Braided River February News: Introducing Melissa, Overlooked & Untold Stories, Honoring Eric Scigliano, and Get Your Name in Woodpecker 

Braided River January News: Arctic Updates, Jimmy Carter, and Southern Resident Orca Tahlequah 

Braided River December News

Braided River November News: 'Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain', Upcoming ‘Big River’ Events, Remembering Karsten Heuer, Newly Released Short Films From Our Community

Braided River October News: Celebrate Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain, introducing Braided River's newest board member– Natalie Fobes, and Living River events

Braided River September News: Celebrate Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain, fall events, and take action to protect the Western Arctic

This blog is based on an essay from the book On Arctic Ground: Tracking Time through Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. The Western Arctic, also known as the NPR-A (National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska), is a fragile Arctic region, home to Indigenous communities and bountiful wildlife including caribou, fish and migratory birds, and is a critical carbon sink to help fight climate change. The Colville River is one of five designated Special Areas in the Western Arctic. Learn more about Special Areas in the Arctic here. 

In these confounding times, we are taking strength in the power of local action. 

Ubaldo Hernandez moved to the Gorge in the mid-1990s from Mexico City. As founder and director of Comunidades, an organization he created to amplify Latino voices for environmental and social justice, Ubaldo works to build diverse communities of river protectors in the basin. In this blog, learn about the launch of BIG RIVER: RESILIENCE AND RENEWAL IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN, an update on the recent Columbia River Treaty regotiation process, and recent book awards.

This blog is based on an excerpt from the book On Arctic Ground: Tracking Time through Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, from an essay “Voices from the Land– Ancient Echoes on the Utukok,” by Alaskan writer, cultural anthropologist, and radio engineer Richard Nelson who spent much of his life in the Alaskan Arctic. The Utukok River Uplands, meaning “old” or “ancient” in Iñupiaq, is one of five designated Special Areas in America’s Western Arctic. It is home to large populations of moose, wolves, and wolverines but is most well known for its high grizzly bear concentrations and the Western Arctic Caribou Herd. The biodiversity of the Utukok River Uplands is greatly threatened by climate change.