’s peak fishing season along Peru’s coastline, and on a day like this one, Robert Roberto Merino Leon would have set out before dawn to the waters that sustained his family for the last two decades."

Energy & Fuel [31]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [14]
South America [32]
Source: Washington Post [33], 03/07/2022
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"A Historic Chance to Protect America’s Free-Flowing Rivers" [34]

"Ten bills in Congress would add conservation protections to 7,000 miles of river to safeguard drinking water, biodiversity and recreation."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Revelator [36], 03/03/2022
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"Major Hurdle Cleared In Plan To Demolish 4 California Dams" [37]

"Federal regulators on Friday issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there were significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon, setting the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history."

Agriculture [38]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [14]
California [39]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
Source: AP [40], 03/01/2022
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Will Farmed Totoaba Stop Extinction of World’s Most Endangered Porpoise? [41]

"International officials will soon decide the fate of Mexican totoaba fish farming—and with it, possibly the last glimmer of hope for the vaquita."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [14]
Mexico [42]
Source: Hakai [43], 02/28/2022
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Houston Plays Host to First On-Site SEJ Conference Since 2019 [44]

Environmental journalists from around the country and beyond will gather in Houston later this month for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 31st annual conference. Widely known as the energy capital of the world, this highly diverse city is an ideal place to drill down on the causes and consequences of climate change and other environmental issues of the day.

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Activism [46]
Air [47]
Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [48]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [49]
Diversity [50]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Food [53]
Forests [54]
Government [55]
Health [56]
Infrastructure [16]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [57]
Planning & Growth [58]
Policy [59]
Pollution [8]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [60]
Science [61]
Technology [62]
Transportation [63]
Waste [64]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [35]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [65]
International [12]
Mexico [42]
Central America & the Caribbean [66]
Europe [67]
South America [32]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
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