We’re joined this week by author and urban planner Hannah Palmer on a journey to find the Flint river in Atlanta, Georgia. Like so many urban rivers, the Flint is hardly recognizable as a river, at least at it’s headwaters beneath the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Through an effort called “Finding the Flint”, Hannah is working to bring the river back to the surface, both in terms of how it flows, and its role in people’s lives. This story of the Flint River isn’t unique, and as is so often the case, the way we treat our rivers is the way we treat our communities, and the long-term health and viability of the two are inextricably linked. We hope you’ll tune in.
NOTES:
http://hannahspalmer.com/flightpath
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Episode 41: Gushing over the Monsoon
Tune in to learn more about the magical monsoon phenomenon that has so many of us awed. We talk to Dr.Connie Woodhouse, a professor in the school of geography, development and environment at the University of Arizona, and to John Fleck, director of The University of New Mexico's Water Resources Program. We cover some of what we know about the monsoon, what we don't, how it can't save us from a warmer and drier future, and how in some ways, maybe it can. Join us!
John Fleck's book (which he co-authored with Eric Kuhn) "Science be Dammed": https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780816540051?aff=jfleck
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Episode 40: Ten Strategies for Climate Resilience in the CO Basin
In a previous episode of "We Are Rivers", climate scientist Brad Udall said "You can't depress people into action". In this episode, our guest Amy McCoy is working to inspire us into action through a report she authored along with her partner, Season Martin, Culp & Kelly, and a whole host of other collaborators and contributors. The report outlines 10 bold strategies to increase climate resilience in the Colorado Basin, and Amy walks us through how the strategies were identified, and what they mean for our future.
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Ten Strategies for Climate Resilience in the CO Basin: https://www.tenstrategies.net/
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Episode 39: Beavers, killer whales, and the tie that binds
In this, our latest episode of We Are Rivers, we talk beavers and killer whales, poop sniffing dogs, and the inextricable link between wildlife, biodiversity, and healthy rivers. And, we imagine how we might translate this level of integrated understanding to policies and practices that govern rivers. This is the first of a two-part series. Join us!
NOTES:
Denielle Perry, Free Flowing Rivers Lab
Free-flowing Rivers Lab
https://denielleperry.com/research/
https://riverfieldstudies.com/
www.naustudentwatersymposium.com
Deborah Giles, University of Washington and
https://www.washington.edu/news/people/deborah-giles/
https://www.wildorca.org/team/
Mark Beardsley
Ecometrics (Mark’s company): https://www.ecometricscolorado.net/
The Beaver Believers: https://www.thebeaverbelievers.com/filmmakers
Eager: The Suprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter https://www.bengoldfarb.com/eager
Enos Mills, In Beaver World
Emily Fairfax, research, “Smokey the Beaver: beaver-dammed riparian corridors stay green during wildfire throughout western United States”
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Episode 38: When Rivers Flow, Things Are Good: On Water in Arizona
Jocelyn Gibbon is a river guide, and she’s also a water law and policy expert. When she isn’t guiding trips through the Grand Canyon, Jocelyn is a consultant for non-profits and other groups navigating the complex water world in Arizona and the Colorado River Basin. We embrace Jocelyn’s multiple talents to cover Arizona’s lesser-known rivers, the beauty of the grand canyon and the joys of guiding, and we get into the nitty gritty of water management, and lack thereof, for groundwater in Arizona. Tune in to learn more about the precipice Arizona is perched on, and what you can do about it.
Learn more:
Water for Arizona Coalition: https://www.waterforarizona.com/
Jocelyn Gibbon, Freshwater Policy Consulting: https://freshwaterpolicy.com/about/
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